Former governor of Osun State, Chief Bisi Akande has faulted the nation’s educational system which he said is crude and responsible for the increasing rate of unemployment among youths in the country.
Akande noted that there is a need for the government and other stakeholders to embrace deep science-based technological education for graduates to compete favourably with their counterparts across the world and provide solutions to the problems confronting the nation.
The pioneer chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) spoke at the Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday during the combined 25th and 26th convocation and 40th-anniversary ceremonies of the university where he was conferred with an honorary doctor of public administration.
Also honoured were the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele; House of Representatives member, Timehin Adelegbe and an entrepreneur, Olawale Jegede.
The speaker of Osun State house of Assembly, Timothy Owoeye; human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN; former president of NBA, Wole Olanipekun, SAN; founder of BOVAS petroleum, Victoria Samson and others were given awards of recognition.
Akande said, “Crude technology can never engender and stimulate abundant productivity. The more intensive the sciences at the base of our technology, the more abundant our productivity and the greater the quantum of the products that would be available for processing, storage, transportation, distribution, marketing and consumption.
“And the more the hands and services that would be required for employment to carry out all these functions effectively. The lack of science-based technological education of our youths has been the basis for our huge youth unemployment and our grinding mass poverty a situation which our leaders, in recent times, are exploiting in misappropriating our commonwealth.”
The elder statesman who commended the university for the honour bestowed on him explained that the state-owned institution has in no small measure contributed to the development of the society, urging ivory towers to do more in research and innovations.
He advised the federal government and other institutions of government to desist from the arbitrary creation of higher institutions of learning in the country without well-researched economic and societal needs.
“We must stop our government ministries/agencies and our rich trading Shylocks from establishing garbage-in garbage-out educational institutions without due research and consideration for the economic and societal needs.
“Our universities and higher educational institutions too must be encouraged to structure research opportunities (if they still do any) towards increased science-based school curricula that would enable their teachings to produce trainers of grassroots science-based technologists,” he said.
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Edward Olanipekun said Akande and other honorees have contributed in no small measures to the development of education in the country.
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