The Director of the Basic and Secondary Education, Mr Child Uwaezuoke has stated that there is need for the establishment of more Federal Science and Technical Colleges (FSTCs) in all states of the country to facilitate technological advancement..
Uwaezuoke, who made the statement at the annual Speech and Prize Giving/Valedictory service of the Federal Science and Technical College Yaba, said the establishment of more of such institutions would boost the nation’s quest to promote technological advancement of the country.
“Currently, we have just 21 of such colleges in the country; these are not enough for a country that is striving to become one of the 20 economies in today’s technology-driven world.
“We have yet to get to where we are supposed to be when we talk about technical education.
“We are still making progress toward attaining that vision. We are aware of the pressures that is on our Unity colleges, especially on infrastructure.
“There should be consideration for the expansion of the facilities by establishing more of the colleges in order to ease such pressures and to create more spaces for access of quality education for the Nigerian child,” he said.
The director noted that there was still a lot of work to be done in sensitisation and advocacy on the importance of technical and vocational education.
He said that parents should realise that any child that has passed through that branch of education would not be considered inferior to those that would have passed through the conventional form of education.
According to him, there is the need for all hands to be on deck in order to ensure implementation of the National Policy on Education with regards to the teaching of Science, Technical and Vocational subjects.
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