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Speaking on the development, the Registrar/Director General of NISLT, Dr Ighodalo Ijagbone said the idea is geared toward enhancing science and technology education as well as research.“The Institute with some Agencies under the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology in Nigeria is working and packaging science laboratory model for secondary schools to enhance Science and […]

Speaking on the development, the Registrar/Director General of NISLT, Dr Ighodalo Ijagbone said the idea is geared toward enhancing science and technology education as well as research.
“The Institute with some Agencies under the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology in Nigeria is working and packaging science laboratory model for secondary schools to enhance Science and Technology Education including research in the country,” Ijagbone said.
According to the Registrar, the current state of some science laboratories are nothing to write home about, making learning and practical classes for the pupils and their teachers difficult.
Dr Ijagbone also revealed that as part of its regulatory duties, the institute has also kick-started the process of inspecting and assessing laboratory facilities in institutions of higher learning in the country.
On whether science laboratories will be made available to primary school pupils for practicals, Ijagbone said that will have to be determined by the school curriculum operating at that level. He said that idea may still be considered but emphasised that pupils at primary school level are still young and may not be able to cope with certain hazards associated with scientific substances.
“Apart from the fact that it is capital intensive to put a standard science laboratory in place, we must also not forget that some chemicals and substance often used in the laboratories are quite powerful and dangerous and because we are talking about little kids, I think we need to be cautious,” Ijagbone said.