Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola, has proposed 21 percent of the state’s 2022 budget for the education sector, reiterating that his administration’s commitment to the revival of the education sector remains non-negotiable.
The details of the Appropriation Bill revealed that the larger chunks were earmarked for infrastructure, education and health sectors, with the Agriculture sector also getting its fair share.While speaking, Education, according to Oyetola, is crucial to the sustainable development of any nation. The governor also described it as a critical component of human capital development.
“To this end, we are currently implementing major far-reaching reforms to promote functional education in the State. “In the outgoing year, apart from formulating policies that support good learning, we renovated schools across the State, provided educational materials as well as trained and re-trained our teachers to improve their performance.