I want to be remembered for transforming education in Edo – Obaseki

The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said that he is investing in education because he wants to be remembered as the man who transformed the state’s education sector for the benefit of the people.

The governor said this at the weekend during a ‘Thank You rally’ organised for him by the Edo State wing of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT),

According to him, the feat attained in the education sector is in line with the promise made to Nigerians by the All Progressives Congress (APC).

“What you have seen us doing in education in Edo State is the promise our great party, the APC, made to Nigerians. We are focused on education because we have decided to move Edo from schooling to learning.

“Everyone complains about the quality of education in Nigeria and it shows that the students did not learn what they were supposed to learn in kindergarten and primary schools. That is why when I became governor, I said if I do not do anything as governor, one thing I should be remembered for is that I reformed the education sector,”

He explained that his administration is currently in talks with the World Bank to get assistance in strengthening the Junior Secondary School system in the state.

“We want to extend the digital learning system from public primary schools to public Junior Secondary Schools in the state. The plan is to strengthen the junior secondary school system with vocational studies, so as to provide laboratories and workshops to impart technical skills in the students,” he said.

Chairman of the Edo State Wing of the NUT, Comrade Pius Okhueleigbe, said the rally was organised to celebrate ‘‘the tremendous achievements of the governor in the education sector’’.