By Olawale Asake
Periodic review of curricula in the education sector is vital, to meet the challenges of the new global realities.
A guest speaker, Professor Kehinde Kester of the Department of Adult Education, University of Ibadan stated this while delivering a Lecture entitled: “Nigerian Economy: Reimaging Education System for the Fifth Industrial Revolution”, as part of activities marking the 2023 Press Week of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Oyo State Council held at Dapo Aderogba Hall, Press Centre, Iyaganku, Ibadan.
Professor Kester said the current curriculum had been in use for a long time and needed to be reviewed to conform to global best practices of education.
In his message to the event, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris who was represented by the Director, Public Relations and Protocol, Mrs Omolara Esan called on Nigerians to support the present administration in the country, saying the current policies would be favourable to all in no distant time.
Declaring the event open, Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, represented by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade commended the journalists in the state for their unflinching support to the government and bridging the gap between it and the public.
Earlier, the chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Oyo State Council, Alhaji Demola Babalola called on the public and government to see media as friends who would always keep promoting the unity of the country, adding that journalists would not relent in educating, informing and enlightening the society as parts of its constitutional roles.
Present at the event were, renowned broadcaster, Dr Yemi Farounbi who was the chairman on the occasion, former chairmen of NUJ, Oyo State Council including the Deputy Director News and Current Affairs, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, Ibadan, Mr Adewumi Faniran and journalists across the state.
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