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The Osun State Administration has rejected allegations that public primary and secondary schools in the region are deteriorating or at risk of closing because of a lack of teachers and essential resources, stating that no school will be shut down during Governor Ademola Adeleke’s leadership.

The head of the Osun State Teaching Service Commission, Temitope Mustapha, provided the explanation on Friday in Osogbo at a one-day meeting for members of the state’s Timetable Committee.

Mustapha stated that education continues to be a key focus for the current government, emphasizing that both city and village schools are being enhanced instead of being overlooked.

He stated that allegations about rural schools closing down were untrue, noting that these stories were being promoted by “opponents of progress.”

No school is facing extinction in Osun State. Our students from rural areas achieved outstanding results in NECO and WASSCE, contributing to the state’s rise from 30th to 7th place nationally.

“The claim that rural schools are shutting down is incorrect. During Governor Ademola Adeleke’s leadership, this has not occurred and will not occur,” he stated.

Mustapha revealed that newly hired teachers have already been sent to remote regions to address staffing shortages and enhance the standard of education throughout the state.

He also warned school schedule administrators to approach their duties with seriousness, highlighting their role as essential to successful academic organization.

“Each instructor, excluding headmasters and assistant headmasters, should be assigned 24 class hours each week,” he further stated.

The explanation arrives in the face of criticism from the opposition.

The head of the All Progressives Congress Campaign Committee for the Osun governorship election on August 15, Wole Oke, claimed that state resources have been improperly handled during the past three and a half years.

Oke also asserted that public schools were in decline, stating that government-run schools lacked proper facilities and teaching staff, and that numerous children had stopped enrolling in public schools.

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