OYO GOVT DISTRIBUTE SPORTING EQUIPMENT TO 82 SCHOOLS
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NUT Chairman, Com. Raji cutting the tape while Mr. Dairo (r) looks on. |
The
Oyo State Government has reiterated its policy thrust to develop sports at the
primary level, saying its pupils will soon dominate sporting events at the
National level.
The
Co-ordinating Director, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Mr. Jacob
Dairo made this known at the distribution of sporting equipment donated by Oyo
State Government, in collaboration with Universal Basic Education Commission
(UBEC) to 82 primary Schools held at the Board's headquarters, on Tuesday.
Mr.
Dairo said that the Board is not only poised to restore the leading position by
the state in primary sporting activities, but to take school sports to an
enviable height in Nigeria.
He
revealed that benefitting schools got sporting equipment such as Handball
goalposts and net, skipping ropes, table-tennis bats and nets, handballs,
Badminton rackets and other equipment distributed to schools in the 3
Senatorial districts in the State.
Dairo,
who heads the Board's Schools Services department, said the Board got delivery
of sporting items courtesy of Governor Seyi Makinde and that the essence of the
occasion was to officially flag-off the distribution of the items to the
various beneficiary schools in the state.
He
said the Oyo State Government intends to catch them young with the facilities,
adding that the items will enable pupils to participate actively in sports.
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One of the handball nets. |
Mr.
Dairo therefore charged the beneficiary schools to take care of the items
delivered to them, urging them to make proper use of the equipment for the
purpose for which it is meant.
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The
Co-ordinating Director added that, earlier, the Oyo State Governor approved the
commencement of the Agricultural Education Training Programme for 73 primary
schools.
He
said the programme will train Education Secretaries, Head of Section, schools
services of each local government, Head teachers, Agricultural studies
teachers, and School Based Management Committee (SBMC) representatives from
different local governments.
Mr.
Dairo said the Oyo State Government has approved funding of the Agricultural training
programme, in the 33 Local Governments in the State.
Dairo
said the trainees in turn will train pupils on crop farming, snailery, and
livestock farming.
Mr.
Dairo said that a monitoring team will go round the schools to ensure that
funds allocated for the training programme are properly utilized.
Speaking
earlier, the Chairman, Nigeria Union of Teachers, Oyo State Chapter, Com. Raji
Oladimeji applauded the initiatives put in place by the Oyo State Government
for pupils.
The NUT Chairman said sporting activities, which are almost moribund in most schools, is due to the topography of land in most schools.
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A cross section of agricultural education trainees. |
He
therefore said the development will resuscitate the almost-moribund sporting
activities in most public primary Schools.
Also,
the Chairman, Association of Primary School Headteachers of Nigeria, AOPSHON,
Oyo State branch, Comrade Adedeji Adekunle appealed to the trainees to pay full
attention to the teachings.
Mr.
Adekunle also applauded Governor Makinde for his unwavering support to
wholesome basic education in the State, saying the Agricultural training
programme will put basic education in the State on a leading path, among its
contemporaries.
The
Zonal chairman, School based management committee, Egbeda Local Government,
Deacon Adegbite Omoniyi said the Agricultural training will encourage younger
ones to participate in agriculture.
He
said the SBMC and other stakeholders are committed to the new project, which
will accelerate agricultural development in schools.
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