Brain Drain: Osun Monarch Goes Back To Class, Teaches Mathematics

THE Akire of Ikire Ile, Oba AbdulAzeez Adebamiji, has begun to teach at The Wings School, Iwo, Osun State.

Adebamiji, started teaching the SS2 and SS3 students of the school mathematics on Sunday, November 5, 2023. 

The class would be holding during the weekend, it was gathered.

According to the monarch, he resolved to go back to the classroom to mitigate the brain drain in the teaching profession.  

Speaking with OSUN DEFENDER, the monarch noted that Nigeria has a good education policy but lacks implementation. 

“The country has good policies in its education sector but the issue is implementation. I’m taking these students for the next few weeks to serve as motivation and also fill the gap. 

“I will appeal that the yearly budget both at the Federal and State level should allocate more money to the education sector”, he stated. 

In his remarks, a former National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Lai Olurode, called on traditional rulers to use their area of expertise to assist in filling the brain drain gap in Nigeria. 

Olurode, who is the proprietor of the school, stated this just as he urged the governments to motivate workers in the teaching profession for the nation to develop.

The professor of political science noted that the brain drain in the teaching profession was because people were no longer interested in going to the classroom, adding that teachers were not being treated fairly. 

Olurode said traditional rulers should also look at how they can use their professional skills to assist the country.  

According to Olurode, “I want to appeal to our royal fathers that apart from being the custodian of culture and promoter of peace, they should also help in whatever way they can to fill the brain drain gap in our society.

“What our monarch has done today by teaching the students is commendable and a source of motivation to the students. If other monarchs can help in their field also, things will be much better.

“A monarch who is a medical doctor by profession can help in the hospitals and such a gesture will go a long way.

“There is a massive shortage of teachers across board because teaching is the only job that nobody wants to do and the reason is straightforward. When you see a typical teacher, what comes to your mind is poverty and someone who doesn’t have anything good to do. 

“It is not about recruitment but motivation. If the government says today that for every teacher that decides to stay in the rural area, such teacher will get a car, housing loan, allowances and the likes, you will see people willing to stay.”