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From Lateef Dada, Osogbo
The Ilesa Grammar School Old Students Association (ILEGSOSA), in Osun State has lamented the decline in the quality of education and appealed to the government at all levels to step up the game and invest more in education.
The National President of the association, Dr Obisesan Daramola, stated this on Monday during a press conference heralding the 90th celebration of the school.
He expressed displeasure over the level of out-of-school children, advising that federal, state, and local governments must prioritise education.
“That is human capital development. It is shameful that some children are still working on the street, unable to go to school, that should not happen at all. The government at all levels should prioritise education. Education, health, and security should be the priority of every government,” Daramola said.
Earlier, the National Vice President and Chairman Planning Committee, Dr Wale Bolorunduro, disclosed that during the weeklong celebration, the foundation of the secretariat donated by an ex-student, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeem Christian Church of God (RCCG), would be laid.
The former Commissioner for Finance in Osun disclosed that a set had built a multimedia vocational center while another set is trying to provide an ICT centre as part of efforts to make students of the school become entrepreneurs from secondary school.
He hinted that an endowment fund would be launched during the 90th celebration to enable the association to contribute more to the development of the school.
Also, a media guru, Sola Oshunkeye, lamented the poor state of education in Nigeria, saying that the government must stop paying lip service to education if the sector would improve.
Oshunkeye who is also an old student of ILEGSOSA said, “Those in government must take the issue of education very seriously. They pay lip service to education. No state is giving education 40 percent cash backing. That is why we have so many problems in this country. Let us stop paying lip service to education,” Oshunkeye said.
