The Commissioner for Education, Prof. Igbekele Ajibefun, paid an unannounced visit to the Ondo State School for the Deaf, Akure, and lamented the poor management of the institution by the education officer managing the school.


The Commissioner, who arrived at the school at 7:00 am, noted the absence of the  senior officers to monitor the activities of the children, despite the fact that they are students with special needs.

Moving around the facility, Prof. Ajibefun expressed his dissatisfaction with the commitment of the principal and other senior staff, as well as the quality of food given to the children, saying it was below the standard of the funds released by the government for the school.

He sent a strong warning to teachers in the public school system, stating the Ministry would not tolerate any act of indiscipline:

“Teachers in the public schools should take the job they are employed for seriously. If they are not ready to do the job, they should leave it for those that will do the job. From now on, every person that is found wanting will be dealt with. We will not condone any lackadaisical attitude from any teacher in the state.”

The Commissioner promised that the Ministry would take monitoring exercises seriously, and any teacher caught in the process would face serious action that would serve as a deterrent to others.

Speaking on the policy of reuse of textbooks, the Commissioner added “we also found that despite meeting and giving strong warnings on the policy of reuse of textbooks, we still discovered that some teachers still make students write in their textbooks. We will met out punishment to such erring teachers caught.”

He emphasized that the government of Dr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa would not allow anything to be a burden to parents in the state.

As a deterrent, the Commissioner announced that a panel be set up for the principal and the senior officers of the school.