A Professor of African Studies, Law and Anthropology at the University of Michigan, United States, Omolade Adunbi, has warned that Nigeria’s education system is overly fixated on preparing students to pass examinations, rather than equipping them with critical thinking skills needed for the future.
Speaking on Adamimogo 105.1 FM’s Inside Scoop programme on Monday, Prof. Adunbi called for a complete overhaul of the nation’s educational structure and a more holistic approach to learning.
The academic, reacting to the mass failure recorded in the recent West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), recommended that the transcript processing system used in tertiary institutions be adopted at the secondary school level to ensure continuous assessment and a broader evaluation of students’ abilities.
On Nigeria’s political landscape, Professor Adunbi criticised political parties for lacking clear ideology, describing them as “groups of political gladiators more concerned with personal ambitions than societal development.
He particularly took aim at former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, accusing them of being “too desperate” to lead, and therefore incapable of delivering leadership of real value to Nigerians.
