State Of Education Calls For Concern – Prof. Lai Oso

In an Exclusive interview with BLACKBOX NIGERIA, Dean, School of Communications, Lagos State University (LASU), Professor Lai Oso, has said that the state of the country's education calls for concern, noting that one of his major regrets in life is the state of decay that had befallen the country’s education.

The University professor, who has chaired the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Reporting panel on numerous occasions said sometimes he wish there could be better opportunities for students in the country.

“When I was an under graduate the kind of opportunities we have and when I look at some of my students now, I see that they do not have same. I enjoyed a federal scholarship for my Ph. D, many of them may not have that same opportunity yet they are brilliant, those kinds of things give me a lot of concern,” the Professor of Mass Communication noted.

Adding his voice to the issue of obnoxious school fees payment, Professor Oso, said if this was the price paid in his time, he would not have seen the four walls of a university.

“Thank God the LASU school fees has been reduced, you would see brilliant students who cannot cope. When I was an undergraduate, how much are we paying? If I was to pay the kind of fees they are asking students to pay now, maybe somebody like me would not have seen the four walls of a university. Those are the kind of things you think of and would want to say God need to help us,” he stated

The Professor in the interview also shares his opinion on the roles of the media as regards the coming 2015 general elections. 

Full interview by BlackBox Nigeria this Weekend.