universities would rank among the best in the world in the next four
years, as a result of the ongoing transformation of the education
system.
Jonathan, who featured in the Presidential Debate organised by the
Nigeria Elections Debate Group on Sunday in Abuja, said that Nigerian
universities had been equipped to compete with their foreign
counterparts.
Jonathan said that education was a responsibility of both states and
the federal governments, adding that the present administration gives
support to the states through the Universal Basic Education
Commission.
Jonathan said, "We all feel bad that no Nigerian university was ranked
but we are working seriously to change the trend.
"We have equipped most of our universities through the Tertiary
Education Trust Fund.
"We are talking about infrastructure that has failed over the years
but with the way we are going, in the next four years our universities
will compete with other universities across the world.
Also speaking, Mr Godson Okoye, the presidential candidate of United
Democratic Party, decried the situation where people who had benefited
from free education turned education to business.
"We must re-engineer education right from nursery schools; teachers
training colleges must be revisited," he said.
Prof. Oluremi Sonaiya, the presidential candidate of KOWA party, said
the whole focus should not be on formal education but a broad-based
education.
--PUNCH
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