BENIN, Edo – The Edo State Commissioner for Education, Dr. Joan Ovaiwe, on Friday, appealed to partner agencies in the educational sector to remain in the state even after the end of the administration of governor Godwin Obaseki with the view of fostering an inclusive education in the state.

She made the appeal while fielding questions from Journalists shortly after the end of a two-day training Cascade on Gender and Disability Inclusion in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), organized by GIZ-SKYE in partnership with the Edo State government in Benin

Dr. Oviawe said that the state government has done a lot in the educational sector by attracting more partners to help drive the process adding that it hopes that partner like GIZ-SKYE sticks around and show same commitment to the incoming administration to consolidate on the gains thus far garnered in the sector.

“We are hopeful that a lot of what we have done will be sustained because the work we have done in the last eight years in terms of education is a deep rooted work and it is not surface level work.

“And fortunately for us also, we also have partner like GIZ who will still remain in the state. So, one of the appeal we have made to them and others, is even when governor Godwin Obaseki is leaving, governor Obaseki decisive and visionary leadership attracted a lot of these development partners to Edo.

“Our appeal to them now is that even while Governor Obaseki tenure is ending, they don’t also pack up and leave. That they stay on and continue to support the people of Edo because what GIZ is doing, and has done for us in the education sector, employment sector, are things that must continue. So, they bring another layer, an institutional memory. So I am sure any government of the day will listen to them”, Oviawe said.