Tinubu’s achievements in education is tremendous – Sajoh

Tinubu’s achievements in education is tremendous – Sajoh

By: Yakub Yakub

A former Commissioner of Information and Strategy in Adamawa, Mallam Ahmed Sajoh, says the Ministry of Education has done significantly well within the one year of President Ahmed Tinubu administration.

Sajoh made this known in an interview with the newsmen on the education sector.

Sajoh said that the administration understood the position of education as real catalyst for national development and gave it the desired attention.

Sajoh, who is a member of the Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI), said the commencement of the student loan scheme was a bold step that would ensure access to education for many students from poor families.

“The actulization of the Students Loan scheme is a bold step by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to ensure that every eligible child gets quality higher education in Nigeria no matter the circumstances of their birth.

“It’s launch is not only historic but revolutionary. Children who would have been deprived of access of quality tertiary education will surely be availed such opportunities under the Students Loan scheme,” Sajoh said.

According to him, the appointment of Prof. Tahir Mamman who spent his entire professional life promoting learning and knowledge as Minister of Education was a right choice that’s yielding results in repositioning the sector.

“Working on the matching orders of President Tinubu, Mamman set out to actualize the education roadmap of the Renewed Hope Agenda by setting up a panel to study the situation and come up with a comprehensive blueprint for the repositioning of the Education.

“He didn’t just involve fellow academicians alone, he mixed them with industry players including long term directors in the Ministry who have a lot of institutional memories.

“Prof Tahir Mamman understood that every academic study can be enriched by some validation exercises. He promptly set up a two-step validation process. First he established a small team of experts and asked them to explore the study contents and come up with a working document.”

Sajoh said that the development came up with a holistic education system for Nigeria, adding that the introduction of skills acquisition training for students at the primary and secondary level would make them self reliant.

“Another core component of the new education policy is the introduction of skill-sets, as part of the curricular at both basic and post basic levels..

“One key area this policy is expected to truly make a difference is in the reintroduction of the skills component in the education system at the basic and secondary levels.

“In the area of research and development, the Federal Ministry of Education under the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Administration has sponsored 185 researchers, supported 44 teams of 176 researchers and upgraded 24 centers of excellence.

“The net effect is that about 80 books have been written and published. All of them are tailor made for the Nigerian learning ecosystem, 868 Academic Research journals were procured in addition to over three million assorted books and 376,262 E-Resources,” Sajoh said.

According to him, training and retraining of teaching and non teaching staff by the ministry of education received serious attention within the past one year of Tinubu administration.

Tinubu’s achievements in education is tremendous – Sajoh