By ALABA OLUSOLA OKE

The Ondo State Government says it will establish entrepreneurial centres in secondary schools across the state to enable students acquire vocational skills.

The state Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Laolu Akindolire, stated this on Monday in Akure, after visiting some schools to assess resumption for the third term of the 2023/2024 academic session.

Akindolire said that the ministry would collaborate with the Office of the Special Adviser to the State Governor on Entrepreneurship and Innovation on the initiative.

The commissioner said that the initiative would equip students with entrepreneurial skills so that they could have a viable career to fall back on in future.

Akindolire commended the schools visited for having clean environments.

“I am satisfied with what I have seen in the schools visited. Their compounds are neat and the student enrolment is very encouraging and satisfying.

“There is hope for our education sector and we will advance to the next level in the state,” he said.

The commissioner charged the school administrators to be more committed to their duties and show good example, stressing that the students look up to them.

Also speaking, Mr Okeowo Ogunleye, the Principal of Oyemekun Grammar School, Akure, one of the schools inspected, said that the school was well prepared for the new term.

Ogunleye appealed to teachers in the school to be more committed to their works and enjoined students to be proactive.

He also appealed to parents to support their children and wards in their education pursuits.

In his words, Master Habeeb Solagboye, the Senior Prefect of Oyemekun Grammar School, urged his colleagues to be diligent and studious in order to excel in their studies.

Other schools visited were: St. Louis Grammar School, Akure; and Fiwasaye Girls’ Grammar School, Akure. (NAN)