Achievements

• Higher Education: Increase from one and a half to three full-fledged Universities
• Upgrading of Emmanuel Alayande College of Education to University of Education. This was done to afford Oyo State Indigenes and others, a qualitative University education and blockage of revenue leakage through affiliation of the College with Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti.
• Sole Ownership of LAUTECH was accomplished. In addition, the University was expanded to a multi-campus status starting with Faculty of Agriculture and Renewable Natural Resources, Iseyin Campus.
• Innovation and Creativity:

The Ministry is renowned for creativity and innovation in expanding teaching and learning opportunity to all citizenry. Some of the iconic innovative strides taken in 2022 are as follows:

• ICT in Education: Oyo State as a pacesetter developed and deployed additional learning solution named Leaning Management System on web and mobile applications. This solution enhances virtual learning, interactive learning, e-textbooks and  computer-based test. The application has over 1000 questions per subject for UTME-CBT practices for public Secondary Schools Students.
• Competitive CBT Examination: The Ministry introduced and sustained Computer Based Test for candidates who sought admission into schools of science in the State. Plan is in progress to replicate this innovation into Basic Education Certificate Examination.
• Brailing of Textbooks:to ensure inclusive education for special needs children, the Ministry for the first time produced brailed textbooks for visually impaired students of secondary schools in core subjects such as English Language, Mathematics, Biology, Agricultural Science, Economics etc. This innovation has widened the scope of subjects and thus the career of visually impaired students in the State.
• Teacher Mentoring and Monitoring Programme:The Ministry carried out a need assessment survey on teachers to identify capacity gaps in teaching of basic principles and concepts of various subjects in basic and secondary schools. This survey revealed the need to update/upgrade pedagogical framework of teachers. Hence, a mentoring (coaching) programme was initiated whereby teachers were empowered in interactive sessions. The result of which has improved learning outcomes, teachers output and increased enrolment in 2022. shown in the next slide is the enrolment chart.
• Functional/Entrepreneurial Education: In translating classroom experience to employment and wealth generation, the Ministry introduced production unit through Junior Engineers, Technicians and Scientists (JETS) in making various items of commercial value in secondary education using Schools of Science as model. This media file shows some clips and photos of such projects.  
• Value Addition to the System
• Provision of UTME App (Mobile & Web): The Ministry, deployed an offline mobile solution to promote learning on mobile device (android, IoS, windows) for self-examination in preparation for UTME in 649 public secondary schools, with over 495,824 students as beneficiaries.
• Intervention Classes for SS3: In order to improve students’ performance in external examination as well as facilitate easy transition to tertiary institutions, the Ministry put in place intervention classes for SS3 students who are preparing for WASSCE and NECO SSCE. The intervention has enhanced learning outcomes and better performance of the candidates.
• Increased Internally Generated Revenue: In consideration of dearth of fund, the Ministry strengthen her revenue drive by embracing scientific monitoring of private institutions and encouragement of unregistered schools. This effort yielded increase in the revenue of the Ministry gradually from 220 million in 2020 to 314 Million in 2022. The Ministry thereby deliberately requested for increase in her approved revenue budget for the year 2023.
• Reduction in Number of Out of School Children (OOSC): Oyo State was identified as the State with the highest number of OOSC in the South West  by UNICEF.  However, the Ministry has enrolled 54,569 pupils/students using multi-dimension approach such as cancellation of school levies, engagement of various stakeholders, provision of free notebooks and text books, construction of more classrooms, provision of furniture and recruitment of teachers etc, to tackle the hydra-headed menace in synergy with the aspiration of Governor Seyi Makinde FNSE led administration.
• Timely and uniform Resumption of Schools for 2022/2023 Academic Session: The Ministry for the first time in the past ten (10) years achieved the prompt release of results of Common Entrance/Placement Screening Test, Basic (Junior) Certificate Examination and Competitive Entrance Examination into Schools of Science thus eliminated the systemic inability to get all categories of students in Secondary Schools to resume early and at the same time. This feat was achieved in September, 2022 when the age long jinx was broken.
• Curbing Violence in Schools: The Ministry in 2022 developed a strategy for nibbing violence and inter-school fight in the bud using native intelligence and engaging all stakeholders in regular dialogue. This initiative had reduced occurrence of disputes and clashes among students of various schools across the State.

Conclusion: As a result of the Iconic projects/programme actualised by dedicated members of Staff of the entire Ministry of Education, Science and Technology which is in line with the Roadmap for Accelerated Development of the present administration under the able leadership of His Excellency, Engineer Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde, FNSE, the Ministry was awarded the Best Ministry Award at the Year 2022 Productivity and Merit Award.