Prof Fola Tayo – Revamp nation’s education system, don tells FG

Talking throughout a reception held in celebration of his eightieth birthday thanksgiving, Tayo famous that schooling ought to produce modern thinkers and never complacent graduates.

Tayo who has taught in a number of universities was a lecturer on the Lagos College Educating Hospital for 14 years.

He complained about the usage of English Language as a method of instructing and studying in Nigeria, saying.

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“My hope for Africa is that we should begin another time. Who advised you we can’t research Pharmacy utilizing Yoruba or Igbo or Hausa, why should or not it’s English? Why should UNILAG ask for Arithmetic to learn Regulation,  what’s the usage of Arithmetic in Regulation? Why should you go English to review Pharmacy?

We have to take away this toga of imperialism and slavery. If we don’t take away it, Africa will stay subjugated. We now have develop into the uncooked materials backyard of Western powers as a result of our schooling system by no means encourages essential considering.

acstudents who assume the way in which I believe; that jettison standard strategies and break even. Go into the darkness and produce out one thing helpful. That’s schooling, not sitting down complacently ready on what is finished in America or UK.

He bemoaned how lecturers handled their college students in undignifying manners.

“I left Idi Araba now 14 years or 15 years in the past, there have to be a sustainable legacy. If we drive these children away from the establishment, no one will take over from us. Right now I boldly speak about Invoice Bowerman, he’s useless, however his legacy lives on. He’s an indicator for our academics; the way in which we deal with our college students in Nigerian universities is barbaric and isn’t good in any respect. We see them as some expendable commodities. No, it’s mistaken. We must always see them as our devices that we are going to use to advance, and carry them together with us in order that they will additionally advance.”

Visitor speaker on the occasion, Prof. Lere Baale, who spoke on’ Digital transformation of schooling in Africa bridging the gaps and constructing the longer term,’

 suggested that digital transformation of schooling was paramount in attaining the aspirations of SDG 4 on schooling and advancing the worldwide agenda for sustainable improvement.

“By embracing digital applied sciences, leveraging innovation, and cultivating a tradition of lifelong studying, academic stakeholders can catalyse optimistic change, foster inclusive and equitable academic alternatives, and empower people to navigate the complexities of the fashionable world with confidence, digital schooling competence, and resilience. By strategic investments, collaborative partnerships, and visionary management, digital transformation can pave the way in which for a brighter future the place schooling catalyses private development, social progress, and sustainable improvement for future generations,” he mentioned.

Chairman of the organising committee, a pharmacist, Dr Lolu Ojo, added that Tayo had impacted the lives of so many individuals and this was evident within the superlative response to his eightieth birthday celebration.

Ojo mentioned, “Prof. Fola Tayo is a foremost Pharmacist, erudite scholar, mentor and benevolent chief.

“He has made optimistic affect on Pharmacy panorama and has been concerned as a instructor, researcher, supervisor, Dean and Professional-Chancellor in lots of Universities, notably at Ahmadu Bello College, College of Ibadan, College of Lagos, Olabisi Onabanjo College, College of Medical Sciences, Ondo and Caleb College, Imota.

“I met him about 40 years in the past when he got here to the College of Pharmacy, College of Ife, as an examiner.

“The assembly was thrilling, educative and memorable. He examined me on my ultimate yr thesis and I impressed him nicely sufficient to make the excellence grade in Pharmacology.”