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Don Hinges Basic Education Success On ICT
The Executive Secretary of National Educational Regulation Development Council (NERDC) Prof. Godswill Obioma, has said that the success of the basic education curriculum (BEC) would be hinged on Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
Obioma, made the remark at the opening of a three-day workshop on the domestication of the nine-year basic education organised by the Rivers State Ministry of Education, Tuesday in Port Harcourt.
The NERDC scribe stated that the curriculum review is aimed at boosting the country’s socio-economic development through the acquisition of ICT skills for poverty reduction and employment of the citizens.
To this end, he stressed that the curriculum contracts have been restructured and re-aligned to meet both the present and future challenges.
The count down of the nine-year curriculum shows that ICT studies will now run through the classes, from basic 1(one) to upper Basic 3.
He noted that the scheme is targeted at providing the child with diverse basic knowledge and skills for entrepreneurship, wealth generation and educational advancement.
According to him, the child also stands a better position to develop manipulative skills that will enable him/her to function effectively in the society and to realise the required potentials.
He further explained that the inclusion of basic science, technology and computer studies at the primary school level, will open up a new avenue for self development and self actualisation through acquisition of process and communication skills.
Obioma stressed that it also provides the platform for achieving economic and social integration of the West Africa Legion through the economic community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) protocols.
Meanwhile, he had lauded Governor Chibuike Amaechi and the state government over its giant strides in educational infrastructure development, stressing that the policy would further drive the implementation of the UBE Programme.
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Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy is seeking new funding to implement its ambitious 10-year policy, with officials acknowledging that public funding is insufficient for the scale of transformation envisioned.
Adegboyega Oyetola, said finance is the “lever that will attract long-term and progressive capital critical” and determine whether the ministry’s goals take off.
“Resources we currently receive from the national budget are grossly inadequate compared to the enormous responsibility before the ministry and sector,” he warned.
He described public funding not as charity but as “seed capital” that would unlock private investment adding that without it, Nigeria risks falling behind its neighbours while billions of naira continue to leak abroad through freight payments on foreign vessels.
He said “We have N24.6 trillion in pension assets, with 5 percent set aside for sustainability, including blue and green bonds,” he told stakeholders. “Each time green bonds have been issued, they have been oversubscribed. The money is there. The question is, how do you then get this money?”
The NGX reckons that once incorporated into the national budget, the Debt Management Office could issue the bonds, attracting both domestic pension funds and international investors.
Yet even as officials push for creative financing, Oloruntola stressed that the first step remains legislative.
“Even the most innovative financial tools and private investments require a solid public funding base to thrive.
It would be noted that with government funding inadequate, the ministry and capital market operators see bonds as alternative financing.
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