Educationist tasks FG on improved standard of education

1 An educationist, Mr Mike Fatukasi, has called on the government to provide critical infrastructure in tertiary institutions toward uplifting the standard of education in the country.

2 Fatukasi, who is the Principal of Adedokun International Schools, Ota, Ogun, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Ota on Wednesday.

3 He advised government against playing politics with education to improve the quality of graduates produced from the tertiary institutions in the country.

4 According to him, the frequent strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is affecting the standard of education in Nigeria.

5 “We have experienced this negative development so many times.

6 “In the school, we have to interview so many graduates before we could get the few who can actually defend their certificates,” he said.

7 The principal described the ongoing strike by ASUU as a setback to the educational system in Nigeria.

8 Fatukasi stated that the final year students would be the ones to bear the brunt when the schools reopen after the strike.

9 He said that the continuous shutting down of universities was not good for a nation that desired sustainable human capital development.

10 He berated the proliferation of universities, noting that “many institutions(universities) should be merged to enhance the quality of education.

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NAN reports that ASUU had on Feb. 14 commenced strike demanding for the revitalisation of public universities, among other demands.

NewsSourceCredit: NAN