Caleb Schools Director Tasks Govt on Proper Funding of Education
Funmi Ogundare
The Director of Caleb Group of Schools, Dr. Ola Adebogun, has called on the government to increase the funding for the education sector, ensure structured attention and quality assurance.
This he said would enable the country’s education sector to regain its lost glory.
Adebogun, who said this recently, during a meeting with journalists in Lagos, said that the government must also invest in human resource development, curriculum development and alignment, as well as put in place value-based education policies to encourage innovation and creativity.
“The future of a nation depends largely on the quality of its educational development,” he stated, adding that this informed the establishment of Caleb Group of Schools as a ray of hope to the falling standard of education in the country.
The educationist noted that the country’s education sector would definitely regain its lost glory when both the government and all stakeholders start to insist on sanity rather than allow exploitation and decadence to be the order of the day, thereby preventing the tragedy of churning out sub- standard products.
While commending both the Lagos State and federal Ministry of Education for the regular evaluation exercise in the sector, Adebogun pledged that the school would implement to the latter its conformity to quality standards with both Nigerian and British integrated curriculum to sustain its excellent record.
The director stressed the need for government to ensure that all school owners make continuous professional development mandatory for their staff so that they can consistently work hard to remain relevant in the system, uphold a culture of encouraging the students to aspire to greater heights and make significant contributions to the society.
The Caleb College boss appealed to parents to closely monitor the spiritual and academic progress of their children, adding that such was the needed tonic to achieving the noble objective of transforming the lives of the students.
He also enjoined parents to always support every control mechanisms put in place by the school and endeavour to clarify issues with the relevant authorities where there are doubts, stressing that it was this partnership, based upon mutual understanding and close cooperation, that could bring out the best in the studens.
Adebogun, who admonished the students to work towards becoming great leaders and not just leaders, appealed to them to shun cultism, alcohol and bad gang so as to be seen as contributing to everybody’s desire to return the education sector on tha path of glory.
“Our students in their various schools must ensure they adhere to their schools’ high moral, be committed to their schools’ core values and uphold good manners and self-discipline,” Adebogun advised.
