Nigeria faces a myriad of problems in her educational sector. Some of these problems are over-crowding in schools, reduced quality of staff, inadequate facilities in school and above all, the problem of developing an academic standard that will develop pupils who are at par with their counterparts globally.

THE announcement concerning the change of policy was made by Mr Soji Eniade, the state’s Head of Service. In addition, “pupils in secondary schools in the state would start paying N3,000 per session.” Oyo is the first, but will not be the last state, even in the old Western Region to jettison the long-held pretense to free education. Soon, states paying for JAMB and UMTE will also pass the buck to the parents.

Former Commissioner for Education, Rivers State, Dame Alice Lawrence-Nemi, has urged students to leverage on the technology available to them by acquiring more knowledge, noting that many students’ are not measuring up computer has called for support former The African Futuretrust Model United Nations,TAFMUN adding that it will revamp ailing education sector of Nigeria.

ABUJA – Worried by incessant mass failure of candidates in examinations in Nigeria, West African Examination Council, WAEC, has challenged the Federal Government to review the nation’s education policy to create a comparable standard among the 36 states. The Regional Head of WAEC Nigeria, Mr. Charles Egurudi stated this in Abuja while speaking to journalists on conduct of WAEC examinations in Nigeria and international practice of test on students.

IT is widely believed that education is the best legacy parents can bequeath to their children. Thus, in nations like the US, Sweden and the Philippines, education is compulsory to a certain level for citizens. For many parents in developing countries who know the importance of education, though poor and uneducated, they can sell their property or go a borrowing to pay their children’s school fees.