Institute Urges FG to Review University Curricula by frank oke
The Institute of Chartered Economists of Nigeria has called on the Federal Ministry of Education, to review the university curricula, in line with the trend in Science and Technology.
The South-South Coordinator of the institute, Mr Friday Udoh, made the call in Uyo during a visit to the Head, Department of Economics, University of Uyo, Dr Godwin Akpan.
Udoh said that there was a strong link between the operations of university education, the economy and the industrial demands of any nation.
He argued that the country’s education system had been in a difficult situation because of poor funding, obsolete curricula and policy inconsistency.
“The education policy agenda of the present government must be linked to economic transformation plans to target peculiar economic needs, in line with global industrial demands,” Udoh said.
He said that poor funding and policy inconsistency had hampered creative thinking and research at the nation’s universities.
