Towards creating a conducive learning environment for teaching and learning, the Executive Chairman of Ogun State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr. Femi Majekodunmi, has disclosed that construction and rehabilitation of about 360 projects had commenced in the three Senatorial Districts of the State.

           Dr. Majekodunmi, stated this during an interview with journalists in Abeokuta, saying the projects would be executed through the 2018-2019 Intervention Project Fund, made available by the State and Federal government, adding that the projects would be executed within three months.

          He said the shortlisted contractors have received letters of Award of Contract to embark on the projects, adding that the project would cover the construction and rehabilitation of classrooms, toilet facilities, borehole installations, supply of furniture and e-library materials, among other crucial components.

          He urged the contractors to uphold the highest standards of specifications outlined in their Bill of Quantity, stressing the importance of ensuring the safety of the learners who would benefit from the projects across the State, warning that Ogun SUBEB would not tolerate substandard work.

          According to him, ‘’before the present administration came on board, the infrastructural facilities in many of the public schools were dilapidated, pupils and teachers’ furniture were virtually not available, and this necessitated the construction and rehabilitation of additional classrooms to improve the standard of education in both public primary and junior secondary schools in the State’’.

          The SUBEB boss noted that the present administration was committed to repositioning basic education in the State in line with the functional, accessible and technology-driven education policy of the government, adding that the Board was working relentlessly to deliver its core mandate in the education sector.

          The Chairman affirmed that the State government had ensured payment of monthly running costs to 1,566 schools for smooth administrations, saying the State recorded great achievement in training and re-training of Basic Education Teachers, Headteachers and Education Officers and procurement of five buses for effective monitoring in the Local Government Education Authorities.