Poor Funding, Major Challenge In Education Sector – Adamu

Minister of education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has pointed at inadequate funding as one of the major challenges to educational development of the country.

Represented by the executive secretary, National Universities Commission, Prof Abubakar Rasheed, Adamu stated this at the 29th Convocation ceremony of Abia State University, Uturu recently.

He commended the Prof Onyemachi Ogbulu-led management of the university for its giant strides and the 3,757 graduands among which 19 bagged First Class and seven distinction in Medicine & Surgery.

Further distribution of the graduands were as follows: Doctor of Philosophy 77; Masters 138; and Post Graduate Diploma 77 as well as Second Class Upper Division 1,160; Second Class Lower Division 2,004; Third Class honours 110; and Pass level- 3.

In his remarks, Abia State governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, represented by his deputy, Sir Ude Oko Chukwu, promised the continued support of the government to the university and the entire education sector.

He commended the university administration for its remarkable footprints in the academic world, and charged the graduands to distinguish themselves in their various fields of endeavour.

In his address, the vice chancellor, Professor Onyemachi Ogbolu, commended the graduands for their academic excellence and charged them to be worthy ambassadors of the university.

He said arrangements were on for the university to commence training in aeronautical studies as aviation, insurance and risk management, hospitality management and tourism, bio- medical engineering, geology, dentistry and geo-physics.