{"id":97970,"date":"2022-08-11T09:25:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T08:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=97970"},"modified":"2022-08-11T09:25:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T08:25:21","slug":"varsity-education-not-for-everybody-says-umahi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/varsity-education-not-for-everybody-says-umahi\/","title":{"rendered":"Varsity education not for everybody, says Umahi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Ebonyi State Governor and Chairman of South-East Governors\u2019 Forum, David Umahi, has said university education is not for everybody.<\/p>\n<p>This was as Umahi stressed that it was unreasonable for the Federal Government, led by President Muhammadu Buhari to borrow over N1trn to meet the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities.<\/p>\n<p>The governor spoke against the backdrop of the ongoing industrial action by lecturers at the nation\u2019s varsities, when he received a delegation from the Nigerian Police Trust Fund by Dr Ben Akabueze, in Abakaliki, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The governor, who said education and security were the most challenging problems bedevilling the country, also pointed out that the nation\u2019s educational system is not properly articulated, adding that the basic education every nation strives to attain is secondary or vocational education.<\/p>\n<p>Umahi said, \u201cOur basic problems in this country remain security, health and education. Let me say a little about education which is in our public domain. I think that our education system is not properly articulated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUniversity education is not for everybody and that is the truth. The basic education every country strives to attain is secondary school and vocational schools. These are the basic schools, and when you have these qualifications, you will be able to use it either to start up something or to be able to use it to be employed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a need to review our educational system. It mustn\u2019t be for everybody. I am not ashamed that I have a first degree and my deputy is a PhD holder; it doesn\u2019t matter. It is what you bring on board. So, I cannot see how we cannot sit down with leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, and iron out this problem about the ASUU strike.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have read on social media, newspapers how students got into trouble just by sitting at home or engaging in means of keeping themselves busy instead of being in school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no way the country Nigeria will go and borrow N1.1tn to meet ASUU\u2019s demands; it\u2019s quite unreasonable. Are their demands genuine? Yes, but we can start little by little.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, it is important for ASUU to show some understanding and for those who are negotiating on the side of the government to also show some understanding. 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