Sidikat Ijaiya

Sidikat Ijaiya is a Nigerian professor of Educational Management at the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. She is the first woman to be the institution's Deputy Vice-Chancellor.

Quotes

• So, it is time for all well-meaning Nigerians to speak up on the side of education, especially to assist the government on possible strategies to adopt in the reopening of schools without an upsurge in the spread of the pandemic.
  • [1] Speaking on the need for Nigerians input in the reopening of schools

• In Nigeria, the challenges of our public schools are worrisome already without the COVID-19 pandemic; from overcrowded classrooms to the poor sitting arrangement, stuffy classrooms, poor infrastructure, poor hygiene, shortage of classrooms and teachers.
  • [2] Speaking on the challenges public schools face

• If you destroy education, you destroy humanity.
  • [3] Speaking on the effect of destroying education

• In any case, online lessons cannot take the place of face-to-face teaching in the education of young citizens, so, it is inevitable
  • [4] Speaking on face-to-face teaching been inevitable

• Towards that end, each school, including the tertiary ones, can be mandated to prepare a draft of how they would manage social distancing and other aspects to prevent any spread of the pandemic,
  • [5] Speaking on strategies for schools to adopt so as to prevent spread of the pandemic