FG urged to ensure quality education in public schools

CEO of Brookehouse School in Lekki, Lagos, Ifueko Thomas, has pleaded with the government to ensure that public schools get the same quality the private schools are getting by embarking on training and retraining of teachers.

This is also as Thomas disclosed that raising children to be intellectually and morally sound was essential in today’s world.

She made the disclosure at the second graduation and prize giving day ceremony of the school.

“For example, we have a fantastic relationship with the Eti-osa Local Government Area and we are working with them to train public school teachers. We also have the Child Right Movement where we talk about every child’s right to quality education.

“Child Right is already in place in Nigeria; there is a Child Right Act that Nigeria signed to – the right to health, welfare, education, the right to be treated fairly, and the right to be heard. We teach our pupils these rights but we don’t teach them to be rude; it is part of our curriculum,” she said.

She explained that education without character was counter productive, calling on teachers to imbibe the values they teach children.

Thomas explained that in today’s society the level of corruption was high despite the rate of education, adding that education without character was nothing.

“Someone comes out with first class in Medicine, for example, but the person is not honest, not diligent, not trustworthy. So, whatever education you have without character is useless.”