Ekiti State Government has commenced the distribution of free E-registration PINs for 2023 Joint Admission Matriculation examination to two thousand five hundred students across the 16 local government areas of the state.
At the flagg off ceremony in Ado Ekiti, the wife of Ekiti State Governor, Dr Olayemi Oyebanji said sixteen million, six hundred and twenty seven thousand Naira was committed to the project, covering e-training, registration and thumb printing at no cost to the beneficiaries.
The Governor’s wife therefore challenged the benefitting students to work extra hard so as to gain admission to schools of high reputation saying that the gesture was part of his commitment to relieve parents who were struggling to register their children for the examination.
She gave the assurance that the gesture would be sustained to encourage youth at putting-in their best, urging parents to reduce domestic shores of the students to allow them consentrate on their preparation for the examination.
“Start to read and attend coaching classes and give all it takes to pass the exam. You also need to emulate those that have become the award winners of this examination”. She added.
The Governor’s wife appreciated teachers and other stakeholders in their quest at improving the quality of education in the state urging them to continue until the glory in education is totally restored.
Earlier the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Science and Technology, Dr Adebimpe Aderiye, advised the benefiting students to be adequately guided while filling their forms by consentrating on course of study to choose and also consider their areas of strength.
Also the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Dr Folakemi Olomojobi who said that the Government’s step would ensure that students have unhindered access to tertiary education, promised that it would be monitored, but charged parents and students to cooperate with Government.
In a Good will message, Ekiti State Head of Service, Barr. Bamidele Agbede represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Mrs Tola Faseluka appealed to the students to create study time table, get rid of distractions and study past questions so as to pass well, once and for all.
One of the beneficiaries, Miss Sharon Ajulo appreciated the State Government for the sustainance of the programme with an assurance that the benefiting students would work hard to have good results.