State government approves establishment of new tertiary institution
Ondo State government has announced plans to establish the State College of Education at Aboto, in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State.
The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Idowu Ajanaku, stated this while briefing journalists on the recent government activities in Akure, the state capital.
He noted on Thursday that the government was planning through the establishment of the college and that more teachers would soon be employed.
In a related development, the state government has banned the use of phones during lectures in both private and public schools across the state by students.
According to the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Igbekele Ajibefun, the decision to ban the use of phones was made following the inability of many of the students to concentrate in class during lectures.
Ajibefun warned that any student caught would not only be dealt with, but the phone would be forfeited.
He announced that more emphasis was also placed on the Safe School Initiative that the committee had been set up by the governor, headed by the education commissioner and other security agencies.
On the issue of the striking university lecturers, the commissioner noted that the problem of the strike would be a thing of the past.
He disclosed that the communication gap between the government and the unions caused the delay in the actualisation of the payment so far.
