The Vice-Chancellor of Salem University, Lokoja, Kogi State, Prof Alewo Johnson-Akubo, on Saturday said Nigeria’s education is in a state of coma.
He lamented the way and manner the education sector is being funded in the country.
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The Vice-Chancellor stressed that the negative attitude of Nigerian leaders to education, saying it has gravely affected public schools — both primary and secondary.
Akubo further stressed that the infrastructure in tertiary institutions has degenerated, claiming that its curriculum has remained unchanged since independence.
He noted that a lot of nations had their curriculums reviewed at intervals to meet up the taste of the period to enhance quality graduands.
Also, the professor advocated for massive investment in research at the university level, stressing that it is one of the three legs on which the university education stands.
The VC of Salem University who said his institution is having a sound academic session devoid of strike and cultism said challenges with the lecturers’ strike in the universities, colleges of education, polytechnics and monotechnics have prevented the consolidation of gains of education research.
The vice-chancellor, a professor of sociology, said there was a need for a concerted effort to turn around the technological and socio-economic development of the country through deliberate actions by the stakeholders.
“We should not be seen doing the same thing over and over again and expect a different result, which is not possible”, he said.
