Educationist seeks stiffer penalty for corrupt managers
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Senior Lecturer at the School of Technical Education, Yaba Çollege of
Technology, Ðr. Lucas Ojo, has recommended stiffer punishment for
administrators who mismanage educational resources.
Ojo gave the recommendation on
Wednessday at the sixth Convocation and Annual Prize Giving Day of
Eagles Towers Schools, Iyana Ipaja, Lagos.
Speaking on ‘National Policy on
Education: Present Context and Future Pathways’, he lamented that
corruption was the bane of the country’s educational development.
He said, “Mismanagement of educational
resources at any level should be considered a serious offence attracting
a minimum of five years imprisonment. This should be included in the
next constitution of Nigeria. In the presence of corruption, no new
system can succeed.
“Corruption is largely responsible for
the failure of the National Policy on Education and other policies in
Nigeria. Effort should be made to eradicate corruption from all spheres
of Nigeria’s life so that available resources can be utilised for public
interest.”
Ojo urged governments at all levels and
stakeholders in the educational sector to develop necessary political
will for education to grow.
“The present national educational policy
should be disbanded on account of its non-workability. Education should
be removed from the sphere of politics. It should be made purely a
constitutional matter,” he added.
Chairman, ETS, Mr. Olawale Famutimi, called on government to intensify its efforts of developing the sector.
He said adequate funding of education would help to create the right standard and guarantee the future of children.
He said, “The major problem we are
having is that a lot of private schools that came on board to complement
government’s efforts came in for business due to lack of support from
government.
“In fact, some schools don’t consider
the competence of the pupils any longer. At the end of the day we
complain of half-baked graduate.”
Principal of the school, Osawe Henry,
advocated better teachers’ training, saying it is important for the
proper development of pupils.
CULLED FROM: PUNCH NEWSPAPERS
July 26, 2013 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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