Senate President Ahmed Lawan
Senate President Ahmed Lawan
Senate Worries over state of Computer Education in
Public Schools
The Senate today at plenary urged the Federal Government and all
stakeholders in the education sectors to address the sorry state of
computer education by providing computer training for teachers in
public schools and basic computer facilities for the proper
training of pupils and students in computer knowledge.
In a motion sponsored by Senator Eyakenyi Akon Etim representing
Akwa Ibom South and 34 other Senators on the Urgent Need to address
the sorry state of Computer Education by providing training for
Teachers and Basic Computer Facilities in Public Schools, the
Senators are aware that the National policy on education recognizes
the importance of computer education and ICT by providing for the
training of teachers and provision of basic facilities for teaching
computer knowledge in primary and secondary schools.
They observed that most public schools in Nigeria lack competent
teachers in computer knowledge and the basic facilities to properly
teach pupils and students in primary and secondary schools computer
knowledge..
While noting that all aspect of Nigerian and global sectors is
now ICT based and our future generation are not being prepared for
the future, reminded that education is a fundamental right.
They accordingly resolves to urge the government to formulate a
policy for the building and equipping of a computer lab in primary
schools and mandate the Committee on Education when constituted to
liaise with all stakeholders in education to comply with the
policy.
Also today, the Senate considered the request of Mr. President
for the confirmation of Honorable Justice Mahmud Tanko for
appointment as Chief Justice of Nigeria in accordance with section
23(1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
as amended.
Charles Akpan
Deputy Director