Ekiti State Government has distributed 20,000 sets of lockers and chairs to public Secondary Schools in the state.
The State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Dr. Eniola Ajayi who made this known in Ado-Ekiti noted that the gesture was in line with the 8 – point agenda of Governor Kayode Fayemi to provide free qualitative education.
The Commissioner said that it was as a result of the commitment of the present administration to the provision of conducive teaching and learning environment in schools that the state government recently renovated 100 public secondary schools across the state.
According to her, the renovation of schools and the provision of furniture items will enable students concentrate on their studies
without distraction.
She further advised the students to justify government’s gesture at lifting the standard of education in the state to an
enviable height by concentrating on their studies.
In a related development, Ekiti State Government has distributed another batch of laptop computers to both students and teachers in the state.
Speaking at the ceremony in Ado, the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Dr. Eniola Ajayi stressed that the gesture was in line with the vision of the present administration to making computer available on the desk of every pupil in the State by 2014.
The Commissioner advised the students and the teachers to inculcate maintenance culture adding that they should use the computer for the designed purpose.
One of the teachers, Mr. Agbebunmi Oluwadamilare who received the computer expressed appreciation to the State Government for the provision of the laptop Computers.
Last modified: November 2, 2012