From Okey Sampson, Umuahia
Archbishop of Aba Archdiocese of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Rt. Rev Godfrey Agupusi, has lamented the situation in the education system in Nigeria, which places more emphasis on certificates than ability.
Rev. Agupusi who addressed newsmen during the Silver Jubilee celebration of Methodist High School, Aba, Abia State, said the level of decay was disturbing.
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Flanked by the Diocesan Lay President, John Ajuga, Board Chairman of the school, Dr Emma Ndukwe, principal, Mrs Rejoice Ugbor and the PTA Chairman, Elder Daniel Okoro, Archbishop Agupusi said it was to checkmate the decay that Methodist Church established the school.
“It was to mitigate the level of decay in the system and over-reliance on certificates without skills, the Aba Diocese of the Methodist Church has concluded plans to build a N500 million school that will accommodate vocational education with a well-planned curriculum where students will be prepared for a better tomorrow.
“Before the white men came, no African was unemployed. We were all engaged in one skill or the other, using it to solve our problems. It baffles me that what was introduced to us to help us has been bastardized to the level that we must correct things now, and we’re out to do it,” Archbishop Agupusi said.
The Archbishop said that the Aba Diocese of the Methodist Church will seize the opportunity of the Silver Jubilee to launch a development fund to officially kick off the N500 million appeal fund on October 5, 2025, to finance the completion and equipping of the permanent site of the School.
The church equally called for government’s support for mission schools, adding that the Methodist Church was not out to commercialize education.
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