Secondary School Students Set Classrooms Ablaze Over Mass Failure In Oyo

There was a breach of the peace at the
Isale-Oyo Community High School, Oyo
Town, after some pupils of the school
reportedly set ablaze some classrooms
over mass failure in their examinations.
It was learnt that the aggrieved students
stormed the school premises on
Thursday morning, chanting solidarity
songs.
They were said to have become unruly
afterwards, setting fire to blocks of
classrooms, after which they fled the
premises.
It was gathered that the school
authorities alerted men of the Oyo State
Fire Service, who responded swiftly and
put out the fire.
Blocks of classrooms were set ablaze in
Oyo on Thursday, marking the worst
phase of secondary school students’
unrest that began days ago over mass
failure in exams.
The school compound was deserted as
teachers and other pupils reportedly fled
for fear of being harmed
Our correspondent learnt that there had
been lingering crises since Monday in
some secondary schools in the state
following mass failure in the last
promotion examinations.
The Oyo State Government had set a new
promotion policy which states that only
students with 50 per cent in Mathematics
and English language would transit to
the next class.
Students of Anglican Secondary School in
Oyo reportedly unleashed mayhem on
their teachers and destroyed billboards
bearing Governor Abiola Ajimobi’s
photographs.