Against this backdrop, Adamu stated that the education sector is under-funded compared to other sub-Saharan African countries’ budgets for the same sector. Reflecting on that financial figure, Odukoya thought it represented the level of disdain the present administration holds the education sector and foretells future crisis in the sector. What other evidence do we need to confirm that the government is not willing, ready or capable of resolving the crisis in the education sector? He said, “Generally, education sector has not been receiving the desired budgetary allocation in Nigeria annually. The document focuses attention on the issue of out-of-school children, basic education, teacher education, adult literacy, curriculum and policy matters on basic and secondary education, technical and vocational education, education data planning, library services and information and communication technology.

Source: The Guardian November 23, 2017 04:30 UTC