The foundation for producing well behaved children must be laid at both primary and secondary education as a major step to revamp Nigeria’s lost glory.
An educator and Principal Assistant Registrar, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Mrs Foluso Agnes Arowojolu (PhD), made this declaration on Saturday in Lagos.
She spoke as a Guest Speaker at the Parents Forum, Methodist Boys High School, Victoria Island, Lagos on the theme, “Technology and parenting in 21st century”.
While asserting that technology had made globalisation possible she said the volume of interaction socially, economically and culturally had posed so much risks.
According to her, there was therefore the need to inculcate the right values in the children in order to achieve a better tomorrow for them and revamp the country’s lost glory.
Arowojolu said the children should be made to learn many social and interpersonal skills that would make them behave well both at home and in the society.
She called on parents, teachers and governments to collaborate well in order to achieve the goal of revamping the nation’s lost glory through proper upbringing of the children.
Her words: “Again, in the trajectory of a child in the 21st century, all stakeholders in education have work to do. There is need to sow right values into our children for they are the leaders of tomorrow. Our children need to learn many social/interpersonal skills that will help them to be well behaved both at home and in the society and assist them to stay on job as well as get ahead in future.
“Therefore, I call on the government, parents and teachers to collaborate together in bringing up Nigerian child.”
She said the parents must positively be involved in their children’s education, sacrifice and monitor their children in the use of technology.
This is as she clamoured for the government and teachers to play significant roles to bringing about all round or total child.
“The education system must be looked into by the government. Moral instruction and soft skills must be included in the primary and secondary Schools’ Schools’ Curricular,” she added.
She urged schools should teach morals the same way the core subjects were being taught.
The education system, she emphasised, must be a complete one which emphasis must not be laid on the cognitive domain alone.
She reasoned that since soft skills transcended certificate in the labour market in the 21st century, the foundation for producing well behaved child must be laid at both primary and secondary education.
“Therefore, priority must also be given to the affective domain both at home and at school. These steps will contribute immensely to revamp the lost glory of our dear nation, Nigeria,” Arowojolu emphasised.
*Read full text of the presentation titled Technology and parenting in 21st century, By Foluso Agnes Arowojolu, PhD
