To revive the study of Mathematics in Nigeria, the Federal Government should declare a four-year national emergency in Mathematics, Director/Chief Executive Executive Officer of the National Mathematical Centre, Prof. Adewale Solarin, has said.
The emergency should also include N108 billion bailout for the over 54,000 public primary schools in the country and moving the NMC to the Presidency, while all the private companies in Nigeria should adopt each of the public schools in the country.
According to Solarin, the use of Mathematics to solve electoral puzzle, a feat achieved by Prof. Chike Obi, in the Second Republic, could still be replicated in contemporary Nigeria because “there is Mathematics in everything.”
He spoke in Abuja during the national olympiads awards ceremony for secondary schools in Nigeria and investiture of first distinguished Fellow of NMC, Prof. Sam Ale, who was also its former Director-General.{
Solarin said, “The problem is basically for us to
have the funds to be able to extend these methods and developing materials to schools. Basically, you know that Maths at the secondary school level is a state affair; education is on the concurrent list. So it takes the state to take interest in the activities of the NMC to be able to reach out to the schools.
Who needs 108,000,000,000 to revive mathematics in a country. If this is a means, to what end? This innovation, what change is expectant, a reduction or eradication in the high rate of examination malpractice or a better grooming of the standard of education or to inculcate the habit of reading in the mind of children and youth.
Like minds, is this a way forward or a way out of the current state of educational mishap in Nigerian institutions or another exploit of the country's financial resources. However, what good has the introduction of civic education brought amidst similar subjects as government, moral instruction etc. Discipline, influenced behaviours or selflessness
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