FG reiterates commitment to delivering qualitative education to Nigerians

The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to investing in education system that will prepare Nigerians for the responsibilities of citizenship, national development and global competitiveness.

Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who said this at the Convergence Education Summit 2018 held in Abuja added that the current administration is determined to deliver qualitative education to Nigerians so that they could effectively contribute to national development while discharging their obligations as citizens of Nigeria.

To this end, he said both the basic and tertiary education curricula are undergoing review in line with the current realities of the world, saying that the product the world is selling now is knowledge, and any country not keeping pace with that is doomed.

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He commended the founder of Educorp World, Professor Adeyombo Aderinto, a Nigerian in Diaspora, for organizing, funding and staging the convergence summit for two years consecutively.

The minister called on other Nigerians within and in the Diaspora to emulate the patriotic and altruistic disposition of Professor Aderinto, and partner with government towards achieving sustainable development and global competitiveness.

“Information and Communication Technologies have changed and extended the frontiers of education and education delivery. They have affected and changed the world of work. They have indeed shifted our development paradigms, and this has affected every segment of the world economy.

“This has also presented us with challenges hitherto not thought of, and brought to the fore the urgent need to rethink education within the context of the global environment,” he said.

Adamu said the focus of the government is to produce adequate middle-level and high-level manpower with necessary skills and knowledge needed to play an active role in the country’s growth and development, adding that there is the need to prepare to give Nigeria the competitive advantage in the global knowledge economy.

“The theme of this summit, which is: ‘Learning Approaches in the 21st Century’, is timely and it aligns with the current drive by the Federal Government to provide qualitative education to all Nigerians; and it perfectly fits into the Federal Ministry of Education’s Smart Education project,” he said.

The founder of Educorp World, Professor Adeyombo Aderinto, said the convergence summit has brought together critical stakeholders, parents, students policy-makers, teachers, everybody, to brainstorm on the best way out of the numerous challenges besetting the education sector in Nigeria.