Nigeria Cannot Rise Beyond The Quality Of Her Education – Ronke Ojo

Dr Ronke Ojo, the Centre Manager, National Teachers Institute (NTI), Ibadan Centre, has begged government at all levels to prioritize the education sector in order to tackle inequality and poverty in Nigeria.

Ronke gave this advice at the Centre’s Third Valedictory Programme in Ibadan recently.

According to her, focusing on improving education will help to make Nigeria succeed technologically and scientifically.

She added that no country can rise beyond the quality of its education so our government must act really fast.

Her words, “No nation can rise beyond the quality of its education. It is high time we move to make education works in our country.

“The effort at liberating citizens from the shackle of poverty will start by liberating them from ignorance,”

“NTI national body should help fast track the release of the semester results, notification of results, NYSC exemption certificates, course materials, facilitators’ honouraria and enlisting the students in NYSC programme.”

“NTI in collaboration with Commonwealth of Learning (COL) has worked on the Green Teacher Nigeria Programme, aimed at addressing the need for professional development in the fields of Environmental Education and Education for Sustainable Development.

“The institute is also collaborating with the COL to implement the commonwealth certificate for teacher ICT integration.

“This programme will prepare teachers for ICT integration into teaching and learning in Nigerian schools.

“At the moment, several efforts are underway to expand the Bachelor Degree Programme courses to accommodate the contemporariness of our present and future educational needs.

“Our programmes are projected to move forward access to quality education, to reach the unreached individuals, empower them educationally without breaching the integrity of the educational process.”