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Nigeria and Hungary have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), on educational cooperation with Hungary.
The Honourable Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu signed on behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigeria while Hungarian Ambassador to Nigeria, Professor Gabor Ternak signed on behalf of the Hungarian People’s Republic.
Through the MoU, Hungary will offer 50 scholarships annually to Nigerian students in the fields of Agriculture and Sciences in its Higher Institutions of learning.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has called on stakeholders in the education sector to evolve better teaching and learning techniques that will address contemporary challenges confronting societies in modern times.
Prof. Osinbajo stated this earlier today while receiving a delegation from the West African Examination Council (WAEC), led by its chairperson, Dr Evelyn Kandakai at the Presidential Villa. The Council holds its 65th annual meeting in Abuja on Tuesday.
Also present at the meeting with the Vice President were the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu and the Minister of State for Education, Prof. Anthony Anwukah.
According to Osinbajo, “lately, it has become obvious that we have to make more of our young people to be more entrepreneurial in their approach to everything.’’
Prof. Osinbajo said “It is interesting that we have found ourselves, especially those of us in this part of the world at this time, trying very hard to work out educational systems that is relevant to our people, (and) the requirements of our people.
“Obviously our initial contributions in this sector were inherited from colonial times but it is becoming more evident anyway that we must chart our own course in education and I know that it is a challenge that we face regularly.’’
He said the focus of educators should be on “the kind of subjects, and the kind of teachings that challenge critical thinking and being creative, thinking out of the box’’.
The Vice President added that “it is even more so now than ever before with technology, there is a need for us to meet the requirements of our people.’’
Prof. Osinbajo charged educators to find solutions to society’s contemporary challenges, noting that the political class’ responsibility is to “throw the challenge to the educators and hope that they will be able to give some form of direction as to where society should be heading to.’’
The Vice President commended the present WAEC Council and management for maintaining the institution’s status as the foremost sub-regional examination body which has maintained its standards and quality for many decades.
The chairperson of WAEC, Dr Evelyn Kandakai, had earlier thanked the Vice President for the reception, noting that Nigeria is a big pillar of support to WAEC in all its years of existence.
(54 percent of the institution’s financial burden is borne by Nigeria.)
Dr Kandakai said whatever height the examination body had attained over the years was made possible by Nigeria’s immense contributions both in human and material resources, submitting that WAEC and the West African sub-region remained hugely indebted to Nigeria.
WAEC is a sub-regional educational institution composed of Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
Laolu Akande
Senior Special Assistant on Media & Publicity
Office of the Vice President
March 20, 2017
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) represented by the USAID Mission Director Michael T. Harvey has signed a five (5) years Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bauchi state represented by His Excellency the Governor of Bauchi Barrister M.A. Abubaker on improving the education sector in Bauchi state.
The five-year MoU sets out the shared and individual commitments for collaboration in the education sector made by both USAID and the Government of Bauchi and provides a framework for mutual accountability for education activities in Bauchi State. The MoU supports the Bauchi state government’s goals and targets in its education sector strategic plans, and establishes a preliminary plan for joint monitoring and evaluation of progress.