DLHS Chief Charges Education Minister on Quality, Standardisation of Sector

The Administrator of the Deeper Life High School, Lagos Campus, Mr. Emmanuel Eze, has urged the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman to pay attention to quality education in the country.

Eze, who said this while briefing journalists on Monday in Lagos, decried the erosion of standard affecting the sector.

This came few days after Mammam and the Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Sununu were inaugurated by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Upon their assumption of office, Mammam solicited support from Nigerians to bring about the “desired change in the education sector.”

He said “if the education sector is fixed, every other thing will work perfectly in the country since the ministry is the foundation of all.”

While saying the expectations are huge for the sector, he noted that Tinubu was committed to turning the tide around.

Setting an agenda for the new ministers, Eze said they should look into improving the standard of education at all levels, and instill discipline and moral values in students.

He noted that many leaders were exposed to quality education when they were in schools, so they cannot afford to fail the coming generation.

While highlighting the feat DLHS achieved in the 2022-2023 academic session, Executed said excellence is a culture at the school. 

“By the grace of God, we have been able to attain this feat through rigorous hard work, discipline and God-factor.”

“We have a structured and unstructured way of ensuring that our students read and study on a regular basis.”

Apart from Miss Umeh Kamsiyochukwu Nkechinyere, who was the top scorer in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), 2023, he said some students of the school got eight As in their West African Examinations Council exams.

“We can confidently say in this school we have zero tolerance for malpractice. That means that all our students wrote their examinations without any aid, a common practice in many schools today.”

“I am happy to also inform you that 136 students participated in our valedictory service that was held earlier this month.”

On what is expected of today’s parents, Eze urged them to avoid the common temptation of lowering the standard of moral and virtues as far as education was concerned.

“Parents should cooperate with educators. They should partner with the educators and ensure that they do not lower the standard of quality education, morals, virtues and godliness.”