Education in Nigeria

What needs to be done to face the challenges of Education in Nigeria include:

	Adequate resourcing which will be needed to build new schools, train more teachers etc
	Implementation of the UBE Act and ensuring that all forms  of user fees are abolished
	Dealing with the quality issues including size of classes, number of teachers and provision of materials.
	Massive investment in infrastructures in all levels of education
	Promotion of child friendly and teacher friendly school environment
	Respect and protection of the rights of children in school including protection from violence in schools especially of the girl child.
	Review of school curricula to promote critical and relevant learning
	Proper governance of schools and implementation of Schools Management Committees (SMCs)
	Tracking of resources to ensure proper, adequate and accountable utilization of resources budgeted for education
	Improvement of teacher quality through employment of professional and qualified teachers,  in service training and retraining and implementation of the teacher salary structure
	Dealing with the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the education sector
	Completion, popularization and utilization of EFA plan
	Empowerment approach to education