Prof. Osuji
The Dean, Faculty of Education, 水果派 of Nigeria聽(NOUN),聽Prof.聽Uchenna Sydney Ajunwa Osuji,聽has advocated an聽equal opportunity for accessing quality opportunities聽at聽all levels of education and in life-long learning perspective聽for societal development.
Prof. U.S.A. Osuji, as he is famously known, stated this on Wednesday, 聽September 7, 2022 while 聽presenting a paper at a virtual seminar organised by the聽Centre of Excellence in Migration and Global Studies聽(CEMGS), university headquarters, Jabi,聽聽Abuja.
While speaking on the topic: “Educational Migration as a Bridge for聽Sustainable Development Goals Four (SDG4)聽Achievement,鈥 Osuji said that access to quality education is a fundamental influence to migration, adding that it has influenced to peoples opportunities in life, their economic and civic involvement and their degree of integration.
“Educational migration is a global phenomenon with so much economic, social and cultural implications. Education drives migration flows which is significantly affected by peoples movement.
“As a bridge to improve the educational status of children and youths, educational migration is also a bridge to achieve the SDG4,” the erudite scholar said.
He maintained that educational migration helps people develop knowledge, skills and competencies and contribute to social and economic development.
Cross section of virtual participants
“Since SDG4 is inspired by a humanistic vision of education and development based on human rights and dignity, social justice, inclusion, protection, cultural, linguistic and ethnic diversity with a shared responsibility and accountability, we need to encourage reasonable educational migration,” he said.
Speaking further, the Professor of Measurement and Evaluation said that government should, as a matter of urgency, provide adequate competitive educational environment and policies that can induce continuous curricular reforms that change with the society.
Additionally, Osuji said that countries should have a triggered investment in robust national monitoring mechanisms for education, including educational migration, equity, inclusion and quality.
“Our responsibility is to advocate for measures to develop inclusive, responsive and resilient education systems to meet the needs of all migrants and particularly those in crises contexts, which include internally displaced persons(IDPs) and refugees.
“We have to be able to equip them for sustainable future in order to prevent potential forced migration,”聽he聽added.
Meanwhile, while thanking the presenter for his presentation,聽the聽CEMGS聽Director, Dr. Grace Anetor said the centre聽is聽aimed at聽providing聽sustainable leverage for interdisciplinary research in migration and global studies.