EXPECTATIONS AS NIGERIANS AWAIT NEW EDUCATION MINISTER

Following the ongoing screening and confirmations of ministerial nominees, Nigerians and stakeholders in the education sector are expecting to have a transformational leader who will work toward alleviating the decayed educational system of the country.

With an increase in the out- of school children rising to 20million, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), poor funding, dilapidated infrastructure, quality learning materials are those concern reasons why the educational sector needs to be intervened, calling on the government to assign the ministry to a more credible individual that would help pilot the face of the educational sector.

The stakeholders stressed the need for a competent candidate with a genuine passion and a good track record. According to the stakeholders, the new minister must be ready to come up with concrete measures, tackling the problems of out of school children, ensuring that every child have access to quality Education irrespective of class or background and the issue of teacher training and welfare should be prioritized.

The National President of the Union, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, recommended that the new minister should posse charisma so to command influence. Also speaking was the founder of Ivy Gems School Mrs. Agnes Johnson, who called on the president to appoint an educationist and not a politician, maintaining that.