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Jonathan :I'll transform education in
four years
Newsdiaryonline Wed May 18,2011
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Wednesday in Abuja reaffirmed
the centrality of rapid
improvements in Nigeria’s educational sector to his
Administration’s Agenda
for National Transformation, declaring that the recommendations
of the Presidential Task Team on Education will be diligently
implemented to significantly
raise the standards of education in the country.
Receiving the Task Team’s report and recommendations at the
Presidential Villa, President
Jonathan expressed the conviction that their efficient
implementation will lead
to the speedy resolution of many of the problems currently
bedeviling Nigeria’s
educational sector.
“Education is core to whatever we want to do as a nation.
Nigeria cannot make much progress towards the attainment of its
Vision 20-2020 unless we strengthen
our educational system.
We will therefore do our best in the next four years to
reposition our
educational sector in a way that the entire nation will
appreciate,” the
President said.
Assuring members of the Task Team led by Prof. Pai Obanya that
their dedicated service
and knowledgeable report will not be in vain, President Jonathan
said that their
recommendations will be an invaluable input to his
administration’s agenda
for revitalizing Nigeria’s educational sector.
He thanked Prof. Obanya and members of the team for their good
work, saying that his
Administration will continue to welcome their support and advice
in its efforts to ensure
that quality education becomes available in all parts of
Nigeria once again.
The Presidential Task Team on Education was inaugurated by
President Jonathan in January
this year in the aftermath of the National Educational Summit
convened by his
Administration in October, 2010.
It had eight terms of reference which included reviewing the
6-3-3-4 educational system,
institutional arrangements for Nigeria’s educational sector,
funding arrangements,
laws governing the educational sector, educational ethics and
the role of teachers.
The team’s report to President Jonathan was in two volumes
titled “Necessary First
Steps In Moving Education Forward in Nigeria”. It included
recommendations for
reforming the 6-3-3-4 system and making it more result
oriented.
The team also recommended accelerated action on the National
Teacher Education Policy
and the speedy implementation of the new Teachers Salary Scale.
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