So, I have started taking a vary hard look at Buharis manifesto. As a student with little means studying here in Nigeria (University of Uyo), the first thing I checked was Buhari’s policy thrust on education. It was disappointingly tucked in somewhere at the bottom of his list of priorities. My preliminary assessment is that there is nothing listed in Buhari’s manifesto for revamping the educational sector that is substantially different from the old-fashioned ideas implemented by successive administrations. Nothing new! His agenda on education is basically a rehash of old promises; a reiteration of known facts and mere reechoing of familiar lines by politicians. On the face of it, nothing is wrong with “committing 20% of our annual budget for this critical sector. Buhari, however, needs to get away as fast as possible from the failed tradition of throwing money at problems...More so, promising free education is a propagandist and lethargic approach to problem-solving, and should be discountenanced...
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 10:40:31 +0000
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