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Olugbemiro Jegede
16 quotes
“Nigeria has regressed into a nation where mediocrity is allowed to lead where we have intelligent people.”
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“I am told that when you ask any child what they want to become, they say, footballer, yahoo-yahoo person, kidnapper/bandits, comedian or LGA chairman: the easiest way out of illiteracy to make easy money in Nigeria.”
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Recorded in: Public Lecture at the 2023 convocation lecture of Ajayi Crowther University (ACU) in Oyo state (2023).
“University education is critical and it is been ignored in countries like Somalia, South Sudan Northern Niger, Chad.”
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“In Khartoum and southern Cameroon and other places there were students in final year who all have to flee, as it was libraries and books have all being burnt.”
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“if there is crisis in any Africa country affecting the university there it then means the student can transfer acquired credits to the new choice university in another country and continue the work.”
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Recorded in: Africa Leaders Task On Distance Learning To Rescue University Education (2023)
“There is nothing positive or salutary about incessant strike actions, or indeed any single strike action in public universities. It is an indication of lack of trust, lack of integrity in the implementation of agreed negotiations. It indicates that the government and ASUU are not on the same page regarding their commitment and management of higher education in Nigeria.”
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“To press home their demands without necessarily down-tooling, ASUU should consider the long-term needs of universities and advise the government accordingly. This makes for good planning and budgeting”
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Recorded in: How ASUU Can Press Demands Without Strike (Interview, 2022)
“All over the world people have embraced technology much more than we think. There is nothing you can do now without technology. Technology has taken over all parts of our system.”
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“The world is now depending on digital economy so this is what the policy is advocating, that the Universities should appreciate the use of digital learning in today’s world”
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“Technology is like our inorganic DNA if you like and so it has become imperative to appreciate the role of technology in teaching and learning so that the next generation will be better placed in appreciating the world and of being trained so that they are better suit for the work force and better entrepreneurs.”
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“All we need is implementation, that is what we need. Once it has been implemented all our children from primary yo tertiary institutions will be digitally literate.”
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“There is a clear and direct relationship between a country’s development, economic progress, and education offered to its people.”
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“Illiteracy, poverty and low development indices have roots in the low level of education. Today, more than ever, the main wealth source is knowledge. The global economy is being transformed from a material-based economy to a knowledge-based economy.”
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“No country can develop unless its citizens are educated. Education does not change the world. Education changes people, people change the world”
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“Our educational system is driving in reverse full throttle without the use of the back or side mirrors. In the same vein, our secondary school graduates can be best described as half-baked illiterates who constitute a danger to the society and to themselves.”
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“It goes without saying, therefore, that higher education contributes significantly to the political, scientific, technological, economic, social and human development of any country”
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