The Ogun State Universal Basic Education Board (Ogun SUBEB) says it will understudy the implementation of Better Service Delivery For All (BESDA) in Oyo State following its (BESDA) success.
A statement issued in Ibadan on Friday by a member of the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (Oyo SUBEB) media team, Mr Michael Ogunshina, said that the decision followed the success of the basic education in Oyo State, particularly the creative and innovative ways BESDA had been operating in the state.
The team from Ogun SUBEB paid a working visit to Dr Nureni Adeniran, the Executive Chairman, Oyo SUBEB on Thursday in Ibadan, the statement said.
“BESDA is a Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) initiative, funded by the World Bank to ensure out-of-school children return back to school and are retained in schools,” the statement said.
Receiving the visitors from Ogun, Adeniran enjoined the team to ensure they create a cordial working relationship with other relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies in Ogun to achieve the aim of taking children off the streets, just as it is being done in Oyo State.
“With the transparency of the board, public schools have witnessed transformation; BESDA was established to cater for out-of-school children in the state, while we provide instructional materials and training of teachers and non-teaching workers.
“We have had a cordial working relationship with all relevant stakeholders in the implementation of BESDA,” Adeniran said.
Adeniran further expressed the Board’s readiness to guide Ogun SUBEB in the right path, by providing essential details on how to achieve Better Education Service Delivery for All in the neighbouring state.
He further revealed that Oyo State’s approach in the leadership of Mr Seyi Makinde was delivering free basic education to all children, and making it qualitative and exciting for them.
Adeniran said that on the list of decisions of the board is to instill the “Omoluabi” (integrity) ethos of the Yoruba culture in each child to preserve the identity and values of the Yoruba culture.
Speaking earlier, Dr Remi Balogun, the Director, Planning Research and Statistics, Ogun SUBEB, thanked Dr Nureni Adeniran for the privilege given to understudy the success of OYO SUBEB in the area of Better Education Service Delivery.
In another development, Mr Kunle Yusuff the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Oyo State on Sustainable Development Goals, has pledged to collaborate with OYO SUBEB on providing quality Education for public pupils in Oyo State.
He said this while presenting Students’ Edition of the Global Goals for Sustainable Development which would be distributed at no cost to pupils in Primary 4, Primary 5 and Primary 6.
According to him, the texts will be part of their curriculum and learning materials for social studies and basic science.
