Osun set to unveil Wole Soyinka High School, Monday

Government of the State of Osun has concluded plans to unveil the newly-completed high school in Ejigbo, Ejigbo Local Government Area of the state, Monday November 23.

The new school, named after Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, is a magnificent three-in-one school, with capacity for 3,000 pupils.

The Monday commissioning of the school marks the first of such High school facilities in the state having commissioned schools in the other lower categories of the mega-schools being built by the Rauf Aregbesola administration.

The Government had earlier commissioned the Salvation Government Middle School, Alekuwodo, Osogbo, Baptist Elementary Government School, Ilare, Ile Ife as well as the Ansar-rul-Deen Government Elementary School, Isale Osun, Osogbo. Already, more than 50 schools in the Elementary and Middle School classification have been completed and put to use across the state.

A statement signed by the Director, Bureau of Communication and Strategy in the Office of the Governor, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, said the unveiling of the new school is in furtherance of the determined implementation of the report of the 2011 education summit organised by the state government which identified the multiform problems and rots standing in the way of functional education in Nigeria.

The statement listed the facilities in the school to include; a borehole, transformer, 72 classrooms of 49 square-meters each capable of sitting 49 students, fully furnished block of 6 offices for study groups, 6 laboratories (fully furnished), 18 toilets for young ladies, 18 toilets for young men, 1 Science library (fully furnished), 1 Art Library (fully furnished), 1 Facility manager’s office, a book shop and a one sick bay.

Other facilities are: 1 Bursar’s office, 3 Principals’ office (furnished), 3 General Staff office, 1 Senior principal’s office (furnished), 1 Record store, 1 Security shed/Reception.

A total of 1000square-meters of floor space Hall capable of seating 1000 students for external exams

The school also comes with a storage for equipment, a utility storage, a stage, office space, storage for documents, 4 female toilets, 4 male toilets, an Olympic-size football field, 7 lane sprinting tracks for 100meters and 400meters, Pavilion, outdoor basketball court that doubles as Lawn Tennis court, ample parking space for more than 75 cars.

The statement further assured the people of Osun that all the projects embarked upon in the education sector and other sectors will be completed.