Federal Ministry of Education
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Nigeria is good at formulating policies-Education Commissioner
- By solomon2day
- On 18/04/2025
- In News
The government at all levels in Nigeria is confronted with the major challenge of the implementation of well-formulated policies.
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This assertion was made on Thursday by the Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology in Oyo State, Prof. Salihu Abdulwaheed Adelabu, at a one-day stakeholders' engagement meeting on the implementation of the National Education Quality Assurance Policy (NEQAP) in Ibadan, Nigeria.
''What are we implementing? Nigeria is good at formulating policies. We formulate very good policies, and for other countries, but implementation is the problem. How are we standardizing our education policy issues? We want our children to access quality qualityeducation, there is no way they can access quality education without a good quality assurance policy,'' the commissioner stated.
Prof. Adelabu noted that academic qualifications alone were not enough to become a class teacher, saying, "Having an NCE or BSc. is not enough to become a class teacher. A cultist cannot become a class teacher. Not less than five were wrongly given appointment letters; we have withdrawn them.''
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Earlier in her welcome address, the director/coordinating evaluator at the Quality Assurance Department of the Federal Ministry of Education in the state, Mrs. Abimbola Odeleye, stressed the need for the active participation of all stakeholders in the sector to foster accountability.
''We should not seek shortcuts but merit-based performance. Let us ensure that the education system in Oyo State provides quality education. Let us adopt a strategy that will improve education,'' Mrs. Odeleye advised.
Similarly, the representative of the chairman of the State Universal Basic Education (SUBEB), the executive secretary of the board, Mrs. Ladipo, maintained that all children ought to access quality education, saying, ''Every child deserves quality education that will empower them to reach their full potentials."
A detailed overview of the NEQAP was facilitated by another director in the quality assurance department of the Federal Ministry of Education in the state, Mrs. A.O. Oladele.
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The Threats to Higher Education
- By solomon2day
- On 15/05/2023
- In News
Higher institutions in the country have for long contended with the activities of students and non-students, which causes lawlessness, deviant behavior and criminality-on and off the various campuses in Nigeria.Indeed, workers, petty traders and visitors have also been crucial participants in these problems, while the managements of the affected institutions feign ignorance or are oblivious of the problems.
Of worry, is the unwritten consent by some members of management for the despicable acts.
Indeed, homosexuality is now prevalent in these citadels of learning and, surprisingly, members of the communities have taken the abnormal to be normal.
Stakeholders in the education sector have for long been silent, but rather dissipated energy on the establishment of more institutions. Perhaps.
However, for the Dean of Students' Affairs, University of Ibadan, Prof. Adekeye Abiona, the University, does not have such issues.
''We don't have such issues at the University of Ibadan. Maybe it is in Agbowo, where there are Polytechnic and other students who are not our students. If you want more information, ask the law enforcement agents. There is no way non-students can get into our halls of residence. Besides, we have hall wardens. Students enter the halls with their identity cards. We are so strict about this, no one can get into the halls without permission. We don't have it in U.I, nobody has reported such.We have an Anti-Cultism Committee, we were at the College of Medicine for a social re-orientation program. The Center for Social Orientation(CSO) was established to take care of such vices. Our students will never indulge in that. There is what we call students' handbook. They have the matriculation oath. Our students are well behaved and we have the Students' Disciplinary Committee(SDC) to handle such issues,'' Prof. Abiona stated.
