Thread by @WoleOluyemiCo

On education, the FGN needs to grant full autonomy to the schools, issue clear KPIs (admission, teaching, research, infrastructure quality, graduates’ placement rates), and then regulate.

Let me attempt to answer @ItsChristy__ ‘s question 😁

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https://twitter.com/itschristy__/status/1324973026614587392

First, let’s be clear - I won’t disagree with @ItsChristy__ on government’s inefficiency and pervasive corruption.

My position is that we can’t continue to do the same thing over and over, and expect a different result. That’s insanity!

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We need a drastic reform in our educational sector.

The Universities governing councils should run the schools. Let them be autonomous and self funding.

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Yes, the FGN can still provide an annual grant to the universities, but based on performance relative to the KPIs.

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Does this mean that the education budget would be decreased? No!

The budget would now be devoted to specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-bound projects and initiatives that are geared towards improving specific KPIs of each school.

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Also, we don’t need more government universities. Let’s improve the quality of the ones we have so that they can (at least) be competitive within the African continent.

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Then we need to bring back our trade and vocational colleges. People that chooses (not necessarily unable to) not to go to the universities should also have a great career route.

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We need to have knowledgeable and respected people in those trades and vocations like in the 70/80s

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We need to face reality. Our educational system is failing (or has failed). It is difficult to learn in a crowded class where most people are standing throughout lectures in classrooms with no working fans or ACs.

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Lecturers who have not attended any continuing education program or performed any recent research (publishable in a reputable journal) are not in touch with reality. They can’t truly teach what those students need to survive in the workplace.

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Students, by virtue of their studentships, should have access to the school’s well equipped e-library and other educational materials.

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Schools need to also collaborate with other schools, especially international schools, so that students can have access to materials globally.

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The above are my thoughts on the possible reforms in the educational sector in Nigeria. Our graduates of public universities must be able to compete with graduates of foreign universities and must be sought after by employers.

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Feel free to challenge my ideas on the #EducationReforms with logic and/or facts. New ideas are also welcome.

I am hoping that those who also have deep knowledge of the education sector like @julietkego, @yomitheprof, @OgbeniDipo and @DrJoeAbah could also critique the above and share ideas. I suspect they might have some #EducationReforms ideas in their notepads already.