The Osun State Government has disclosed that the Alternative High School for Girls in Osogbo will begin academic activities in the next academic session.
This is coming after OSUN DEFENDER reported how the school, which was built, commissioned, and handed over to the state government by Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, was still under lock four months after its inauguration.
The school was commissioned on December 13, 2023, as a special intervention for girls who have dropped out due to socio-economic challenges, with a promise to offer both formal education and vocational training.
However, since the official handing over of the school, the state government has kept mum, keeping interested applicants in limbo.
Following OSUN DEFENDER’s report, the state government on Sunday, in a statement by the Commissioner for Information, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi, said preparations for the school’s take-off have been completed.
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“Top officials of the Ministry of Education recently held a strategic meeting with the First Lady of the state. Present at the meeting were myself, the Honourable Commissioner for Education, the Executive Secretary of the Senior Secondary Education Board, and a member of the SUBEB board. The purpose was to fine-tune plans for the school’s take-off in the next academic session,” Alimi disclosed.
Alimi revealed that the meeting discussed the deployment of teachers to the school and the introduction of vocational skills such as event planning, Ofi weaving, Adire, hairdressing, and other trades.
“The Alternative High School for Girls represents commitment to inclusive and transformative education. We are not just building a school; we are building futures. Every girl who walks through its gates will have the opportunity to rewrite her story,” Alimi said.
He added that the goal is to combine conventional education with skills that can help the students become self-reliant.
While reaffirming the state’s commitment to the project, Alimi said the school will offer “a second chance to girls in need of education and empowerment.”
The government also said logistics are being finalised to ensure the school begins full operations as promised.
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