Minister of State for Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike, yesterday, berated the principal of the Federal Government College, Kwali, over e-library project which the school sited miles from students’ classrooms and hostels.

Teachers are major players in any education setting and their place in the scheme of things in education sector cannot be under-estimated. Since no education system can rise above the quality of its teachers, there is need to accord teachers priority attention in order to raise their professional quality to facilitate attainment of education goals.

From his very first day at school, the Nigerian student realizes just how important first position is. The person who recites ABCs the best wins the teacher’s favour, and the best math student becomes head boy. The struggle to get into the higher institution is soon overtaken by the fight to graduate with a first class degree or a second class upper. Just when these ‘outstanding’ grades do nothing to stand them out in the world of work, many graduates troop to Post-graduate schools within and outside the country for the added advantage.

To make Nigeria food-secure in compliance with Goal 1 of the Millennium Development Goals (Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger), there is need for improved crop yield and capacity-building amongst farmers. To this end, First Atlantic Semiconductors & Microelectronics (FASMicro), an Owerri-based electronics company has come up with some technological solutions to make farmers more productive and ensure food security in Nigeria.

The problems bedeviling the education sector in Nigeria have been traced to our government nonchalant attitude to learn from countries which had similar education and economic challenges but solved their problems through quality education.