Correction.: ON Nigerias"s Next Minister of Education
Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth
we should perhaps start to debate who becomes the next minister of education in Nigeria, it has become for me the most important of ministers and no longer the minister of justice and attorney general What kind of minister of education? should we change the name of the ministry to Education and skills? what should be the emphasis, ?primary education or tertiary education? J F ajayi ,late prof had affirmed it was twisted thinking to affirm primary education. what should be our strategy? what or who should bola Tinubu choose?
it sems we have had two major schools of thought for education in nigeria, onone side, the higher education club as i found professors oladipo akinkugbe and JF ajayi on the other side you found Babatunde Aliyu Fafunwa of the mother tongue and primary education school
have had some notable Nigerians from their olympian heights make their views known on way forward for education and interestingly they all stress the importance of early childhood education , this could be seen in Morning by morning, the autobiography of Ayo Banjo, ex chairman National universities commission ex primary school teacher,ex secondary school teacher an ex vice chancelllor,
africas richest man Aliko Dangote last year in article for the Financial times of london threw his weight behind early childhood education ame goes with 'Folakemi Fatogbe an Afro passionate multi preneur in a recent article on serial entrepreneurship. lastly dr adigun abiodun fformerly of the united nations highest body on outerspace affairs also had much to state about erly childhood education in his book,Nigerias Space journey. but the quesion is what should be the strategy and what kind of minister of education do we neeed.
Department for Education in England, which is responsible for children's services and education including early years, schools, higher and further education policy, apprenticeships etc. It also provides information on how to report concerns related to extremism in education settings, Freedom of Information Act request #education #educationpolicy #strategy #school proc
Cornelius Hamelberg
Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth,
Here’s some inspiration for a good starting place: Countries with no tuition fees
Actually, I thought of this in connection with your letter to President-Elect Tinubu telling him that it’s high time that Nigeria follows in the footsteps of China and acquires a couple of super-computers, commensurate with Nigeria’s population of 219 million souls ( a conservative estimate) but still another prestige factor we should be proud of, as the most populous country in Africa, destined be the third most populous country in the world, by 2050.
By now, Nigeria ought to be way ahead in that field, considering that Philip Emeahwali enjoys considerable fame as “the Father of the Internet”
As the saying goes, “If wishes were horses, beggars would ride”, and so acquiring an x number of supercomputers at a cost of $ Z million - even if manufactured in Nigeria, may be easier said and done, and of course, the main question arising is, who is going to man these x number of supercomputers? Does Nigeria already have the qualified manpower or should that be subcontracted to the nations that you have referred to as being ahead of Nigeria in such matters?
Brings us back to the Great AWO and his education paradigm as a blueprint for the Naija nation’s development.
Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth
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