Book Launch: Enugu Govt. Reiterates Commitment In Providing Quality, Equitable Education
Gov Peter Mbah of Enugu State has reiterated the resolve and commitment of his administration in providing quality and equitable world class education for all residents of the state.
Mbah said this on Friday in Enugu while unveiling a book titled: “Recipes For Academic Excellence – The Student’s Manual For Becoming A Total Graduate”.
The book, which was authored by SP Daniel Ndukwe Ekea, the Police Public Relations Officer of Enugu State, is meant to guide students to academic excellence.
Represented by the Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Chief Enyinna Ogbonna, the governor said that his administration through smart and innovative educational approaches had made learning participatory, experiential and less cumbersome.
“Academic excellence remains our priority in Enugu State and we have continued to apportion huge state’s yearly budget to education.
“We are currently building 260 Smart Green Schools in each political wards to revamp education as well as create equitable access and quality education for every child in the state.
“Our vision is world class education domesticated at home and giving our students the opportunities and exposure to lead the world in all facets of learning,” he said.
On the book, the governor commended the author, for combining duty with academic pursuit, adding: “I am recommending the book for every fresh undergraduate and students’ guardians”.
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Speaking, Dr Patrick Ubru, Chairman of the occasion and Commissioner for Agriculture and Agro-Industrialization, noted that just like in agriculture, education needed clear cut initial planning and orientation on how to succeed.
Ubru said that “the book is a total guide on how students can get it right from the onset and ensure that important goals are prioritised on time.”
Reviewing the book, Prof. Orji Nkwachukwu, said that the 15 chapters and 150 pages book “gives a practical guide to ideas and techniques needed by students at all levels to attain academic excellence”.
Nkwachukwu, who is with the Institute for Development Studies (IDS), University of Nigeria Enugu Campus (UNEC), noted that the book was well-articulated, well-researched and contemporary written in easy to read English Language.
“It will be valuable and usable by non-students – lecturers, teachers, consultants and parents – to properly guide their students and wards to focus on successful academic attainment,” he said.
Speaking on motivation to write the book, the author, SP Daniel Chimdindu Ndukwe Ekea, said that the book was meant to close the gap of needed essentials and mindset to attain academic excellence from the onset of an academic journey.
Ndukwe noted that the book was a bright of 15 years of research, fine-tuning and conformity to dynamic academic environment/rules.
He said that the book came at a time when academic and research focus is needed among students due to lots of social media, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and economic pursuit distractions.
“The book is meant to ensure that students graduate as a total graduates, who are able to bring informed solution to contemporary socioeconomic issues and not creating new problems,” Ndukwe, who is a Ph.D in-view holder, said.
The book launch was attended by top hierarchy of Nigeria Police Force, business moguls, the traditional institution, members of the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), members of Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, journalists and students among others.
