David Akachukwu
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A non-profit organization affiliated with One Youth Global has called on President Bola Tinubu to strengthen efforts aimed at improving education throughout Nigeria.
Over the weekend, the group urged both federal and state governments to implement decisive measures to address the issue of more than 20 million Nigerian children currently not enrolled in school.
Speaking to the press on Monday following the conclusion of the ‘Spark Nation’ debate and quiz contest, Mr. Uchechukwu Agbo, who heads the organization, emphasized the urgency of the matter. The event took place at Osborne Hotel in Abakaliki.
The national academic competition was held in collaboration with Professor Benjamin Voth, a Rhetoric scholar from Southern Methodist University. Voth also serves as a Board Member and Lead Debate Coach at One Youth Global.
Agbo expressed concern over the declining quality of primary and secondary education in Nigeria. He encouraged government authorities at all levels to prioritize meaningful progress in the education sector.
He explained that schools from multiple regions participated in the contest.
“There are schools from Lagos, Adamawa, Enugu, Imo, Rivers states among others.
“We are worried about the deteriorating state of federal and state-owned primary and secondary schools in the country.
“Our initiative is to support and provide a platform for students to showcase their academic abilities and build confidence,” he stated.
Mr. Samson Amulu, who serves as the Boot Camp Director for the “Spark Nation” debate and quiz competition, explained that the project is designed to develop skills in critical reasoning, public speaking, and leadership among students in Ebonyi and beyond.
He further mentioned that the initiative has broadened its scope to include participants from various states across Nigeria.
“The state of our school children is worrisome. According to the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, about 20 million children are out of school in Nigeria.
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“So, this has been an amazing 7-day camp programme. We started on June 15 and we visited communities in the 13 Ebonyi local government areas.The grand finale is today, June 21 in Abakaliki.
“The winners for the debate and quiz competition have been given N1 million each and an opportunity to travel to California, USA,” the Camp Director explained.
One of the speakers in the quiz and competition program, Chinedu Ugbah said that teachers and instructors in various schools in Nigeria should be well remunerated to spur them, increase their efforts and courage to bring in their ingenuity in the training of the pupils.
“We discovered that most of the students are no longer interested in education, some of them even have the slogan they say “Education is a scam” maybe because of what they are seeing.
“Many of teachers are graduates and they don’t have any jobs which shows an indictment on the side of the government, maybe because of government policies, bad economy and so many other factors. Apart from this, teachers are not well remunerated and so, they don’t deliver quality education and as such, the standard of education in Nigeria is going down, down” he stated.
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