Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has said that for Nigerian students to compete favourably on the global stage,an all-round education i...
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has said that for Nigerian students to compete favourably on the global stage,an all-round education including Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is essential.
The governor spoke on Friday in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun state while inaugurating a multi-million naira ICT/ Cafeteria complex to mark the 110th anniversary of the Ijebu-Ode Grammar School.
The ICT/Cafeteria complex is a project funded by the Ijebu Ode Grammar School Old Boys Association (JOGSOBA) and Bank of Industry (BoI).
The foundation for the 200-seater capacity ICT Centre, which also have 750-seater capacity cafeteria, was laid by a former President of JOGSOBA, Chief Ebenezer Osoba, on January 20, 2018 as part of activities marking the 105th founders day of the school.
ICT center will not only serve the students of the school, but other secondary schools in Ijebu Ode.
The ICT Centre will provide infrastructure and enabling environment to enhance the teaching of information and communication technology education in the school.
Governor Abiodun, in his address at the inauguration of the centre, also harped on the importance of ICT.
He said that the centre was in line with his administration’s Techhub initiative and digital project where 5,000 fibre cables would be laid to provide internet facilities to schools, markets and other public places.
He said that his government had also formulated an Education Management Information System that would provide a data base on the performance of students in both public and private schools.
The governor explained that the Learner’s Identification Number (LIN) was equally put in place by his administration to keep tab on students at all times.
“We formulated these policies and reforms to provide enabling environment for our children to learn", the governor said.
Abiodun said that the school in the past 110 years had been an incubation centre where prominent professionals have been produced for the council area, state and the country at large.
He commended the president and the old boys of the school for showing exemplary leadership and giving back to the school that charted the way for their prominence.
He urged other alumni associations to emulate the gesture of JOGSOBA.
The reforms have won so many awards in the past three to seven months,” he said.
Abiodun said that the school in the past 110 years had been an incubation centre where prominent professionals have been produced for the council area, state and the country at large.
He commended the president and the old boys of the school for showing exemplary leadership and giving back to the school that charted the way for their prominence, and urged others to emulate the gesture.
The National President, Ijebu-Ode Grammar School Old Boys Association (JOGSOBA), Prof. Lawson Adekoya, said that the project was conceived in 2014 and financed by the old boys.
He said the Bank of Industry provided the necessary support that made the project a reality.
Adekoya said that the association also has plans to execute other projects such as a sports centre, and called on the state government to assist the school by equipping the ICT centre with computer sets.
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