Shonekan, Alele-Williams seek improved educational standard for pupils
A former head of state, Chief Ernest Shonekan, and a former vice-chancellor, University of Benin, Prof. Grace Alele-Williams, have urged governments and stakeholders in the educational sector to work harder at improving the sector.
The two, who spoke at the inauguration of the Nofisat Yeside Funsho Memorial Library at CMS Primary School, Bariga, Lagos, said there was the need for corporate bodies to contribute to the growth of the educational sector and the development of the country.
Shonekan said, “The future belongs to the children, as they contribute about 40-50 per cent of the population. We must not compromise anything for a standardised education in the country which must start from the grassroots.
“Although the population of pupils today may make it very difficult to provide the kind of quality education we have then, but we can maintain it.”
Shonekan, while encouraging the effort of City Profs Academy for the initiative, advised that pupils should make adequate use of the opportunity provided to them.
“We need to contribute to the growth of the education sector as well as the development of Nigeria. Government and the corporate bodies must accord the sector the priority it deserves. During our own time, we never had the opportunity to surf through the internet and there is then a difference between literacy and illiteracy, but today the pupils have a great benefit from it. They can do a lot of research with it. The pupils must also learn to give back to their community in multiples,” the former head of state said.
CULLED FROM: PUNCH NEWSPAPERS
March 16, 2012 by Sodiq Oyeleke
Written by NEWSTRAWL ONLINE UPDATE
Sodiq Oyeleke is a Media, Human Resources, Project Management and Public Relations Practitioner
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