Don Harps On Importance Of Education

An educationist and  Pro
fessor of guadiance and counseling at the university of Calabar, Cross River State, Prof Daniel. I. Denga has described Education as precursor and harbinger of national development in social, political, aesthetic,  economic, industrial, agricultural and scientific spheres, if properly harnessed.
Prof. Denga  stated this while delivering a convocation lecture at the Ignatius  Ajuru university of Education, Rumuolumeni entitled . “The Nigerian Education sector in the storm of security challenges: Any possible way out.
The former Deputy vice Chancillor of University of Calabar  said because of the importance  Education occupies in any given society, no nation can afford to treat education with scant attention and absolute levity without provoking a strident reaction from well meaning citizens”.
He averred that any nation with a strong educational policy and well trained professionals would be more and accelerate the economic growth of such country.
According to him, “great leaders, past and present including the incumbent President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, first  flowered as teachers and lived off from teaching as a bench-mark to ultimate greatness. Thus, logically, education produces  men and women with a great potentials to create, innovate and transform their nation in a positive direction. It is paradoxical  that lack of education is a virus that fuels self destruction and the destruction of the country” he state.
The Professor of Education lauded the senate  and university authorities for choosing a contemporary and threshold topic for the convocation lecture, adding that active leaders in education today are positively posited to improve the sagging image of education.
He listed terrorism/violence, Agriculture, food/Economy, learning in school, job/employment, Health, religious intolerance/enophobia as some security challenges that has negative effects on education development in the country.
He however submitted that  development of science and technology, teacher motivation, entrepreneurial education and attitudinal challenges as well as tackling the problem of insurgents in the country were possible  ways of solving the challenges of the Nigerian education sector.

Member Rivers State House of Assembly Representing Tai Constituency Hon Mrs Felicia Tanne (right) with MOSOP President, Mr Legbosi Piagbara and his wife Mrs Piaghara at the dedication service of Ogoni Project 2015 organised by MOSOP, at Bori, recently. Photo: Chris Monyanaga