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How can the creative sector to achieve sustainable development? It is by cultural awareness and creative thinking in the education system, says Prof Aderemi Raji-Oyelade. He spoke at the 3rd public lecture of the Faculty of Arts, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba (AAUA), which held at the Olusegun Obasanjo Hall of the institution last week.

Delivering a lecture titled: “Creativity and the dimensions of literacy for nation building”, Prof Oyelade said the problem of dysfunctional system witnessed in the country was caused by mis-education of the mind, saying no society can develop in intellect and industry with poor literacy policies.

“The knowledge of abstract sciences, the interventionist grind of the clinical sciences, the enterprise of technology, the developmental engagement of the social sciences and the inventive creativism of the arts and other disciplines, must be fully harnessed for the achievement of national development,” he said.

He decried the poor knowledge of information technology prevalent in the academia, calling on members of the academic community to embrace the power of new technologies.

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