FEATURE STORY
SUB – URBAN RURAL MEGA PRIMARY SCHOOL
•    Promoting equity, qualitative education and transformational development

In the olden days, elders have to trek several miles to attend schools their communities, likewise, students of Isokan community, along Irese road in Akure local government had to trek several miles to attend good schools, which can afford them access to qualitative education. Even the children of the rich were not spared and were very much discriminated from the children of the poor, as they attend board schools and academic institutions far away which their parents believe could offer world class standardized education for their children. Thus there exist wide gap between the rich and the poor, unequal access to education, lack of needed parental care, among others.
Research into the community reveals that Isokan community for decades houses no government owned school, even the few privately owned ones are housed in dilapidated structure, with inadequate qualified teachers; therefore the community has on no account received the favour of the previous administration in terms educational development for the benefit of students and pupils in the area.
However, the present administration in its quest to give access to equal and quality education to children of both the rich and the poor, transformation of educational facilities and infrastructures, has built about 50 mega schools, among which is a Sub- Urban Rural Mega Primary School in Famese - Isokan Community, Irese road, Akure.
This area comprises 13 various rural – urban communities within Irese town and it has about 6 km radius with loving people who are glad enough to keep their father’s heritage and promise of providing land for the government to assist in building of a community school, not knowing it will not be commonplace school but a sub – urban mega primary school, with credit to the Mimiko’s administration.
Just as the President has put in place 125 Almajiri schools within four years in the northern part of the country in order to keep the kids out of the streets, the present administration has put in place a beautiful structure which aligns with the present day technological development, infrastructures and teaching aids that cushion learning and understanding to the benefit of the pupils and students; thereby bridging the gap between the rich and the poor. Children of the rich and the poor now have access to the same enhanced educational infrastructures, materials and qualitative teaching, no wonder at Isokan Sub – Urban Mega Primary School, it is a pupil per computer.
The just commissioned Sub – Urban Mega Primary School is a promised fulfilled for the people of the state, because Mr. Governor had earlier promised that his administration will continue to transform Ondo State by restructuring, restoring and transforming the state with 21st century infrastructures that are to the best interest of the people; this must have prompted the people of Isokan community to welcome the Governor warmly during the commissioning of the Sub – Urban Mega Primary School in the area.
The peoples’ Governor also affirmed that Isokan Community Mega primary school is the first sub – urban mega school built and commissioned by his administration and it was premised upon global re – engineering of educational programme in Ondo state.
At Isokan sub – urban mega school, enough sophisticated materials that aligns with infrastructural development of the information and computer technological age were also put in place, making it conform with the 21st century trend. Consequently, the mega primary school ideology has helped to make accessible to every category of children in Ondo state – quality education, inclusive growth, equity and progressivism; therefore making it an initiative of social integration for the growth of young ones.
Mimiko as well promised to continue building mega primary school and transforming the state educational sector so that all children in the state are given equal right to quality educational in order to enable them compete favourably with their counterparts within and outside the country.
The government being a very prudent government in addition put in place the sub urban rural mega primary school to ensure minimal principle, that is  minimum cost viz a viz maximum benefit, therefore saving the government about 50% cost of implementation and every required facilities were there – in.
Another stakeholder in the educational sector and the Ondo State Commissioner for Education, Arc. Jide Adejuyigbe, in his own view said the government is committed to provide quality education for the people and therefore advised other communities to emulate Isokan community for its readiness to give out plots of lands for siting the school.
To an astute academic and a septuagenarian, who was a Guest of Honour during the commissioning of the edifice, Prof. Dupe Olatunbosun, unlike previous administrations in Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun mimiko has performed tremendously remarkable in all ways. He insisted Ondo state has not seen the uncommon transformation witnessed in the Mimiko’s administration and thus urged the people to support transformational government.
The Professor of Agriculture Economics said the landmark achievement is an evident of Mimiko’s prudent administration in resources management, restructuring and transformation of all aspects of the state economy.
In the same vien, the communities were not left out in lauding the efforts of the government, one of the Community leaders, Mr. Babatunde Fatoki, appreciated the government for coming to their rescue by putting in place a world class primary school in their community, because it will go a long way to alleviate the plight of parents sending kids to school so as to acquire quality education.
It can therefore be concluded that the newly commissioned of Sub – Urban Mega Primary School, Isokan by Governor Olusegun Mimiko, is an evident of restoration of Hope and fulfilled future in an average Ondo child.

Ayokunle Ikusemiju,
For Caring Heart.