Buhari's endorsement of El Rufai's teacher sack.

Merely endorsing what El Rufai, the governor of Kaduna wishes to do concerning the teachers of his state is not really enough. The one-day retreat on education reforms summoned by the presidency should lead to real reforms. Even though every speaker expressed dismay at the standards in Kaduna teaching service, I think the Vice President,a former academic himself made a very important statement.
Professor Yemi Osinbajo told the gathering of ministers and bureaucrats that its time that we pay more attention to Science. The advanced and emerging economies of the world place premium on Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The question arises: From the hundreds of thousands of graduates that are leaving our universities every year what value have we gained in scientific and technological development from their learning? Nigeria does not present a proper ground for the practice of many of the skills that scientists learn in school these days. Many who have trained in Nigeria feel frustrated that they are unable to practice here or are restricted by the limited choices that they have.
If we heard Osinbajo right, we are lagging behind in scientific development, engineering and technology and its time for the county's educational system to address this. With all the universities of technology and numerous departments of science in the various citadels of higher learning its time for something to change. This is urgent. Brazil, Russia, India and China are the real emerging economies in this world and in the turn of the century they will have a stronghold on industrial development which would be difficult to rival. Would Nigeria just remain one big market? What future contributes to industrialization and scientific development will this giant of Africa make? Where will we be in the turn of the century?These are the questions.