By KEMI KASUMU
Governors of Oyo and Kaduna states, Engr. Seyi Makinde and Nasir el-Rufai, respectively, will be joined by Vice Chancellor of University of Ibadan, Prof. Kayode Adebowale, and others in honouring Erudite Millennium Ltd, an indigenous doing well internationally focused educational institution, as it celebrates its 10th Anniversary on Saturday December 10, 2022.
At the Conference and Event Centre of the University of Ibadan Muslim Community, the ceremony, which is also scheduled to unveil a new book, “New Dimensions in English for Up-to-Date Communication, authored by Chief Executive Officer of Erudite Millennium, Saheed Oladele, will also be joined by Registrar/Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, and other notable Nigerians like Dr. Wale Babalakin (SAN), and the Olowu of Owu, Ọba Saka Matemilola.
Themed, “The Future of Education”, the event will also be attended the Registrar of National Examination Council (NECO), Prof Ibrahim Wushishi, Registrar TRCN, Prof. Josiah Ajiboye, and Executive Secretary of NERDC, Prof Ismail Junaidu.
While Governor el-Rufai will deliver the keynote address for the event, reputable Professors Clement Kolawole of Teacher Education, UI and Francis Egbokhare, immediate past President, Nigerian Academy of Letters and former Director, UI Distance Learning Center, would hold a panel session on “Education in the Developed World and in Nigeria: the Way Forward”.
Erudite Millennium Ltd, according to Mr. Saheed Oladele, its founder and chief executive, “is one-of-a-kind educational institute in Africa which has trained teachers in over 200 schools in Nigeria and has built a vibrant community of young scholars and leaders. We produced the best SAT result in Nigeria in 2021 (800/800 in SAT mathematics). One of our students also emerged the only Nigerian to win the SIUE Meridian Scholarship in the United States of America in 2022. Additionally, many Erudite students are currently making Nigeria proud in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, et cetera.
“Our concern about the future of education is not accidental as we have been agitating for the practical teaching of oral English in Nigeria and updating the Nigerian school curriculum for a decade. You will recall that we launched Remedial English Pronunciation Software (REPS) in 2014 at Trenchard Hall, University of Ibadan to correct the irony of teaching oral English on boards and testing it on paper. REP-Software received the immediate approval and recommendation of the Federal Ministry of Education and the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council after due assessments. Using the Erudite @10 opportunity, on Saturday 10th of December 2022, we will be unveiling another book titled New Dimensions in English for Up-to-Date Communication.
“The book is aimed at updating UTME, WAEC, NECO, NABTEB and NTI English language syllabuses and improving the general use of English in Nigeria. English Language as a medium of instruction in our schools keeps evolving and therefore requires a dynamic curriculum,” the UI graduate explained.
