The Vice-Chancellor of the Ekiti State University, Professor
Patrick Oladipo Aina has expressed the need to foster educational
cooperation between EKSU and some Ghanaian Universities. He
made the statement while interacting with a group of journalists
during the visit of some members of the Governing Council of the
University to the President of Republic of Ghana, Dr John Dramani
Mahama.
According to Professor Aina, such cooperation would include
students’ exchanges in areas of strict academic and professional
relevance as well as presentation of academic papers amongst its
academic staff. In his view, this would go a long way in integrating
and strengthening the educational sectors of the two countries
while emphasizing that such cooperation was long overdue.
Reflecting on the Nigerian Educational development, the
Vice-Chancellor noted that there was need for Universities in
Nigeria to properly educate the Nigerian youths for national
development.
He was of the opinion that the present educational system as being
delivered, does not give the Nigerian students the right mindset for
National value orientation, growth and development.
He further expressed his worries on how the so called graduates
of Nigerian Universities could not properly study, analyze, proffer
solutions and rightly apply their findings for the development of the
nation. According to Professor Aina, our society must henceforth
re-orientate its teeming youth population towards cultivating right
values required for national development. Also, Professor Aina
urged political leaders to redirect the populace for national
development by legislating right laws which promote educational
and national development as obtained in other climes.
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