The secretary to the Enugu State Government Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, has raised concerns about education, showing that approximately half of the children in the region cannot read or solve fundamental mathematical problems. . He made this known at the quadrennial convention of the Old Boys Association of Union Secondary School in Awkunanaw, Enugu, where Onyia delivered a keynote address titled “Smart Basic Education and the Future of Africa.
He citied high student-teacher ratios and poor teacher salaries as contributing factors to the decline in academic standards.
Speaking on education in Nigeria, an expert with experience in the US and Nigeria and an expert in the think tank/policy institute, Dr. Oyinade, also emphasized the need for rigorous qualifications for teachers and highlighted the lack of a comparable testing system in Nigeria, contrasting it with the US.
In a seperate conversation, Auwal Rafsanjani, the chairman of the board of Amnesty Internation (Nigeria). attributed the decline in education standards to corruption at the higher levels.
