Nigeria Does Not See Potential In Its Student – Fagbohun

Nigeria Does Not See Potential In Its Student – Fagbohun

The Nigerians leaders have been urged to change in their management mentality of not to see any potential in their students than the United State.

The Former Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University, Prof. Fagbohun Adigun Olanrewaju disclosed this while delivering a speech on the Leadership and Management of Educational Institutions: The Issues,Challenges and Solutions,held at the PSSDC magodo phas2,that it is high time to change from the traditional approach of that is the way it has being done.

He expressed that a true leadership is setting a direction or vision for a group of people to follow and it is expected to champion a vision and inspire others to work towards its actualization without plagueing individual talent or generation.

He however stated that institutions could engage with their immediate community through regular outreaches,creating initiatives that encourage students to volunteer with local schools and organizations and regular interactions between the institution’s management and community leaders.

Nigeria Does Not See Potential In Its Student – Fagbohun

While he also brought to the notice of government to address the issues of challenges like funding,A limited national educational roadmap,politicization of education,not fit for purpose curriculum,sentiments over science and facts and National constraints: Insecurity,poor social infrastructures,systematic inequality,slow technological advancement with the provision of lasting solutions.

The Commissioner for the Ministry of Education,Mrs Folashade Adefisayo commended the guest speaker for reading out solutions to the challenges of the nation and rejected to be held responsible for the smoking or drug addict students who missed the examination as a result of the smoke. Saying for any leader to thrive in his area of profession he must remain focus with good vision.

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While she also said that she was of the views that people are different in their way of living but she did not think that the people are bad and that a leader cannot succeed by himself or herself alone without his followers.

In the aspect of moving education to the next level,the Lagos state is working in order to empowering the (students)in a better way to be more successful through the act of technology.

The Commissioner expressed that the act of Lagos state university (lasu)management and mindset was to lead the (students)aright and better than the person they are today as we are also looking into the index of building structure,education areas which is not in good state and we don’t also have enough school.

The governor of Lagos state,Mr. BABAJIDE OLUSOLA has invested 1,097 projects that have been commissioned for the past two years,and the commissioning has encouraged the schools to work for the betterment of the students in all across the state, but presently “we have just started with some and we have just touched few schools in the state and we are still working on it”.

The lagos State government is working in the area of quality teachings as to equip the teachers properly because we don’t have enough teachers and we are also working on good teaching qualities orientation so as to know what we are expected of them. She explained.

In the aspect of principle we are also working on them in order to know how to give good instructions,leads,to carry out good expressions, good influences, what to do, as they learn it.

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The Curricullum given to us was not something we can just work on for few months, and for the past one year or few months,our service is to work on the skills of work and have intergrated the 24 century skills and the Governor BABAJIDE OLUSOLA is also solving the critical problems, renovating, and also teamwork collaboration.

This add to the skill of work and this is going to roll out because this will be fixed on the school map so that they can be readily accessible.

We also look into the aspect of empowering the students with the provision of technology in school in their areas of teachings so the student can have their own personal tablet to download the scheme of work to access learning quickly and also assist the teachers with tablets for a better teaching.

Lagos state is really assuring the youth (students) life of a better Future. She said.

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