As schools crumble, public officials send children abroad - Businessday NG

Nigeria’s education system has long been plagued by underfunding, decaying infrastructure, overcrowded classrooms and frequent industrial actions.

Yet, rather than entrust their children to the same schools attended by millions of Nigerians, many public officials continue to opt for institutions abroad, fuelling concerns over the political will to reform the sector.

Kayode Soremekun, a former vice-chancellor at Federal University, Oye Ekiti, emphasised that going by the trend the country’s elite are shipping their children and wards to study abroad, things may not get better soon.

“Things will even get worse for our educational system and other areas of our national life,” he said.

Soremekun emphasised that the issue is best situated within a general context, rather than just talking about the educational system.