Oyo State Governorship Hopeful, Olaoluwa Peter Abidemi popularly known as OPA has said the plan to change the nation’s socio-political climate depends, not just on the political leadership, but also on effective teaching and positive impact of teachers on learners.
Olaoluwa stated this in his message to teachers in Oyo State as they marks 2024 World Teachers made available to newsmen in Ibadan.
While congratulating teachers in Oyo State and all over the world, the Chartered Accountant turned politician said, like the words of Plato, a Greek philosopher “no society develops beyond the capacity of its teachers.”
He added that the success of the nation or its society depended on the teaching-learning process and proper curriculum development to inculcate in the youngsters, the positive attitude of change.
He added that his plan for educational advancement of the state will be to follow the standard best practices of UNESCO as agreed by the comity of nations.
He added that education will be the first choice if given opportunity to serve the people of the state adding that It is a pre-determined motive towards building a society where citizens will not only be easy to govern but be useful to themselves and their various communities.
He added that beyond the distribution of educational materials, including textbooks, to pupils at no cost to their parents, the state government under his watch will deploy different motivational strategies to encourage teachers.
This, he said, included “increment in emoluments” and “regular payment of salaries and allowances.”
Olaoluwa assured that the backlog of promotion of teachers in the state will be critically addressed while adding that “training and re-training of teaching and non-teaching personnel will also be better organised for efficiency.