The Governor-elect of Ondo State, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has said that his administration will focus on entrepreneurship and skills acquisition at the secondary and tertiary levels.
He added that placing emphasis on the entrepreneurial aspect of the curriculum would enable pupils to develop skills in self-development and self reliance early in their academics.
Akeredolu said this in a statement made available to our correspondent by his Media Adviser, Mr. Yemi Olowolabi, on Thursday.
According to Akeredolu, his agenda for the education sector is to revamp ‘the salient parts of the curriculum’’ which have the potential of turning around the national challenges such as unemployment.
He said, “These aspects have always been in the curriculum but our plan is to emphasise areas of entrepreneurship and skills acquisition from the secondary level. We are also going to revive and revitalise technical colleges to serve the purpose for which they were established. The aim is to equip our pupils with the right mindset and necessary skills to earn a decent living early in their academics.
“Our priority is to ensure that our pupils see entrepreneurship and skills acquisition as noble and not inferior to white collar jobs. This we are going to do by emphasising the salient parts of the curriculum. People have shunned our technical colleges because they have not been serving the purpose for which they were established. Our plan is to equip and revitalise our technical colleges and teachers at the secondary school level to teach all aspects of entrepreneurship.”
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