Educationist Seeks Stiffer PenaltyFor Corrupt Managers A Senior Lecturer at the School of Technical Education, Yaba College of Technology, Ðr. Lucas Ojo, has recommended stiffer a punishment for administrators who mismanage educational resources. Ojo gave the recommendation on Wednesday 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 utilized 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.A Senior Lecturer at the School of Technical Education, Yaba Çollege of Technology, Ðr. Lucas Ojo, has recommended stiffer a 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.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 10:24:21 +0000