Olashore urges improved investment in education

An educationist, Chief Abimbola Olashore, has said that only a
continuous investment in education by the Federal Government can
improve the falling standards of education in the country.
Olashore expressed the need for government to set a high standard in
the education sector and sustainit with constant investment.
The proprietor of Olashore International School, who made this remark
during an interaction with parents in Port Harcourt, explained thatit
was necessary for government to always upgrade the infrastructure
inthe sector.
He said government must go back to the drawing board and provide an
all-round education that would include vocational training, adding
that such step would make the students better off.
"Education is about investment and having a vision. What the
governmenthas failed to do is to continually invest in schools.The
school is not just about buildings; it is about making the school a
learning organisation that is continually improving.
"The government also has to keep on upgrading the infrastructure. If
governmentis involved in education, it should make sure it sets for
itself a very high standard and should also do the investment to
maintain the standard it has set for itself.
"Our biggest problem in Nigeria is about lack of skills. You want to
do ordinary plumbing work; you go and get people from Togo. We must
begin to develop skills.
"Today, we have graduates who have no skill. They can't do anything;
and that is because of the failure of the system. But we have gone a
step further to do it," Olashore said.

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