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       Lagos: Westminster proprietor seeks return of HSCcurriculum
   DIR By: Ebenezer
       Date: August 10, 2013, 9:39 am
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       The Managing Director, Westminster College, Lagos, Chief Johnson
       Barovbe, has canvassed the review of the nation’s education
       structure with a view to reintroducing the Higher School
       Certificate.
       He also decried the emphasis being placed on theoretical
       education at the expense of practical in some educational
       institutions.
       Speaking at the 11th valedictory service/graduation of the
       college in Lagos onWednesday, the administrator urged the
       federal and state governments to set up education panels to
       revisit the issue of the 6-3-3-4 system of education, with a
       view to re-introducing the Higher School Certificate, which is
       an equivalent of Cambridge AdvanceLevel General Certificate of
       Education.
       He said the re–introduction of HSC, apart from keeping pupils
       longer in the education system, could reduce unemployment
       temporarily.
       The major gain, according to him, would be quality education
       that will produce tomorrow’s leaders, who will have bold
       ideasfor solving the problems that the country is facing.
       He said, “We need well-educated experts and leaders across many
       disciplines and to propose big and refined ideas for our big
       problems.
       “It is now obvious that the Nigerian problem is beyond the
       political class.’’
       He explained that the major reasons for the low standard of
       education and the complaints over poor calibre of graduates from
       the nation’s universities were the age of university students
       and inadequate funding of the education sector by both the
       federal and state governments.
       “It is only in Nigeria where you have studentsof 15 years in the
       university,” he observed.
       Barovbe also noted that lack of practical education contributed
       to the docility of a lot of Nigerians.
       According to him, lack of practical training in schools
       contributes to the dwindling standard of education, as many
       products of the school system never had a good understanding of
       either the subjects or the courses that they were taught in
       school.
       This, he said, had also impacted negatively onthe quality of
       leadership in various strata of the society, as many graduates
       lack proper understanding of their country and the nitty-gritty
       of the nation’s everyday politics.
       Apart from teaching subjects like Chemistry, Mathematics and
       Biology, he said, pupils should be thoroughly schooled in
       politics to enable them to become responsible leaders in future.
       He said, “At Westminster, we encompass everything from politics
       to economy, social toculture and Nigeria to world affairs.’’
       Explaining that the success of an educational institution
       depends on the achieved results of its products, he said the
       college had successfully carved a niche for itself in moral
       discipline, academics and leadership.
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