- In its bid to find solutions to the problems in the Nigerian education sector, a non-governmental organisation, Concerned Parents and Educators, has organised a stakeholders’ summit to discuss the way forward in the sector.
In its bid to find solutions to the problems in the Nigerian education sector, a non-governmental organisation, Concerned Parents and Educators, has organised a stakeholders’ summit to discuss the way forward in the sector.
The summit tagged ‘Save Education in Nigeria Dialogue’, is scheduled to hold on Wednesday at Vintage Point Events Centre, Acme Road, Ikeja.
The convener, Mrs Yinka Ogunde, in an interview with our correspondent, said the summit would be a gathering of nation builders where participants would go beyond typical education seminar that discusses the problems but focus more on seeking solutions and creating them.
She said, “This is an epoch-making event, hence CPE is quite diverse in its invitation. We have invited school owners, non-governmental organisations, trade organisations, teachers, child-minders, students’ bodies, parents, petty traders, media, entrepreneurs and concerned Nigerians. So, we are expecting a robust and practical kind of discussion.
“CPE started four years ago as an online platform with the main objective of bringing together key stakeholders in the education sector to deliberate on ways they can improve standards in schools, empower teachers with necessary information and skills, support parents, protect the children and generally ensure that we have better outcomes in schools and the lives of the students.
“Today, CPE has grown in leaps and bounds, with 116,000 members across Nigeria talking about issues that are critical to the development of the education sector and proffering solutions to the multiple challenges inherent there. Interestingly, this initiative has also led to discussions about teachers’ development and birthed another online platform exclusively for teachers’ training and capacity building. Much more, it has also birthed a non-governmental organisation that supports indigent children through educational scholarships and concerned Nigerians on ways to proffer solutions to the problems in the education sector.”
Ogunde listed some of the problems in the education sector to include poor quality of teachers, dilapidated and outdated structures, low budgetary allocation for education and misuse of available funds, poor teaching facilities in schools, lack of standard curriculum that is relevant for today’s world that will make the Nigerian child excel in the workplace, and the increased number of out-of-school children.
