The Oyo State House of Assembly has urged education stakeholders to regulate the periodic review of recommended text books in public and private schools
This followed a motion by Olusegun Ajanaku, who noted that books used in public and private primary and secondary schools are recommended and reviewed periodically by the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and Curriculum Development Directorate of the Ministry of Education.
He lamented that publishers, schools and unscrupulous officials collaborate to review recommended textbooks at will for self enrichment.
This act, Ajanaku stated, frustrates the culture of siblings inheriting books, thereby making parents spend unnecessary and outrageous amount of money to buy books.
“Urgent steps need to be taken to correct the anomalies.
“Recommended texbooks ought not to be reviewed at least, for a period of four to five years” Ajanaku said
The Speaker, Michael Adeyemo, directed that SUBEB, Ministry of Education and Association of Proprietors of Private Schools should appear before the House on July 7.