WORRIED by the realisation that the present educational system in the country has failed, the Delta State has planned to organise education summit in Asaba on January 26 and 27.

The Chairman of the Planning Committee and former Delta State Commissioner of Basic Education, Prof. Patrick Muoboghare, who disclosed this in Asaba yesterday, recalled that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa had promised in his inaugural address to refocus the educational curriculum in the state to equip students with the requisite knowledge and entrepreneurial skills for business, trade, commerce and industry.

Muoboghare said that the summit, which will be chaired by Chief Afe Babalola, has former Secretary of the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Peter Okebukola, adding that the summit was aimed at facilitating the emergence of an educational system anchored on teaching excellence.