The Dean of Research and Innovations at the Federal Polytechnic Offa, Kwara State, Dr. Korter Grace, has expressed concerns over lack of orientation about the importance and benefits of statistical literacy for national development among students at the basic levels of education in Nigeria.
Korter who is an expert in the field of Statistics at the Institute therefore advocated for the inclusion of Statistics as a subject in the Nigerian basic education curriculum
She made the call while presenting a survey on the need for statistics literacy at grassroots in Kwara state, held at the Federal Polytechnic Offa .
According to her, no student applied through the current UTME/JAMB for admission to study statistics in her school, therefore appealing to stakeholders to introduce statistics as a subject to students at the basic level of education to make it attractive.
She said it is only through the use of data that a nation can plan properly.
Earlier in his welcome address, the Acting Rector of the institution, Dr. Olarongbe Afolabi, represented by the Deputy Rector Academics, Augustine Adama commended the effort of the researcher in finding solution to the problem.
He also appealed to teachers and principals to design a method of introducing statistics in schools to encourage the students.
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