GOVERNOR OKOWA DECLARES OPEN 2016 DELTA STATE EDUCATION SUMMIT


 OKOWA  DECLARES OPEN  2016 DELTA STATE  EDUCATION SUMMIT TAGGED LEAP FROGGING EDUCATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY
The Governor of Delta State, Senator, Dr.  Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, Wife, Dame Edith Okowa, political office holders, Royal fathers, Civil Servants, Students came together today at the Delta State Education Summit, Tagged Leap Frogging Education in the 21st Century, the summit is being chaired by Chief Afe Babalola, an erudite lawyer and President of Afe Babalola University.

Delta State as an education loving State has more tertiary institutions than most other States in the country. Primary and secondary schools in the State have continued to attract interest and patronage from neighbouring States.

The present education system no longer meets the challenges of modern reality, as its products still look to the government and the few private enterprises for available gainful employment instead of becoming self-employed and job providers

The Summit is therefore, aimed at finding solution to the challenges facing education in the State, vis a vis modern day realities. With the focus of the State government towards skilled manpower, there is an overriding need to refocus curriculum at all levels to emphasize job creation and innovations.

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