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Stakeholders in the education sector have called on the Ondo State Governor, Dr Lucy Orimisan Aiyedatiwa to re-establish the Education Quality Assurance Agency to ensure quality and high standard teaching and learning in schools below tertiary level throughout the state The Ondo State Education Quality Assurance Agency was established through an executive order on September 13th, 2013  by the administration of Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, although it became operational on March 2nd, 2015.  However, the Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu's administration scrapped the agency for what stateholders described as duplication and overlapping of duties, resulting in low productivity. At a One-Day Stakeholders Engagement Meeting on the Implementation of National Quality Assurance Policy in Akure, stakeholders said the re-establishment of the agency would enhance co-ordination, effective monitoring and proper implementation of government policies on education. A former Permanent Secretary in the O...

The Ondo State Governor, Dr. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has approved the payment of WAEC registration fee for 23,048 SS3 students in all public secondary schools across the state. The move was part of the Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa's administration to alleviate the financial burden of parents and ensure unhindered academic progression for our for secondary school students in the state. The Six Hundred and Thirty-three Million, Nine Hundred and Eighteen Thousand Naira (N633, 918, 000.00 ) approved by the Governor would cover the payment of WAEC registration fee for SS3 students who had participated and passed the Joint SS2 Promotion Examination conducted last year by the State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. Stakeholders in the education sector in the state have lauded the state Governor, Dr Lucy Orimisan Aiyedatiwa for the gesture, describing it as a significant relief for parents and guardians in the face of the present economic reality. Accordingly to them, the...