Education
Commission Makes Case For Education
The BRACED Commission has urged stakeholders to accord education priority, in the development agenda bearing in mind that Nigeria’s development can only be sustained when the people are well educated.
The Director-General of the commission, Ambassador Joe Keshi who stated this in a remark during the BRACED State Education Summit in Port Harcourt, last Friday emphasised that the 21st century economy can only be managed and sustained with a trained and skilled labour force adding that qualitative and progressive educational system are needed for the notion to be globally competitive and catch up with the developed countries.
According to him, the BRACED States Education Summit is the brain child of the BRACED commission governors’ council, despite some commendable achievement in all the states, in the education sector, the council believes that a lot more need to be done to significantly improve access, enhance and entrench quality education in the region.
He noted that the opportunities for change were abound noting that now is the time to expand and consolidate on the efforts of the governs in education with emphasis on two key areas namely, basic education and teachers education and training adding that parents should encourage them to read books.
He appealed to parents to read enough to inspire their children to encourage them to read rather than falling in love with African Magic.
He advised that parents should also motivate children enough to make them interested in their studies and take their education seriously.
His words: e will get the best of our teachers, if we accord them the respect they deserved, if we adequately motivate them and if we fairly reward them.”
He expressed optimism that the resources for the needed reforms in the region’s education sector were within as well as the capacity and passion for it to be done.
Eunice Choko-Kayode
The River State Commissioner for Education, Dr Peters Nwagor has called on media practitioners in Rivers State to deploy their various communication platforms toward promoting government programmes and policies aimed at achieving sustainable development in the education sector. Dr. Nwagor made the appeal when members of the Etche Ethnic Practicing Journalists (EEPJ) paid him a courtesy visit in Office in Port Harcourt. The Commissioner emphasized the strategic role of the media in shaping public perception, promoting government initiatives, and supporting policies capable of improving the quality of education and human capital development in the state. According to him, constructive media engagement remains essential in creating public awareness on educational reforms, students’ welfare, infrastructural improvements, and other interventions being implemented by the state government. Speaking on the recent appro
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