Who cares for public schools in Nigeria?
By Dayo Adesulu It is a common sayingthat education is the best legacy parents can bequeath to their children. The United Nations says that education is a right of every child that should not be infringed upon. Indeed, education is seen as the surest path to a country’s development. Notable personalities around the world have lent their support in one way or the other to the struggle of making governments around the world to realize the importance of education. Prominent in the championing of the education cause is former South African President, Dr. Nelson Mandela who sees education as the greatest weapon of development. Education is generally seen as any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind, character or physical ability of an individual. As part of efforts to reinforce the importance of education, 1Goal initiative was launched to help rally support for the education of about 75 million students who are out of school. The initiative basically, has three objective
