By Dare Akogun
Governor of Kwara state Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has urged stakeholders to contribute their quota towards the betterment of education in the state.
The governor made the call during the award giving and donation towards the development of Gba-Gba Community School in Ilorin on Wednesday.
Represented by the Commissioner for Women Affairs, Dr Mopelola Bashir, the governor noted that education and schooling were one, adding that when one acquires education, it means schooling.
“To achieve the objective of education for all, every society must identify the stakeholders that must participate in the education of children such as parents, teachers, community, mass media and government.
“Parents transmit first hand education to every child as the home provides the best avenue for children to acquire the basic socialisation that is necessary to cope with it in the society.
“Community involves in the process of educating their members, as it serves as a means of identifying and mobilising local resources, such as building consensus and support for all educational programmes and policies.
“Conventional and modern media should converge to assist the community in the education of every child, especially in a world where parents, teachers and community have limited space to monitor their children.
“Government in every democratic setting has a tremendous role to play in the education of children, as it provides most of the resources needed to educate the child, especially the public schools,” he said.
The President of Gba-Gba Community Development Association (GCDA), Mr Daud Beki, lamented that the National Examination Council (NECO) had disqualified the school from writing examination.
Beki however explained that the disqualification was due to lack of Examination Hall and Science Laboratory, so the students had to write their examination in another qualified school.
He solicited for the support of government and stakeholders to contribute towards the completion of the Examination Hall and construction of science laboratory.
He however appreciated the contributions and sacrifices received towards the growth of the community.
He assured that all financial and material contributions made would be judiciously utilised without deviation.
