Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has declared that his administration policy of Reclassification of schools is not aimed at inflicting pains on the people of the state.

The Director of Communications, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon disclosed this in governor’s office on Monday stating Governor Aregbesola said this in Lagos while addressing members of the Ijesa Society.

Governor Aregbesola has made the declaration in reaction to the oppositions of the new education policy by some Christian and Muslim groups.

He said, “Because of my experience with the comatose educational system in the state that we were about to inherit, even from the days of my campaigns, long before we assumed office, I made it very clear that we would carry out surgical attack on it when we assume office.

“We mentioned our intention to the whole world that we will address the issue of poor and totally dilapidated educational infrastructure of basic education, to aggressively solve the problem. Some of our policies are necessary but painful and may not be well accepted now.”

The governor added, “We are however convinced that surgery is not always pleasing and soothing to those who need it but the joy of recovery and healing more than compensates for the temporary pain of going under the knife.

“Rather than look at what we are doing as the best system to revamp education and ensure that our students have the best for our limited resources and to maximise our resources for excellence and efficiency, sentiment and primordial issues were brought into it that Aregbesola wants to Islamise Osun State.”

Aregbesola however urged the cooperation from the people of the state, also explaining that his administration was determined to reverse the culture of decay it met in the education sector.