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Director, Caleb Group of Schools and Visitor, Caleb University, Imota, Lagos, Dr. Oladega Adebogun, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration for notable interventions recorded so far in the education sector.
Dr. Adebogun, an eminent stakeholder in the education sector, who founded the Caleb Group of Schools in 1986 and Caleb University in 2007, said the education sector in the country has not had it so good for a long while and thanked the Tinubu administration for taking positive steps in addressing the anomalies across all levels of the education sector – primary, secondary and tertiary.
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According to a statement signed by Mr Abimbola Olulesi, Director, Public Relations, Caleb University, Imota, Lagos, Dr Adebogun cited notable policies of the government, such as the signing into law of the Student Loan Scheme to create equal opportunities for all Nigerians to acquire a tertiary education.
He also appreciated the Tinubu Administration for responding positively to the agitations of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) by removing Federal Universities from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) and migrating them to the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS).
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The educationist equally commended Tinubu administration’s policies aimed at reducing the number of out-of-school children which about two million have benefited and Teachers’ development and support which is expected to bring technology and digitization to teachers and learners at all levels of education.
He equally applauded the establishment of a National Education Data System and Skill Development for all levels of Education, Teacher Training and Support Nationwide by President Tinubu recently.
“The system-wide policies are aimed at comprehensively overhauling the education sector to improve learning and skill development, increase enrolment and ensure the academic security of the nation’s children succinctly captured as DOTS – Data Repository, Out-of-School Children Education, Teacher Training & Development, and Skill Development & Acquisition,” he stated.
Dr. Adebogun noted that “these bold spirited and outstanding interventions of the Tinubu-led administration in education, which is in congruence with the renewed hope agenda, will protect the future of our children and that of our country.”
He added that with the current tempo and flurry of activities ongoing in the education sector, Nigeria will soon become the toast of the international community.
He used the opportunity to congratulate President Tinubu ahead of the one year anniversary of assumption of office as the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces and wished him greater successes in the coming years. He equally wished the President more wisdom, greater insight and acute foresight in taking the nation, especially the education sector, to enviable heights.
