Don tasks stakeholders on leveraging digital age to ensure students’ success
Professor Abba Tahir, Vice President American University of Nigeria has tasked education stakeholders to take advantage of digital age for students to be job creators instead of job seekers.
Tahir made the call at the speech and prize giving day organised by Aliyu Mustapha College, Yola Old Students Association, class of 2003 on Saturday.
He said that the world has changed as the Technology has come to stay, it provides a lot of opportunities and wipe out many.
According to him, now a job of five people one person will do and in some case robot can do it.
Tahir also advised parents to take advantage of the public holidays to send their children to acquire vocational skills for them to be self-reliance and jobs creators in future.
“We should not wait for Higher institutions to do everything for our younger ones, we the parents and guardians have to assist them from home by attaching them to learn skills like plumbing, welding, carpentering and tailoring,” he said.
He said, in these days white-collar job is no longer available and if there is an opportunity it is competitive.
Malam Umar Sadiq, Principals of the college appreciated the old boys for organizing the event.
He also appreciated the parents and staff for their good performance on the students, adding that the curriculum of the school include Science, Social Science and vocational studies.
The Principal appreciated the effort of the state government for giving priority to education and urged parents to complement the effort of government for the success of the students in the future.
In his remarks, Mr Abubakar Aliyu, representative of class of 2003, the organizers said that the aim of the event was to encourage the students.
Aliyu advised parents to also motivate, monitor and guide students to be able to compete with those in the private schools.
He called on other set to emulate them for the standard of the school and education sector to improve as it is not everything government will do.
The highlight of the event was presentation of award and prize for the students, Teachers, Former Head of the college and other stakeholders holders for their contribution for the development of the college.
