Dr. Gbenga Adeoye, the Managing Partner, Gbenga Adeoye & Co (Chartered Accountants) has disclosed that incessant strike, lack of learning facilities, quality of lecturers and the welfare of students and teachers are factors that hinder the good flow of academic session in education system in Nigeria.
He made the disclosure during the first phase of the 6th Matriculation ceremony of Chrisland University, where he was the guest speaker.
Adeoye, who spoke on the topic: “Character, Quality Education: Panacea for Success and Sustainable Wealth Creation,” while fielding questions with CEOAFRICA, lamented that education in Nigeria will never be in a good flow unless the government takes proper position and solve the incessant strike.
He said “when we have incessant strike in our schools, there is no way we can have a good flow of academic session.
“If there are no learning facilities, good learning environment, quality lecturers and if the welfare of students and teachers are not catered for, quality of education will be affected”.
Speaking further, he said, “content of the study is another factor that determine quality education.
Adeoye equally frowned at certain junks that some schools encumber students with, which are irrelevant and cannot lead to good quality education.
He noted that in a developed country like United States of America, students are taught right from primary according to the subjects that are related to the area of study.
He said “in the US, if you want to be a pilot, an aeronautics engineer, right from primary school, you will be placed in a particular class and all that you do are things that are related to that study.
He also noted that Nigerian students are bothered with too many subjects which are not really necessary and also not related to the student’s course.
“There are too much subjects in our schools which is causing a lot of problems. There is no way, you go to school on Monday, you have three subjects, different classes, the same happens on Tuesday. When are you going to read all of these?
“So, we need to streamline and ensure that we don’t have too many things that are irrelevant,” he said.
On what the policy makers in educational sectors should do, he said “policy makers in our educational sectors should review the syllabus of schools from primary to secondary, to higher institutions, so that students can be produced as professionals.
“If you get to primary school and they look at you that you are moving towards becoming an engineer, you begin to do things that are related, not just junks that have nothing to do with you.”
