Ekiti Moves To Introduce Agricultural Entrepreneurship Skills In Public Schools Curriculum

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, has said his administration has concluded plans to introduce practical agriculture and entrepreneurial skills as part of school curricula in the state.

He also restated his administration’s zero tolerance for examination malpractices in all schools in the state.

 The governor made the disclosure on Friday in Ado Ekiti while flagging off distribution of letters of appointment to 1,300 newly recruited primary school teachers in the state.

He added that each of the 40 benefitting ‘Agriculture in Schools Programme’ would receive direct grants ranging from N545, 786.094  to N874,459.25 for the take-off.

 The governor disclosed that his government has paid N1.2 billion as matching grants for the SUBEB/UBEC intervention funds to enable public primary and junior secondary schools in the state to continue to enjoy unhindered and the necessary government assistance in the areas of infrastructure and training of teachers.

“With this development, Ekiti State would thus become one of the first states in Nigeria to access the 2022 UBEC /SUBEB Intervention funds to continue to witness the back to back government intervention.

 Oyebanji who charged the teachers to be innovative and embrace modern techniques and approach in imparting knowledge urged them to display patriotic commitment, high level of integrity and professional diligence to their duties.

“As a teacher for this millennium, you are to be creative, loving, connected, approachable, adaptive, talented and progressive. Improvisation, problem-solving skills, innovation and real-life interactions are more effective than tired lesson-note and repetitive but ineffective regurgitations. I therefore urge you to be the teacher for this age and the game-changing teacher for the future.’’

Earlier, the chairman of SUBEB, Prof. Femi Akinwumi, who commended Governor Oyebanji for approving the appointment to fill vacant position in the education industry, stated that his intervention in the sector has placed Ekiti in the forefront of states that have continued to make remarkable improvement in standard of education.