Group urges Buhari’s administration to sustain robust education policy

      

The Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency (CESJET) has described the educational policy of the present administration in the last one year as dynamic and robust despite economic hardship being experienced in the country, saying, it should be sustained.The group pointed out that Buhari’s administration had a good outing in the education sector in its one year in office, saying the government was able to largely avoid the prolonged shutdown that traditionally plague administrations in their first years.
A statement by CESJET Executive Secretary, Comrade Ikpa Isaac and made available to DAILY POST in Abuja, noted that relative stability was maintained in the education sector despite the economic hardship that has limited government’s ability to implement projects.

The statement noted that it was with sense of responsibility that Nigerians saw government exhibiting capacity to gauge public opinion and respond accordingly.
“The Education Minister, Mallam Adamu Adamu had started on a less than popular footing with some policies and summersault like the controversial termination of the tenure of Vice Chancellors of federal government owned Universities, but later gained traction.”, the statement said.

“The Ministry of Education has demonstrated that it is in tune with global best practices in education with its support for the ICT revolution at the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB”, it added.
The group, however, urged the Minister and by extension President Muhammadu Buhari that Nigerians expect further improvement in the sector when the economy begins to recover, noting that Nigerians will not accept anything less despite daunting challenges.

“We also urge that the sector should be modernised as rapidly as possible given the years of neglect that had left curricula outdated by several decades”, it pointed.
It advised that education sector be positioned in a manner that graduates will be skilled rather than obtaining certificates to look for jobs that were not readily available.