A concerned security organization established to foster a partnership between the police and the community to enhance security and effective policing has made a call that there is urgent need to strengthen accountability in our schools and make a reform in the composition of Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) across Ogun State.
The state chairman of Police Community Relations Committee, Ven Samson Kunle Popoola JP said ” it has come to notice that some PTA executives and members do not have wards currently enrolled in the schools they oversee. This practice undermines transparency, opens doors to exploitation, and diverts PTAs from their true mandate of protecting the welfare of students”.
He therefore call on the Ogun State Ministry of Education to urgently issue a clear directive that membership and executive positions in PTAs must be restricted strictly to parents or guardians of students currently enrolled in the school and there should carry be annual verification of membership at the beginning of each academic session.
“This reform will ensure that PTAs are truly representative, transparent, and accountable, while also protecting our students from undue exploitation” he added.
He concluded “Together, let us safeguard the integrity of our education system and make PTAs a genuine partner in shaping the future of Ogun State”.