There are different agitation from all section of the country about the deteriorate state of our education system, many believe that Nigerians has lost confidence in the various Educational Institution in the country. A situation whereby a University graduate cannot correctly express themselves in simple and correct English, a situation whereby one of the best graduating student in a University is tag UNEMPLOYABLE by an Organisation. A situation where the country can boost of the high number of Academic Doctors and professor yet no solution to the various cumbersome problem in the country, especially the deficit in the technological way of tackling socio-economic problems
In truth One is save to declare a state of Emergency in the educational Sector, and a need for bailout, because the sector is on the verge of total Failure. My Secondary School Teacher predicted in 2007 that a time will come when the University education will become meaningless, a university graduate will be useless to the society, that the failure am talking about.
Although there are various ways this cumbersome problem facing the educational sector can be managed, as expected it is an Hercules task to effectively and decisively handle the problem by a single government administration because the solution calls on all the stakeholders including the uneducated parent at home to play their part.
But the key area that will play a pivotal role in the restructuring of the educational system in Nigeria is for government to ensure the free flow of learning by putting an end permanently to the idea of strike by Academicians. This hiccups in the system can be stopped if the federal government become sincere enough not just to promise but to start the implementation of the said 2009 Agreement. Any government that would be able to ensure the smooth running of education, by way of implementing this agreement without the threat of an industrial action by the Academic Union would have surmount a great obstacle and monster preventing the system/sector from achieving its objective.
The Senate on Tuesday pledged to engage relevant stakeholders to avert the warning strike being planned by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
ASUU had on Monday announced plans to embark on a one-week warning strike over the inability of government to implement agreements reached with it since 2009.
The move by the Senate to intervene in the matter followed a motion moved by Sen. Jibrin Barau (APC-Kano North) under matters of urgent national importance.
The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, urged the chamber to intervene and ensure that the eight -year- agreement was fully implemented.
“We must find a way of seeing to the implementation and we will look into the matter quickly.
“We will also get the relevant parties to quickly come to the table so that we can find a way of moving forward and report back to us,” he said.
While reading the motion, Sen. Jibrin Barau, who is Chairman of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TetFund, urged government to implement all agreements.
He also urged government to as well carry out certain actions that were necessary for the wellbeing of the development of Nigerian public universities.
The lawmaker, however, commended ASUU for choosing the path of dialogue rather than confrontation as a means of resolving all the outstanding issues between it and the Federal Government.
In his contribution, Sen. Danjuma Goje (APC-Gombe Central) noted that the history of strike in the country was a recurring decimal.
“It is a disturbing issue to parents and students. There is need to nip it in the bud. We should not allow it to escalate,” Goje said.
Goje said the motion was apt and and called on the senate to engage the leadership of ASUU in order to suspend its planned warning strike.
The Majority Leader, Sen. Mohammed Ndume, described the senate as a stabilising agent and called for the immediate intervention of the senate leadership in the matter.
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