The Ogun government has received Institutional Development Plan report from the Consultant, International Training Solutions (ITS), aimed at improving technical education in the state.
Receiving the report in her office on behalf of the state government, Prof. Sidi Osho, Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology , expressed satisfaction with the quality of work done by the consultant .
Osho noted that technical education was beyond theoretical aspect, saying that it was important to involve the experts in order to improve the standard of technical colleges in the state.
She disclosed that a technical committee would be inaugurated to review the report and deliberate on the appropriate method to be applied for its integration into the scheme of work in the state technical colleges.
She said the government would on its part ensure feasible areas of recommendation were immediately tackled and worked on .
The commissioner opined that the provisions in the report would change the narratives technical colleges , saying that the colleges would evolve into training centres for trade and craftsmanship thereby providing the needed expertise for organisations.
“Gov. Dapo Abiodun has promised a turn around in the state education sector on assumption of office and just few months into his administration, alot of giant strides have already been recorded.
In her submission, Mrs Ronke Soyombo, Special Adviser to the governor on Primary , Secondary and Technical Education, said the initiative was a way of reemphasising governments commitment to education in the state.
Earlier , the Project Coordinator of ITS Mr Fidelis Atuma, noted that the organisation had over the last 10 months worked closely with concerned agencies of government to actualise the blueprint.
“We have gathered information that have now been put together in the report with professional recommendations of action plans to convert the technical colleges to model technical colleges of renowned global standards,” he said.
