Concerned educationists and industry experts have
expressed displeasure at the slow pace at which policy decisions of
government in Nigeria and by extension its policy makers are
implemented.
They believe that one distinct avenue to measure
responsiveness or otherwise of any government in the world today is in
its quick implementation of key policy agreement or decisions that will
boost the advancement of any sector such policy is formulated for.
While many have made a case for substantial funding
without the desired result, there are some that consider the idea of
proper implementation of educational policies and framework as a viable
option for boosting development.
Such consideration in their summation will engineer a
transformation in the way things are usually done in this country. It
was established that the non-implementation of policies have contributed
in no small way to the decay in the education system today.
Adedayo Akinluyi, an education expert,
said the sooner those in authority begin to implement all the documented
policies, as it concerns education, the sooner the nation will move
closer to becoming an emerging economic model that will deliver sound
education policies and management to schools to make them relevant in
the comity of nation in this 21st Century.
Youth empower as a tool for development is an attitudinal,
structural and cultural process whereby young people gain the ability,
authority and agency to make decisions and implement change in their own
lives and the lives of other people, youths and adults inclusive,
Akinluyi said.
To him, youth empowerment is often addressed as a gateway
to inter-generational equity, civic engagement and democracy building.
The need to guide and nurture our youth who are the future of our great
country Nigeria cannot be over-emphasised, he said further.
As unemployment continues to grow in our society, poverty
level and youth restiveness will continue to rise, the university don
further said, noting that both the rich and the poor, old and young will
continue to bear the brunt of our actions and inactions.
According to him, “one way of redressing the problems is
through reorienting our youths, providing qualitative education and
training in core values. As long as Nigeria is growing apace in terms of
jobs for the educated minority through investment in expanding and
transforming government agencies, services and the private sector, the
growing numbers of graduates could be absorbed.”
The current situation highlights the treatment the
Nigerian education sector constantly receives in terms of budgetary
allocation, Ayinde Adeboye, a concerned educationist, said, stating that
it has often times resulted in poor policy implementation.
He however expressed sadness at the continued neglect of
education by government agencies saddled with the responsibility of
monitoring standards across all sub-sectors of education.
He then urged them to take action to maintain and enhance
standards; a situation he asserted had led to tertiary institutions in
the country churning out on a yearly basis poorly trained graduates, who
cannot compete favourably in the global market.
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