Quality education, essential for national development —Commissioner

The Ogun State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr. Olusegun Odubela has observed that education was essential for national development and remained the best legacy any government can bequeath to its citizens.

He made this disclosure while delivering a keynote address at the Professor Ebenezer Otesile Annual Debate and Quiz competition among the secondary schools in Ogun State held at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) recently.

In a paper, titled: “Qualitative and affordable education: Essential for national development,” the commissioner noted that the quality of education given to the people would determine the level of development of the nation as well as the behaviour of the citizens.

Odubela, who was represented by the Director, Education Inspectorate Service and Teachers Development in the ministry, Mr. Johnson Odeyemi, lauded the initiative of the Association of Veterinary Medicine Students (AVMS), College of Veterinary Medicine of FUNAAB, and the pioneer Dean of College for organising such an interesting programme.

He said it was in tandem with the state government’s vision for primary, secondary and technical education, to completely overhaul its curriculum to empower students not only in the cognitive but also in the affective and psychomotor domains.

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