Senator Anyim Pius Anyim
By Bukola Olatunji
The Federal Government has spent a total sum of N3 trillion in the education sector since 1999 till date.
Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, who disclosed this in a keynote address he delivered at the ‘Civil Society/ Stakeholders’ Roundtable on Education’, organised by the Independent Service Delivery Monitoring Group (ISDMG) yesterday, expressed displeasure that not much impact had been made to justify the huge expenditure.
Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, who disclosed this in a keynote address he delivered at the ‘Civil Society/ Stakeholders’ Roundtable on Education’, organised by the Independent Service Delivery Monitoring Group (ISDMG) yesterday, expressed displeasure that not much impact had been made to justify the huge expenditure.
Anyim, who was represented by his
Permanent Secretary, General Services Office, Mr. Femi Olayisade, said:
“I am happy that the Chief Executive Officers of many of the
parastatals in the education sector are here. I, therefore implore you
all to consider the roundtable as an opportunity to discuss the ways
and means of improving educational system. Government’s investment in
education has to be seen making the required impact.”
Meanwhile, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) is set to introduce e-examination as it marks its 60th Anniversary.
Chairman of the council, Prof. Jonas
Abioseh Redwood-Sawyer, who disclosed this, during a courtesy call on
the Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa’i, in Abuja, said
the council was moving fast on the deployment of Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) in many of its operations for greater
effectiveness, including computer activated examination, “so that we
can move away from the pen and paper. All these are lined up and we are
hoping that within the next few years, WAEC will be very difficult to
beat or compete with,” he said.
A delegation of the five member
countries of WAEC (Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and The
Gambia) had visited the minister to brief her on the programmes lined
up for the 60th anniversary of WAEC, holding in Nigeria.
The Chairman of the Council, who is
from Sierra Leone, acknowledged the enormous support and contributions
of Nigerian government to the successes of WAEC in the last 60 years,
with a pledge to see that the council continues to do its best to
maintain the integrity of its certificate.
Responding, Rufa’i, also pledged the Federal Government’s continued support for the council to succeed in its mandate, adding that the government had done very much to curtail the menace of examination malpractices that had bedevilled conduct of public examinations, a menace, which she said was not limited to Nigeria.
Responding, Rufa’i, also pledged the Federal Government’s continued support for the council to succeed in its mandate, adding that the government had done very much to curtail the menace of examination malpractices that had bedevilled conduct of public examinations, a menace, which she said was not limited to Nigeria.
SOURCE: http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/anyim-fg-spends-n3-trillion-on-education-in-12-years/112351/
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