The education standard in schools in Ogun State and Nigeria as a whole has dropped immensely, due to various reasons like lack of good teaching aids and facilities, poor training programs and resource materials for the teachers and general lack of motivation for teachers to teach selflessly and/or students to learn anxiously.
In a bid to wake up the motivation in the students and complement the free education scheme and free text books which were distributed to all students by her husband’s administration,former wife of the Governor of Ogun State, Mrs. Amosun felt that a reward system of some sort could assist in motivating students to strive and aspire to do better. As a Guidance Counselor by profession, Mrs. Amosun decided to seek sponsorship to support her motivating programme for SS3 students.
In January 2012, sponsorship was secured for the 20 students (one from each Local Government Area in the state) to accompany the former wife of the Governor of Ogun State on an all-expense paid
leadership, enlightening and educative trip outside the country.
The initiative is an ongoing one that’s Results in Ogun State’ will be designed to motivate students to do scheduled to ensure that they do not their very best in the Senior interfere with the plans by some of them to secure admission into higher institutions in the next academic session.
For the whole duration of the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination early in 2012, there were jingles on the radio and television to inform all students of this reward as a form of steering them towards striving to excel. The following advert was also published a few times especially in local newspapers. It’s a way of encouraging students in all the state-owned schools to take full advantage of the free qualitative education scheme that the Former Governor, Senator lbikunle Amosun (FCA) has introduced into the state.
The exam results are currently being awaited, and the Ministry of Education is on standby for the winners to emerge. The overall best student of the 20 would be further rewarded with a cash gift towards aiding him or her in the payment of the already subsidized tuition in tertiary institutions in the State.