For setting a Senior School English summary passage which harped on the alleged negligence of education by the Ogun state government, no fewer than six top education officials have been sacked by the Ogun State Ministry of Education.
An examiner, Adegbenro Joel, was said to have prepared the “offensive’ English language examination questions for the third term academic session of the State Unified Examination in public secondary schools.
The English language contained a controversial summary passage which reads: “There is no arguing about the fact that the government is merely paying lip service to the development of the education. It is true that a lot of money is being spent on education sector but, with little or no impact felt by the people, except where we want to deceive ourselves.
“Many school run by the government which were formally known for academic excellence have suddenly lost their prestige and are living on past glory. No wonder many parents and guardians are threateningly left with only one option, to withdraw their wards from these schools to other ones that are better managed”.
The state governor, Ibikunle Amosun, was said to have been infuriated after the passage was brought to his attention, hence he allegedly ordered the dismissal of the officials of the ministry directly in charge of the examination.
Reliable government sources told Premium Times that those fired over the development include an acting Permanent Secretary, Folashade Oresegun; three directors including, Ganiyu Odunsi, and a deputy director, curriculum and evaluation, simply identified as Mr. Majekodunmi.
The examiner, who is a teacher at Mayflower School, was also sacked, the medium claimed. It was also gathered that the dismissal of Oresegun and Odunsi was later converted to compulsory retirement while the four other affected officials remain dismissed.
When contacted by the online medium, the Secretary to the State Government, Taiwo Adeoluwa, said he was not competent to comment on the matter, stressing that, “the issue is a civil service matter, the best person to comment is the state Head of Service. Please call Head of Service”.
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