Rumpus over planned declaration of emergency in education
S takeholders have expressed concern over the declaration of a state of emergency in the education sector by the Federal Government. According to them, the declaration of a state of emergency in the sector is long overdue as it the nation’s educational system is already in that situation. They argue that the plan by the government was another political move to deceive the masses at the twilight of the current administration. The National Economic Council had earlier said that it was working towards declaring a state of emergency in the nation’s education sector. Based on a previous presentation by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on “National Education Policy, Prospects, Challenges and Way Forward”, the council set up an Ad-hoc Committee on the Revival of the Education Sector in Nigeria to review and submit recommendations. Areas the council planned to revive include: the issue of out-of-school children, adult illiteracy and special needs education, Sc...