By Our Correspondent
Proprietress of Brighter Light Private School, Kubwa, Abuja, Dr T. M Modupe has decried the decay in Nigeria’s education system.
Dr Modupe, who said the challenges bedevilling the system had always been of concern to her, noted that she had at several fora, presented documents on how to tackle the rot in the sector.
According to her, “When I was doing my Masters degree at Open University, Abuja, we did a seminar then and what I really worked on was the decay in the educational sector.
“There are things our government should really look into. In Nigeria in the past, our educational standard and curriculum were perfect, but some people are bringing in innovations by inculcating other countries’ curricula into ours,” she assorted, noting that such innovation had contributed to the derail in the nation.
Modupe disclosed that at various seminars, she had drawn government’s attention to the drift in the system.
She, however, commended the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, who she said had been exerting efforts to bring back the glorious days of schools in the territory.
“Now we can see that the new FCT Minister is doing a good job, by going back to our old and normal standard,” she said.
In the area of security, Dr Modupe said Brighter Light prioritises the security of its pupils and students, hence it employes well-trained security personnel who work 24 hours with the requisite gadgets, as well as fencing the premises with security cable.
On the issue of ‘special centre’ during external examinations, the educationist noted that such centres had contributed enormously to the rot in the system, as many students no longer value reading in preparation for examination.
On the growth in her school, she disclosed that the improvement in curriculum, population, teaching, as well as expansion are unprecedented.
When we opened Bright Light, our plan was to limit it to primary school, but I noticed the decay in the system, we decided to extend to secondary school. “The present generation of students have really disappointed parents.
“Imagine some parents going to examination centres to bribe invigilators with huge amount of money to help their children. It is as bad as that,” she lamented.
