By Onozure Dania

A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship aspirant in Edo State, Dr Solomon Edebiri, has promised to ensure functional education which will impact effectively on the lives of the child in Edo, if he becomes the next governor of the state.

Solomon Edebiri

The PDP governorship aspirant for the 2016 governorship election in the state, who, at meeting with a group called PDP Reformers Diaspora Movement, PRDM, in London, said that the present style of education operational in the state does not allow for an all round reformation of the child.

He said: “My desire is to introduce an educational system that will make the individual truly functional both to himself and the society.

Our current kind of education in the state and country has not effectively assisted our development bid.

“The curriculum and structure of our educational system only allows the individual to be helpless in the event of structural tension thereby rendering him useless both to the state and to himself. This is one of the key factors contributing to our underdevelopment as a nation despite our huge potentials, natural and human resources.”

Chief Edebiri who is an industrial marine welding engineer, said for example a functional educational system should be able to create an outlet for students who have inclinations towards technical training which should run side by side with the existing non- technical curriculum.

“This will equip the student to help the state in the highly needed industrial and technological evolution and also help him to be self-reliant when there are job shortages,” he added.