Education

Experts Urge Government to Prioritize Education Sector

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By Olawale Asake

Some education experts have called on the Federal and State governments to improve the quality of education by putting more funding into the Sector to further aid teaching and learning in schools.

They made the call at the 2024 Olagoke Educational Foundation, O’LEG Competition for Secondary School Students organized by Shafaudeen in Islam Worldwide at Al-Aadi Unique College, Jobele, Oyo, with the theme, “Secure Your Future to Sustain Your Future”

The educators at the competition said that proper education could help to shape the future of children, calling on Government to honor UNESCO’s advocacy for larger percentage of budget on education.

In a keynote address, Professor Olagoke said that well-meaning individuals should support the government to tackle issues of poor education, urging the children to focus more on their education and avoid every form of distractions in the society.

Professor Olagoke maintained that the essence of functional education was to remove ignorance and arouse students’ conscience into positive values for their future to be well secured.

“You can rule the World if you avoid unnecessary burden of worries. Never engage in examination malpractices which can demean you into low ebb in the society”.

Professor Olagoke advised the students to positively make use of the recent technological innovations and advancements to broaden their knowledge, rather than committing cyber-crimes through technology, calling on victims of any Cybercrime to seek just from relevant authorities such as Nigeria Police, EFCC and others.

In an address of Welcome, the Host of the Programme, Alhaji Abdul-aadi Yusuf  lauded the Professor Sabit Olagoke who is the Initiator of the competition, saying it has helped many students to improve their critical thinking about education and their future sustainability.

“It is of immense value because it deepens their curriculum and they are learning. it is an engaging way of learning and preparing them for the future”.

Another Speaker, an Education Counselor, Dr. Ibraheem Adediran said,  education plays a major role in a child’s development and children should be taught the importance of healthy competition to make them acquire more knowledge for future decisions.

He maintained that, the competition was aimed at improving the student’s self-esteem and imbibe them with the belief that they too could achieve great things in life through education.

Seven Secondary Schools across Oyo States participated in the opening ceremony of the Competition.

The Participants said they were proud of their involvement which would go a long way in shaping their career in life so as to contribute meaningfully to national development.

Side attractions at the competition included cultural performance from the students of Shafaudeen Group of Schools, Ibadan and Al-Aadi Unique College, Jobele, Oyo.

Environment

Experts Campaign for Pangolin Conservation in Ecosystem

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By Rotimi Famakin

The need to preserve pangolin from total extinction in the ecosystem formed the basis of a day lecture organized by the Pangolin Conservation Guild, PCG, Nigeria.

The lecture which attracted hunters, the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, NESREA, security agencies, students and pangolin conservation guild members provided a platform for the interface between stakeholders and the PCG  frontiers.

Addressing the participants, the Chairperson of, Pangolin Conservation Guild, PCG, Professor Olajumoke  Morenikeji explained that, the economic and spiritual value of pangolin had made the animal become mostly harvested and traded animals in the African Sub-Sahara region.

Professor Morenikeji who is also the former Director of Zoological garden, the University of Ibadan, said industrialization, urbanization and human-induced imbalance in the ecosystem had affected pangolin population adding that hunters in the communities have been enlightened to join the campaign to preserve the animal in the forest.

Some members of the Pangolin Conservation Guild, secondary school students and partner agencies in Nigeria lent their voices on the need to protect the animals in the forest.

While emphasizing the importance of the animal in reducing the population of dangerous insects they appealed to the government to ensure the effective implementation of policies that protect the environment.

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Environment

Environmental Health Experts Challenge Oyo Government On Effective Sanitation Exercise

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Students of Public Health Department, University College Hospital, U.C.H, Ibadan have appealed to Oyo State Government to restore and implement the weekly and monthly environmental sanitation exercise in Oyo State.

The students made the appeal while carrying out a sensitization exercise in Ajibode.

Three of the students including Olusoji Ojoawo the team leader, Tolulope Majiyagbe and Olumide Adaramoye said the stoppage of the exercise in the state had led to the unhygienic condition of Ibadan metropolis.

The students who said poor environmental sanitation and unguided waste disposal had led to outbreak of diseases and in the state noted that the state government should enforce the use of  waste bin by each households while also subscribing to the state waste collection system.

In an interview, The Jagun Balogun of Ajibode Oke Ona, Chief Moshud Ademola who explained that several efforts had been made through community awareness campaign to ensure routine sanitation pointed out that sanitation was being  handled with  levity.

Chief Ademola  said poor waste disposal had led to flooding in the community said the state government should fine erring households that failed to secure waste bin as well as the services of waste collectors in the state.

Rotimi Famakin