How we plan to curb indiscipline in our secondary schools – Education commissioner
Emmanuel Adigwe
The Ogun state government has stated that it is hopeful that indiscipline and unruly behaviors amongst students would be curbed to the minimal level through the intervention and strategies that it has put in place.
The commissioner for education, Science, and Technology, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu disclosed this in Oke-Mosan during the handing over of reports by counselors engaged to counsel learners of Abeokuta Girls’ Grammar School, Onikolobo, caught smoking ‘shisha’ towards the end of the first term.
Prof. Arigbabu, in a statement signed by the Ministry’s Press Officers, Damilola Omoniyi and Ayoola Obadimu, talked about the government’s commitment to building and developing children that would be psychologically and mentally balanced, through its responsive approach to teaching and learning exercise.
“Ogun state government is responsible and responsive when it comes to education, and we are more interested in bringing up a psychologically and mentally balanced children. I am hopeful that the state will be able to curb indiscipline in our schools, with all our interventions and laid down strategies”, he said.
Arigbabu stated that the recommendations presented would be followed to the letter, saying that the essence of punishment was not to destroy but to correct and reform erring learners as he promised that the ministry would continue to monitor the progress of the learners.
