Aregbesola Commissions State Of The Art Anthony Udofia School

The Government of Osun State again added another state of the art school to its growing list of modern schools as the state capital, Osogbo, went agog for the commissioning ceremony of the Anthony Udofia Government Elementary School in Osogbo.

The newly commissioned complex has the capacity to seat 960-pupils with 24 classrooms of 40 pupils each, an ICT room, a library, multi-purpose hall, 29 toilets, offices for headmaster, facility manager, staff room, food court, sick bay, security/reception office and a water fountain for aesthetics.

Former Military Governor of the state, Anthony Udofia, whose name the school bears, was in town to witness the unveiling of what was a ramshackle school and now a world class learning environment.

Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Governor of the Stated at the commissioning ceremony ‎that ‎elementary School is the basic of the basic education; hence, any child with a good elementary school foundation will have no problem making progress educationally.

‎Aregbesola held that his administration is building 100 Elementary schools like the newly commissioned school across the state, saying the building of 100 of such may look ambitious, but an idea that will make elementary public school available in every neighbourhood.

‎The governor, who was filled with joy, added that his administration has been able to build across the state public schools that can compete with the best in the world.

He stressed that the commissioning of schools and other infrastructures are in fulfillment of government’s promise to provide functional basic education for the pupils in the state.

Aregbesola said: “I am happy and fulfilled that we have public schools that can compete with the best in the world and indeed, our new schools are the ones to beat around here.

“All these are in fulfillment of our promise to provide functional basic education for the pupils in the state. This stems from our conviction that every child is owed basic education. It is a fundamental and inalienable right of every child.

“Basic education is basic, pardon my tautology. A good basic education fulfills the definition of literacy as the ability to read and write and is a solid foundation on which other superstructure of vocational training or higher education can be built upon.”