Vice president challenges academics on state of education

Vice President of Nigeria Yemi Osinbajo said the current state of education in the country and in Africa generally cannot be divorced from the roles played by the lecturers and university administrators, writes Yinka Adeniran for The Nation.

He said many times people blame the government, the parents and even the students for the decay in the system but often ignored the contributions of lecturers, staff and administrators of the institutions as important stakeholders in the educational sector. Osinbajo made the remarks at the opening ceremony of the 13th Regional Conference of Higher Education Research and Policy Network (HERPNET).

The vice president said corruption starts with basic things such as not doing the right thing at the right time to condone unethical and criminal behaviour within the institutions. HERPNET President, Professor Olukolade Odekunle, said: “This topic is coming at a very crucial period when African countries, including Nigeria, are focusing their attention on the best strategies to eradicate corruption in all sectors of the economy including education.”
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