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The Osun Government said it could no longer bear the
burden of full payment of West Africa Examination
Council fees for students in public schools.
The Deputy Governor, Titi Laoye-Tomori, said this when
the House of Assembly Committee on Education visited
her office in Osogbo on Wednesday.
Ms. Laoye-Tomori, who doubles as Commissioner for
Education, said the state government would pay half of
the WAEC fees, while parents would henceforth pay the
remaining.
She said the state government spent over N500 million
as WAEC fees for students per annum, adding that it
could no longer bear the cost due to lack of fund.
“The state government is yet to complete the payment
of 2014 WAEC fees and this is causing delay in the
release of the students’ results”, she said.
The deputy governor said promotion for teachers would
no longer be automatic, but would be based on
performance of students in external examinations.
She also said that government would make it
compulsory for teachers to teach in the rural areas for
one year.
Ms. Laoye-Tomori added that those who would be
teaching in the rural areas would get better pay than
those in the urban area.
On tertiary institutions, she said it was not true that the
government was planning to merge Colleges of
Education and Polytechnics in the state.
The deputy governor, however, said that the government
had put on hold admission into state-owned tertiary
institution for the new session.
She said the one-year break was to enable school
authorities to improve on their curriculum and
programmes.
