As part of its commitment to educational development and rewards for good performance of her students, the Itesiwaju local government area of Oyo State under the Executive Chairmanship of Hon. Niyi Adeagbo, has started giving out free application forms for the 2018/2019 Unifed Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The exercise, which kick off today will end on Friday, 31st November 2018. According to the Education Department of the council area, over 300 willing applicants across the 11 senior, secondary schools of the LG have so far picked up their forms at no cost.
Hon. Adeagbo while flagging off the exercise said, "education is primal to social development, peace and stability, progress and economic transformation globally; this is why we are giving underprivileged students this support, because when we have educated youths and populace, the local government develops politically and economically".
The council boss stated that his administration has partnered with the Local Inspectorate of Education and the school principals in the council area towards the conduct of free, fair and credible qualification examination for the applicants. "The L.I.E and the principals are the examiners for the yet-to-be announced qualification exams. Therefore, I urge all our students who are interested in the next year UTME to come to the education department of the council to obtain free forms before the deadline date" he said.
Adeagbo reinstated his commitment towards educational development in the LGA, noting that more of such developments will characterize his tenure. "The gesture is part of our administration's efforts to reward good performance of our students in the basic, secondary and tertiary education" he said.
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