A professor of educational management from Ekiti State University, Ado -Ekiti, EKSU,Olajire Adeola Adegun has called on government to allocate adequate funds to education for effective performance of the institutions.
Prof. Adegun
The Don tasked government to increase budgetary allocation to education.
Professor Adegun gave the submission yesterday while delivering the EKSU’s 67th Inaugural Lecture titled” Debacle and Conundrum in Education: Management for the Paradgim Shift”.
Professor Adegun said the 26% baseline of the budgetary allocation to education should be adhered to and the allocation should be released promptlly.
The Don also called on parents, Alumni association, philanthropists, corporate bodies, and individuals to support schools and institutions financially to complement government’s efforts.
Professor Adegun called on managers of education especially in higher institutions to think outside the box by exploring both national and international opportunities to get fund for their various institutions
The Don however lamented the poor infrastructure in Nigerian tertiary institutions, saying most schools lack conducive environment for teaching and learning, non availability of teaching materials among others calling for urgent solution .
The professor of educational management also tasked relevant stakeholders on policy and regulations against cultism, terrorism, indecent dressing and abnormal behaviors to institute disciplined and secured school environment.
Prof. Adegun who spoke further on the significance of education in shaping human life for better stated that education is a lifelong process that varies in its contents and methods as there are different societies in the world. “It also varies from time to time and from place to place”.
The inaugural lecturer explained that the problems facing the Nigerian education system which could lead its collapse are varied and on the increase whereby all hopes of reviving the education system seem farfetched.
Substantiating this fact, she noted that none of the Nigerian universities is ranked among the first 500 universities in the world.
She stated that inadequate funding has caused a big constraint to the development of education saying the inadequate facilities and equipment, dilapidated material and physical resources that are seen in schools are offshoot of inadequate funds of education projects.
” The managers of education especially in higher institutions should also think outside the box, explore both national and international opportunities to get fund. They should be academically creative, divergent and revolutionary in exploring ideas to attract funds.
The Inaugural lecturer,Prof. Adegun
“Schools facilities should be given complete overhauling by repairing and replacing bad and damaged ones. Educational managers, teachers, students and other stakeholders in the education system must rise up to their responsibility of ensuring proper maintenance of school facilities. Managers should be mobilized to imbibe the culture of facility maintenance”
The Vice- Chancellor of the institution, Professor Edward Olanipekun who commended the inaugural lecturer for a brilliant submission admonished parents on Proper upbringing of their children/ wards to imbibe good culture.
Among the academicians within and outside the state who attended the lecture were the vice Chancellor of Federal University,Oye Ekiti, FUOYE,Prof. Abayomi Fasina,, former vice Chancellor,Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko,Prof.Igbekele Ajibefun Owa Ooye of Oke Imesi, Ekiti ,Oba Gbadebo Adedeji .