Government does not take education serious in Nigeria, says DELSU VC
Government does not take education serious in Nigeria, says DELSU VC
ON OCTOBER 10, 2019
AbrakaVice Chancellor of the Delta State University, DELSU, Prof. Victor Peretomode, has lamented the continuous dearth in business education in Nigeria stressing that “the government of Nigeria does not take the education sector serious.”
The VC represented by the university’s Deputy Vice Chancellor, Administration, Prof S. O Asagba, stated this yesterday during his keynote address at the opening ceremony of the 31st annual national conference of the Association of Business Educators of Nigeria, ABEN with the theme, “Business Education: Issues, Trends and Strategies.
The university don who bagged the ABEN national merit award alongside Senator James Manager, Hon. Ossai Nicholas Ossai of the House of Representatives and Dr Josephine Anene-Okeakwa, cited inadequate investment by stakeholders as one of the major challenges bedevilling business education in the country.
Others according to him include; Shortage of qualified business education processional teachers, poor government investment in education, standardized performance evaluation system and poor administration of business education programmes.
He said: “It is disheartening to note that the government of Nigeria does not take the education sector serious and that is why the budget allocation to the sector is always very small compared to other sectors.
“The occasional increments being experienced has not been significant and are not evenly distributed, especially where preference is given to science related subjects.”
ON OCTOBER 10, 2019
AbrakaVice Chancellor of the Delta State University, DELSU, Prof. Victor Peretomode, has lamented the continuous dearth in business education in Nigeria stressing that “the government of Nigeria does not take the education sector serious.”
The VC represented by the university’s Deputy Vice Chancellor, Administration, Prof S. O Asagba, stated this yesterday during his keynote address at the opening ceremony of the 31st annual national conference of the Association of Business Educators of Nigeria, ABEN with the theme, “Business Education: Issues, Trends and Strategies.
The university don who bagged the ABEN national merit award alongside Senator James Manager, Hon. Ossai Nicholas Ossai of the House of Representatives and Dr Josephine Anene-Okeakwa, cited inadequate investment by stakeholders as one of the major challenges bedevilling business education in the country.
Others according to him include; Shortage of qualified business education processional teachers, poor government investment in education, standardized performance evaluation system and poor administration of business education programmes.
He said: “It is disheartening to note that the government of Nigeria does not take the education sector serious and that is why the budget allocation to the sector is always very small compared to other sectors.
“The occasional increments being experienced has not been significant and are not evenly distributed, especially where preference is given to science related subjects.”
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