By Lucy Nnaji |
Serap at the Educational Sector has identified some lingering issues in the mis-management of the academic and nonacademic Staff, exploitation of payment, the hyping of Jamb scores in getting admission, reflecting marks both in private and public tertiary institutions. The sales of Handouts that was once prohibited are now converted to text books.
Speaking at a public forum In Lagos on the building capacity of the use of freedom of information Act as a tool for promoting transparency and Accountability in the Education Sector in Nigeria, in response to the socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) Mrs Adetokunmbo Mumuni, stressed that The recognition of the importance of education has led us to acknowledging and affirming human right to education, people can develop their full potential without being Educated. “Everybody has the right to education formal or informal Education.
Head of Lagos State Pension Board Mr Eyin Ibukun also added that the FG should also add more water to this development. Education being a process of equping the individual in the society to serve actualize at the level of conceptualizing education both formal and informal education.
” If some one does not educate me I may not know if I am going to be just a traditional birth Attendance within our modern society.
Further more, In strategy and realizing the right to education, the EFA (Education for all) campaign, MDGS, National Education policies are needed to enhance a parading Shift for a better understanding traits to those people in Government either as a right or as an engine that facilitate the Educational system.
At tertiary level, The need of Increase of the number of youth and adult who have relevant skills indulging technical decent jobs and entrepreneurship programs and ensuring that all learners acquire the knowledge to ensure quality, while adopting National Benchmarks, National Action plan,
Furthermore, Freedom of Education, importance of recognising (FOI), and the freedom of right to information, right to have access to information which in turn requires the Duty of the Government to play a vital role.
In conclusion, Section 39 of the constitution of the federal Republic of Nigeria recognises the right to every person to freedom of expression including freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart ideas and information
The interactive section From the Secretary representing SERAP identified some exploits and mismanagement of students of academic and nonacademic staff both in private and public schools starting from primary to t the tertiary institutions and call for a constant monitoring of The CSO and The NUT as a regulatory body in curbing out the issues of the these exploits.
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