Saturday, August 06, 2011
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There are compelling political, economic and social reasons for free education for all citizens at all levels, once we can afford.
Our party believes that education is the key to national unity an economic development. Disparities in education and economic opportunities constitute the primary cause of gross inequality in the distribution of national wealth. Such disparities have promoted social disequilibrium and exacerbated ethnic and tribal tension and discord. The party is determined to reverse this.
We also believe that education is indispensable for the development of an enlightened citizenry that will be easy to govern but impossible to enslave. Without a well- educated population, development efforts will like pouring water into a basket.
Finally, we also believe that education is a fundamental right of every citizen. If the State expects full service and complete loyalty from every citizen, then the state is duty-bound to educate every citizen to the limit of his ability, so that he can also serve state to the limit of his competence.
For these reasons, the party considers it absolutely desirable that education should be provided FREE for every Nigerian citizen once our Governments can afford it. Our national interest dictates that education shall be our topmost priority since the success of every other programme depends on it.
Objectives
The Education programme of the government of our party has the following objectives:- To make every citizen literate and able to communicate in major world languages as well as in their mother tongue
- To train citizens in science, engineering, finance, management and information and communication technology who will lead the nation’s drive for prosperity and economic development and who will have a deep understanding of and solution to the nation’s problems.
- To substantially raise the income of Nigerians and create a middle class for the development of the economy.
- To train citizens to learn, to inquire and to develop increased foresight and accuracy and a readiness to try new methods and techniques
- To train the various levels of manpower needed to transform the nation.
Filed Under: ACN Manifesto
