A former Minister of Education, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, in Lagos identified
poor management and low quality of teachers as some of the factors that contributed to the collapse of public education in Nigeria.
Ezekwesili said this at the 12th annual Gani Fawehinmi lecture and symposium organised by the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Ikeja Branch.
The theme of the lecture is: ``The Collapse of Public Education, the past, present, and future prospects of the Nigerian State’’.
Ezekwesil said:``Poor management and low quality of teachers are some of the causes of the collapse of public education in the country.
The former minister pointed out that public education was a shared responsibility between the Federal, State and Local Governments in the country.
According to her, the federal government provides leadership for the other tiers of government through policy formulation and quality control through the Federal Ministry of Education.
Ezekwesili, however, noted that the education sector had been declining in quality in spite of increased budgetary provision to the sector.
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