Education Sector in 2014: Dons score govt below average

Posted by admin Education, Headlines Friday, January 9th, 2015

Like any other year, the year 2014 would have started on a promising note for the education sector but for the almost half the year ASUU strike in 2013 occasioned by the Federal Government’s insensitivity to the sector at tertiary level. This, set the tone for the sector in 2014.

Former Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, NUC, Professor Peter Okebukola in his over view of the sector in 2014 said that there were at least 12 defining events in the education sector in Nigeria. He referred to these as the good, the bad and the ugly.

On the good and positive entries in the report card, he pointed out: the improved performance of candidates in the May/June Senior School Certificate Examination conducted by WAEC; increase in access as additional 982,000 were enrolled nationwide in the basic education system and the carrying capacity of the 129 universities leapt to about 1,000,000.

Out of school children

“We also had the establishment of more Almajiri schools to reduce the number of out-of-school children which was put at about 10 million. The curriculum at all levels enjoyed some positive tweaking by NERDC, NCCE, NBTE, and NUC.’’ He said.

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