From Lateef Taiwo
The minister of Education, Minister of Education Prof Tahir Mammam has received the final report on Education Sector Roadmap from the Eight-man Committee set up to develop the report.
Mamman while receiving the final report, vowed that days of mere talking in the education sector were over, noting that it was time for action.
The minister stated that the ministry will set up a mechanism for the full implementation of the report adding that it will also set up a Monitoring and evaluating Committee as well as Implementation Committee to ensure the ministry is on track in achieving its goals.
“ The days of talking are over, this is the time to act and do what is right. The report is going to be unveiled so that the whole country will be aware of our plans to take education to its rightful place.
“I and my colleagues are also unhappy Nigerians and I feel this country has not achieved what it should have achieved in the last 63 years. I am very angry about that.
“Some of us have benefited from what was good in this country, now that we have this opportunity I don’t see any reason why we should not achieve what we have yearned and cry out for all these years.So, we want to transfer this anger into something good we have desired these years.
” I want to assure you that we mean business in what has to be done. The strategies, guidelines and activities presented in this report will be followed,” he said.
He warned the director and staff of the ministry not to drag their feet as lots of young Nigerians with bleak futures, who are out of school or have dropped out of school are looking to them for solutions.
“We’ve been criticised in the education sector for giving Nigerians certificates that don’t give value to make our graduates not active. We will be challenging everybody from basic education to tertiary to bring value to their certificates,” he said.
Earlier while presenting the report, the chairman of the committee, Dr. Nuru Yakubu, disclosed that the strategic plan of action has 13 thematic areas which include, Out-of-school children, Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Girl-Child Education, Youths and Adult Literacy, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematical (STEAM).
Others are, Entrepreneurship Education, Curriculum and Policy Matters, Capacity Building and Professional Development , Teacher Education, Tertiary Education and Students Support Services, Education Data and Planning, ICT Education and Library Services.
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