Educationist Wants Varsities To Focus On Moral Formation

A renowned educationist and founder Azione Verde University, Amaigbo in the Nwangele local government area of Imo State, Dr Boniface Duru, has canvassed for a university system with emphasis on moral formation to strengthen Nigeria’s education system.

‘He said university education being the highest level in education process should be the culminating point in the development of the human person.

Duru, a priest of the Roman Catholic Church, stated this at the inauguration of the institution located at Uloato community.

He said education is a strong career development, as it gives vent to the human mind to see beyond the ordinary and to make a difference through logic and reasoning.

“When a human mind is developed, things become less complex and hidden things of nature are revealed,” he said.

Reverend father Duru disclosed that he was moved to think of a holistic centre of education in Amaigbo as a result of the crash of the Sosoliso aircraft in the late 2000 that left nearly 100 school children dead.

‘’Those children would have been men today and most probably would have been useful to our society, one way or the other and because of it, I was determined to save more children for humanity. I know what an Igbo parent spends to send their children to school. The distance we cover looking for good schools, the finances we waste on transportation and other logistics and risks involved are enormous”.

Dr. Duru paid glowing tributes to the late Catholic Bishop of the Orlu Diocese, Most Rev. Dr. Gregory Ochiagha who he said laid the foundation stone of the project and equally challenged him to go ahead and demonstrate what his idea of bringing development to Amaigbo would be.

In the same vein, he hailed the incumbent Bishop of the Diocese Most Rev.Dr. Augustine Ukwuoma and the Papal Nuncio in Ethiopia, who is an indigene of Amaigbo, His Grace Brian Unigwe for their support.