The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has identified weak local government systems as partly the cause of poor education programmes delivery in the country.

Adamu stated this on Tuesday when members of the Senior Executive Course 44 of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies visited him in his office in Abuja.

“It is unfortunate that its current weak state has contributed to the unsuccessful delivery of a number of education sector programmes,” he said.

Represented by the acting permanent secretary, David Gende, the minister said the weakness has resulted in unreasonable programmes aimed at bringing education close to the people.

“The local government is the closest to the people. Its effectiveness is crucial to the education of the people,” he added.

The minister stated that the federal government, in 2016, instituted an integrated and strategic plan towards tackling education sector challenges.

“This plan is intended to fulfil the transformative campaign promises of President Muhammadu Buhari on education.

“This effort birthed the Education for Change programme. A Ministerial Strategic Plan (MSP) 2016-2019 which became a road map for educational emancipation of Nigeria,” he said.

Mr Adamu said the MSP contained 10 pillars covering different aspects of education which must be improved upon to prepare the country for the socio-economic competition of the 21 century.

(NAN)