The Principal of Pacific Comprehensive College, Shasha, Lagos, Mr. Andrew Mekwunye, has warned that government at all levels in Nigeria is no longer in a position to provide quality education for the nation’s children.

Speaking during the valedictory service for the 2017/2018 set of graduating pupils of the school, held at the college premises last Saturday, Mekwunye noted that the Federal Government and the states were under pressure to meet the many demands of the people, including the provision of quality basic education, but they lacked the resources to do so.


He said, “There is no short cut to quality education. But the truth is that, in Nigeria, government is longer in a position to provide quality education because of the increasing population and other competing needs. Education is not the only basic need of the people; pipe borne water, electricity, roads, housing and health facilities also need government attention.

“Increasing participation of private individuals and companies must be encouraged, if there must be a way out. Quality and functional education is indispensible to true literacy.”

Mekwunye also said that more parents had become aware of the fact that private educators were crucial to the attainment of quality and functional education, but their aspirations were being cut short by the rising costs of running private schools.

He noted that the national curriculum for primary and secondary schools had failed to explain why children should go to school, adding that the use of a non- functional curriculum was partly responsible for the rise in social, educational and economic crises afflicting the country.


The principal urged the 36 graduating pupils of the college to be the best in their chosen professions by updating their knowledge through collaborations, networking, seminars, workshops, field trips and others.

In his address, the Chairman, Board of Trustee of Pacific Group of Schools, Mr. Remi Omosowon, said the school would continue to implement programmes that deliver internationally integrated curricula to make the pupils globally competitive.

He said, “These enrichment programmes align very well with the 21st century skills that students need to be college or work ready in the ever changing dynamic world of the information age and the knowledge economy that we live in.’’ Omosowon also said that the school had equipped the graduands to succeed in whatever they chose to do and to become change agents capable of impact the rest of the world positively.

The Guest Speaker and Managing Director, Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka, Consult, Mr. Sunday Ayodele, said that the goal of education, which he described as the advancement of knowledge and dissemination of truth, could only be effectively promoted through quality education.

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hmmmm

The greatest mistake a government can make is to shun education. And it is evident with the meagre money our government is spending on the sector.

If we really want to be a force to reckon with in the world and change the facet of things, adequate funding
in the education sector is needed.

Only then will meaningful developments occur. Better graduates, technological advancement etc.

As it is we are stagnant, and it seems we are cool with this.

God help this country, with our dumb leaders.

Pass the message, until it gets to Bubu, invest in education, not a damn airline.

There was a nation.....

FG has never provided quality education, they can only promise it during election.

It is a shameful thing.

Buhari why ?

Buhari why

True words but Nigerians are stuck on freebies to the extent that people think the govt can sustain subsidized education infinitely.

At some point the enjoyer's of these subsidized education must give back to the system either as endowment fund or higher school fees.

With 18,000 naira as minimum wage and you expect parents to send their children to Private schools?Sorry ,corruption has come to stay in Nigeria.

Cc:HigherEd.

what else do you expect from a country with an illiterate
president.....

But they can loot our money to send their kids to schools overseas

That's sad, after most of them had benefited from free education in their days.

How is this news?

Education in Nigeria is so out of it.

Office technology and management students are still being taught how to use Type writers.

Computer science students are never taught PHP. The lecturers that take courses like Java or C++ don't even know what they are doing.

I can go on and on.

The problem, Education is too cheap in Nigeria and the government doesn't even care about the sector.

Kettle calling pot black

Lol... In one word, the future of future Nigerians who can't afford mediocre private education is totally fvcked...

It's alright people... Just another day in the shithole.

dhabrite:
The greatest mistake a government can make is to shun education. And it is evident with the meagre money our government is spending on the sector.

If we really want to be a force to reckon with in the world and change the facet of things, adequate funding
in the education sector is needed.

Only then will meaningful developments occur. Better graduates, technological advancement etc.

As it is we are stagnant, and it seems we are cool with this.

God help this country, with our dumb leaders.

Pass the message, until it gets to Bubu, invest in education, not a damn airline.

meagre ke? You LIE. Check the numbers.

Li

pathetic! nig keeps drifting south by the seconds!

Shamefull

The students too dnt wnt to learn, they wnt to be rich thats wat dat matters to them.

The government have not create free health center for children and old men. They have not create employment opportunity for youth. And you are expecting them to look into educational sector.

The man is a pure business man. Education in Nigeria is just not working as expected. It has nothing to being cheap or expensive. Something is wrong how the country is being structured. There is no system, our curriculum doesn't cover our needs.

How many parents can afford private schools bill?the fact that your parents can afford doesn't make other parents irresponsible. The is society is class,and every class must benefits from God given resources. To say federal /state govt.can't give quality education is not true,to say private schools give quality education is a lie. We should not generalize as some private schools are quack in the business of education and governments are failing in their responsibility to provide social security. Most teachers u see in these private schools are product of government institutions. Quality education is not exclusive of private institutions or government institutions what regulatory bodies should do is to set template for quality education and insist on meeting the criteria. Education is a right not privilege.

post=69539958:
There was a nation.....

There never was, just dumb people breeding recklessly.

Then when disaster happens they start bleating about government.

21savages:
The students too dnt wnt to learn, they wnt to be rich thats wat dat matters to them.

Foolish statement.

All children are curious about the world and thus they all want to learn something.

browniecay:


But the truth is that, in Nigeria, government is no longer in a position to provide quality education because of the increasing population and other competing needs. Education is not the only basic need

He noted that the national curriculum for primary and secondary schools had failed to explain why children should go to school,

Any government is always in a position to provide quality education for its citizens. For a principal to make such a statement I can only guess how poorly educated are his graduates. The FG is in a position...but does not make education a priority. When education is not a priority... that nation cannot progress...it becomes stagnant.

On curriculum. ..explanation on a curriculum? The national curriculum should be about standards...what Primary/Secondary School students should know at what level....regardless if the school is public or private.
Hmmm...preparing students to compete globally.....and we still wonder why most of our certificates and degrees are absolutely garbage abroad.

mmsen:


There never was, just dumb people breeding recklessly.

Then when disaster happens they start bleating about government.

Deep