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As political campaigns kick – off across the country in preparations for the 2019 general elections, stakeholders in the education sector have expressed disappointment over what they describe as failed promises being made by the various political parties in the area of education, saying almost all the pre-election promises on reviving the sector, made in the past, remained unfulfilled till date. In this view,  Oluwatosin Obajemu  writes the view of stakeholders. excerpts...... In separate interviews on their expectations from the political parties warming up to woo Nigerians for votes in the forthcoming general elections, the stakeholders lamented what they described as the ’lip service’ being paid to the education sector by successive administrations in the country, warning that they were no longer ready and comfortable with the ‘empty’ promises. According to the stakeholders, despite many promises that were made during the pre-election campaigns in 2015 , the sec...

say policy not current administration’s original concept     It’s another exploitation – Parents S takeholders in the education sector have faulted the recently-introduced insurance scheme for students across the 104 Unity Schools in the country, saying the Federal Government was only rehashing an old scheme that was started by the immediate past administration. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, while announcing the scheme recently,    had claimed    that the insurance scheme for    all    Federal Government-owned secondary schools in Nigeria, was an official policy of the current President Muhammadu Buhari administration and had specifically noted that    the insurance cover “for our unity schools has become the official policy of the Federal Government.” However, some parents and other stakeholders, who spoke to    our Correspondent in separate interviews on the new scheme, question...