Nigeria’s educational sector and the system is broken. The system has lost its capacity to function as an uplifting platform for especially our children and young people. Whereas Nigeria’s public education sector used to be competitive and gave Nigeria a well-trained workforce, and vibrant globally acknowledged students recognized for their brilliance, this sector has virtually collapsed at all levels. The challenge before Nigeria is the launching of a well-orchestrated and aggressive educational development agenda with the inbuilt engine to rapidly move our country from a third world to a globally productive and respected level. Is this possible or doable? The answer is YES.
We shall declare a statement of emergency in Nigeria’s sector from primary to tertiary level and there will be an entire system rethink, refocus, and rebuilding to position our country for internal productivity and global competitiveness. There shall be an impassioned emphasis on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) to ensure that no child who has ability and capacity in these subjects is left behind – the goal and motto shall be “No one shall be left behind”.
Together, we shall develop the workforce to build our environment, to help us take ownership of our climate change-driven devastations from the Sahara Desert in the North to the polluted water of Southern Nigeria, and to drive the industrial and AI revolution
