Fayose leapfrogs Ekiti on education
Taiwo Owoeye
Governor Fayose of Ekiti State has been described as a lover of education.
The chief press secretary to the State Governor, Mr Idowu Adelusi who made the statement in Ado-Ekiti said the students performance in the last year West African Examination Council, WAEC improved with the State clinching 11th position out of 36 states of the Federation.
Adelusi, who said his boss has repositioned the standard of education in the state, explained furher that the effort of Governor Fayose at repositioning education in the State is tremendously yielding positive results as 37 percent of the candidates in the last WAEC examination had no fewer than five credit passes including English language and Mathematics.
According to him, the State presented a total of 13,690 candidates for the public examinations taken by secondary school final year students after the assumption of office by the Governor.
He explained that Governor Fayose was the first to organise Education Summit in the State in 2003 that moved the State to seventh position in WAEC examinations in the Nation and number one in the South West.
“He came again and boosted teachers morale by celebrating them during their annual day.
“Moreover,the State government has paid the sum of 411.7million naira to 5,130 teachers as core subjects and rural allowances to motivate them not to deny students in rural schools quality education”, he said.
