The Ogun State Government has given a hint that the free education system running in the state was being threatened, even as it harped on the need to include civic education into the curriculum of all the public schools in the state.

The newly appointed Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State, Mr Patrick Hussaini, has said that insecurity is stifling the economic development of the country.

The Proprietress of Sound Hope Schools, Ipaja, Alhaja Fatmo Monayojo, has blamed the country’s fallen education system on bad leadership and loss of societal values.

The abysmal performance of Nigerian students in public examinations such as Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, West African School Certificate, National Examinations Council and other similar examinations across the country, has become a major concern to many stakeholders.

Following the Federal Government’s approval of three more federal universities to be sited in Gashua (Yobe); Birnin Kebbi (Kebbi) and Gusau (Zamfara), vice-chancellors, educationists and parents are divided on whether having 37 federally funded varsities is a step in the right direction.