How government can raise education standard

To raise the standard of education in the country, the Federal Government should constantly train and retrain teachers to keep up with modern teaching methods, the Principal of Marist College, Yangoji, Rev Ifeanyi Mbaegbu, has said.

Rev Mbaegbu disclosed this when a delegation of the Nigerian Youth Organisation took a tour of the school facility in Yankoji.

He said apart from qualified and dedicated the government should also recruiting teachers, increase budgetary allocations on education to improve the facilities in the schools.

He also said a challenging, broadbased academic curriculum that prepares students for further studies should be adopted.

School facilities should also be improved upon to make the students and the explained.

He said Marist College which was established seven years ago was able to perform excellently in the first WAEC and NECO exams its students took last year because of the level of dedication of the staff as well as quality of its facilities. teachers up-to-date, he