Revamp nation’s education, don tells FG

A famend pharmacist, Prof. Fola Tayo, has suggested the Federal Authorities to revamp the training system.

Talking throughout a reception held in celebration of his eightieth birthday thanksgiving, Tayo famous that training ought to produce revolutionary thinkers and never complacent graduates.

Tayo who has taught in a number of universities was a lecturer on the Lagos College Instructing Hospital for 14 years.

He complained about using English Language as a way of educating and studying in Nigeria, saying,

“My hope for Africa is that we should begin another time. Who informed you we can’t research Pharmacy utilizing Yoruba or Igbo or Hausa, why should or not it’s English? Why should UNILAG ask for Arithmetic to learn Legislation,  what’s using Arithmetic in Legislation? Why should you go English to review Pharmacy?

We have to take away this toga of imperialism and slavery. If we don’t take away it, Africa will stay subjugated. We’ve turn out to be the uncooked materials backyard of Western powers as a result of our training system by no means encourages essential considering.

acstudents who suppose the best way I feel; that jettison standard strategies and break even. Go into the darkness and convey out one thing helpful. That’s training, not sitting down complacently ready on what is finished in America or UK.

He bemoaned how lecturers handled their college students in undignifying manners.

“I left Idi Araba now 14 years or 15 years in the past, there should be a sustainable legacy. If we drive these youngsters away from the establishment, no person will take over from us. Immediately I boldly speak about Invoice Bowerman, he’s useless, however his legacy lives on. He’s an indicator for our academics; the best way we deal with our college students in Nigerian universities is barbaric and isn’t good in any respect. We see them as some expendable commodities. No, it’s fallacious. We should always see them as our devices that we are going to use to advance, and carry them together with us in order that they will additionally advance.”

Visitor speaker on the occasion, Prof. Lere Baale, who spoke on’ Digital transformation of training in Africa bridging the gaps and constructing the long run,’

 suggested that digital transformation of training was paramount in reaching the aspirations of SDG 4 on training and advancing the worldwide agenda for sustainable growth.

“By embracing digital applied sciences, leveraging innovation, and cultivating a tradition of lifelong studying, academic stakeholders can catalyse constructive change, foster inclusive and equitable academic alternatives, and empower people to navigate the complexities of the trendy world with confidence, digital training competence, and resilience. Via strategic investments, collaborative partnerships, and visionary management, digital transformation can pave the best way for a brighter future the place training catalyses private development, social progress, and sustainable growth for future generations,” he stated.

Chairman of the organising committee, a pharmacist, Dr Lolu Ojo, added that Tayo had impacted the lives of so many individuals and this was evident within the superlative response to his eightieth birthday celebration.

Ojo stated, “Prof. Fola Tayo is a foremost Pharmacist, erudite scholar, mentor and benevolent chief.

“He has made constructive impression on Pharmacy panorama and has been concerned as a trainer, researcher, supervisor, Dean and Professional-Chancellor in lots of Universities, notably at Ahmadu Bello College, College of Ibadan, College of Lagos, Olabisi Onabanjo College, College of Medical Sciences, Ondo and Caleb College, Imota.

“I met him about 40 years in the past when he got here to the College of Pharmacy, College of Ife, as an examiner.

“The assembly was thrilling, educative and memorable. He examined me on my closing 12 months thesis and I impressed him nicely sufficient to make the excellence grade in Pharmacology.”