Osun Government Seals Up 23 Substandard Schools

The Osun State government has sealed off 23 private schools it said were “substandard” across the state.

Some of the offences that led to closure of the schools are dirty teaching environment, unqualified teachers, non renewal of licenses and operating without a licence.

The seal off according to the state’s commissioner for education, Folorunso Oladoyin, is to perfect the efforts of the government to sanitise education sector in the state for better results.

The commissioner, in a statement, said authorities “will not relent in its efforts to give quality education to students because they are the future of the state.

He urged the school supervisors in Osun to remain in order to fish out more mushroom and substandard private schools.

Oladoyin also said in the statement that private schools who are not properly registered with the state’s Ministry of Education should do so as soon as possible.

The affected schools include Hephzibah Kiddies, Ejigbo; Najeemdeen Model Schools, Ejigbo; Favour of God secondary school, Okinni; Omolara Nursery And Primary School, Iwo, among others.

This is the second time the state government will seal off schools. Some schools were sealed in September 2020 for similar offences.