Oyo Govt to Tackle Sexual Harrassment in Tertiary Institutions with Technology
Oyo State Government has sealed the deal to partner a private organisation, the Gender Mobile Initiative to reduce cases of sexual harassment and other vices in State’s Owned Tertiary Institutions through technology.
Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Abdulwaheed Adelabu disclosed this on at A One—Day Stakeholders’ Meeting on Dissemination, Adaptation, and Implementation of Anti-Sexual Harassment Policy in Tertiary Institutions in Oyo State, held at the Polytechnic, Ibadan.
He noted that the Education Ministry and Gender Mobile Initiative, would design a framework that will complement the existing policies of each public tertiary institution regarding sexual harassment
He added that the introduction of technology would assist greatly in tracking perpetrators of sexual harassment in the Institutions and activities of individuals on campuses.
The commissioner opined that lecturers are expected to see their students as biological children and treat them in such a manner.
He submitted that sometimes students deliberately harass their lecturers sexually through various means, calling on both to desist from the act
