Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has expressed his delight at the state’s ranking as 7th in the just-released standard educational performance in 2024 SSCE by the National Examinations Council (NECO), up from 33rd position in early 2022.
Governor Adeleke had during the 2022 governorship campaign promised to take Osun to a single-digit ranking in national examinations, a vow he is keeping with the new report titled “Standard Educational Performance Ranking of States in 2024 SSCE” from the National Examinations Council (NECO).
According to an internal release from the Commissioner for Education, Hon Dipo Eluwole, the report confirmed Governor Adeleke’s commitment to restoring the Osun state education sector to the academic leadership it once possessed from its creation in 1991.
Reacting to the positive development, Governor Adeleke commended the commissioner for Education and all team leaders and members in the education system for making the dream a reality, calling the new rating “excellent news for all Osun people.”
“I am elated that, daily, good things, good news are happening to us as a state. I made that promise, and now God and our team have made it possible. It is extraordinary to move from 33rd position to 7th within two years.
“But my real target is number one, and it is possible. So our educational team should not rest yet. We must keep up the reforms. We must continue to innovate”
Adeleke, who attributed the delay in the teacher recruitment process to the juggling of so many issues at the same time, promised to resolve the issue soon.
