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September 9, 2015

Stakeholders should pay for education in Ekiti – Summit

By Rotimi Ojomoyela

Ado-Ekiti—The Ekiti State Education summit 2015 has declared that funding of education should not be left to government alone but all stakeholders in the state must play a critical role with cost sharing arrangement.

The state Deputy Governor, Dr. Kolapo Olusola, who read the resolution of the one-day summit tagged ‘restoring the lost glory’ which was held yesterday in Ado-Ekiti, said Entrepreneurship Education would be given a priority at primary and secondary levels in the state.

Olusola, further said that premium would be placed on the welfare of teachers, who are the major drivers of the new policy, adding that parents also should intensify monitoring of their children for the education to be on a sound footing in the state.
He added that the