States pledge quality education as schools resume today

Primary and secondary schools across many states of the country will today reopen for the first term of the 2025/2026 academic session, with state governments assuring parents and pupils of a smooth resumption and quality learning environment.

As pupils return to classrooms, scenes are expected to differ across schools. While some children will meet newly renovated buildings, freshly supplied desks, and improved facilities, others will return to dilapidated classrooms, bushy compounds, and scattered furniture. For many schools, lessons and revision will commence immediately; for others, the opening day will be devoted to cleaning and preparation before academic activities fully resume.

In Ondo State, the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Igbekele Ajibefun, said all arrangements had been concluded for resumption.

> “All schools (primary and secondary) are resuming tomorrow. The heads of schools are aware, the teachers are aware, and all schools are set. They have carried out their pre-resumption meetings on Thursday and Friday, so they are ready to receive students,” Ajibefun said in a statement on Sunday.

Meanwhile, the senator representing Ondo North Senatorial District, Jide Ipinsagba, boosted learning in Akoko South-East and South-West constituencies with the donation of educational materials.

One hundred students from JSS1 to SSS2 received school bags containing textbooks in English and Mathematics, mathematical sets, exercise books, and pens.

In Ekiti State, the Commissioner for Education, Dr. Olabimpe Aderiye, confirmed that both public and private schools would resume today.