Corruption, bane of education development – Don

Samuel Awoyinfa and PETER DADA

A professor of History at the University of Ibadan, Clement Kolawole, has identified corruption as the bane of education development on the African continent.

The don called on all stakeholders, particularly in Nigeria, to save the education sector from imminent collapse, noting that the only way a nation can develop is through education.

Kolawole stated this in a paper he delivered at Toyin Falola International Conference on Africa and the African Diaspora held at the Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Ondo State.

The paper was titled, ‘Reclaiming African Education: a call for syncretic education.’

Kolawole also said, “Our leaders should extend the bold steps and initiatives that brought up the African Union to education. Education in Africa has to be strengthened to propel transformation and development.”

He urged the Federal Government to make good its promise by approving the use of indigenous language for teaching in schools.

The convener of the conference, Prof. Toyin Falola, called on the Federal Ministry of Education to return history as a subject into the secondary school education curriculum in Nigeria.

In a related development, stakeholders converged on Abeokuta on Tuesday to proffer solutions to challenges facing the education sector in the South- West.

The campaign was led by a non-governmental organisation, Educational Initiative for Development in Western Nigeria, driven by Ogun State’s Head of Service, Abayomi Sobande, and three others.

In his presentation, the Acting Director General, Development Agenda for Western Nigeria Commission, Seye Oyeleye, noted that Chief Obafemi Awolowo laid a good foundation for education in the old Western Region, which made it a leader in education in the country.

He said Awolowo’s administration employed a holistic approach which addressed issues of facilities, teachers, training, and provision of functional education.

Oyeleye said, “Awolowo’s educational theory rested on the belief that education was essential for the development of skills, knowledge, and motivation required for human development, and a liberating force against ignorance and disease.

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