By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
Oyo State Government
on Wednesday, directed the owners of the Oke-Ogun School of Management, Science and Technology, Iseyin to immediately remove all banners and notices of the school in the community.
The state Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Barrister Rahman Abiodun Abdu-Raheem handed down the directive at a meeting he held with the owners of the school in Ibadan.
Barrister Rahman stressed pending the completion of due process on registration of the school, all the banners and notices of the school in the community should be removed
” We want business owners to come to Oyo State to establish, but standards should be maintained, NBTE, NUC and the federal, as well as the State government have a guide for investors and people interested in establishing schools, especially higher institution of learning in our State, they have to conform”, he said.
Barrister Rahman added, ” we have asked them to go back and follow due process in getting their registration done, getting their school accredited and same for their courses before admitting students and commencing academic activities”.
Emphasizing that Oyo state government is committed to maintaining standard in academic programmes of all government-owned higher institutions of learnings as well as those privately owned, the Commissioner appreciated the Iseyin community for being vigilant and proactive and their resolve to reach out to the authorities at all levels to address this issue, it is our opinion that this meeting has fully addressed their agitations”
New Nigerian recalled that Oyo state Ministry of Education had summoned the authority of the school over allegations from a concerned community group that the school started admitting students without due process, especially in getting the accreditation for academic programmes and the nods of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Federal Ministry of Education and Oyo State Ministry of Education.
The state Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Barrister Rahman Abiodun Abdu-Raheem handed down the directive at a meeting he held with the owners of the school in Ibadan.
Barrister Rahman stressed pending the completion of due process on registration of the school, all the banners and notices of the school in the community should be removed
” We want business owners to come to Oyo State to establish, but standards should be maintained, NBTE, NUC and the federal, as well as the State government have a guide for investors and people interested in establishing schools, especially higher institution of learning in our State, they have to conform”, he said.
Barrister Rahman added, ” we have asked them to go back and follow due process in getting their registration done, getting their school accredited and same for their courses before admitting students and commencing academic activities”.
Emphasizing that Oyo state government is committed to maintaining standard in academic programmes of all government-owned higher institutions of learnings as well as those privately owned, the Commissioner appreciated the Iseyin community for being vigilant and proactive and their resolve to reach out to the authorities at all levels to address this issue, it is our opinion that this meeting has fully addressed their agitations”
New Nigerian recalled that Oyo state Ministry of Education had summoned the authority of the school over allegations from a concerned community group that the school started admitting students without due process, especially in getting the accreditation for academic programmes and the nods of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Federal Ministry of Education and Oyo State Ministry of Education.
