Some stakeholders have advocated the revamping of science education in the country to accelerate national development.
The stakeholders made the call on Sunday at the golden jubilee celebration of Government Science College Izom, near Suleija in Niger.
Umar Shu’aib, an old student of the college, said it was high time the government at all levels paid due attention to the expansion and increased investment in science education.
Mr Shu’aibu, a former coordinator of the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council, said no country develops without science education.
He said that due to their training in the school, most of the old boys were professionals occupying positions in society.
Mr Shu’aibu called on the federal government to use the college as a model of what science secondary school should be like and be replicated in all parts of the country.
Dantani Wushishi, the registrar and chief executive of the National Examinations Council, also argued that promoting science education would move the country forward.
Mr Wushishi urged schools to pay attention to quality education as against all forms of examination malpractices.
According to him, no nation will develop without quality education with due focus on science and technology.
He appealed to the government of Niger to return the Government Science College Izom to a boarding school to be able to make the desired impact.
Earlier, the national president of IZOBA, Abdulkadir Abubakar, also requested that the college be returned to a boarding institution.
Mr Abubakar said the old boys recognised the importance of giving back to their alma mater.
He identified some of the projects executed by the association in the college for inauguration as the construction of toilets, refurbishing and construction of classroom desks, and boreholes.
Mr Abubakar said other projects included the donation of textbooks to the library and the supply of chemicals and reagents for the chemistry, physics, and biology laboratories.
While inaugurating the projects, Governor Mohammed Bago commended the association for the interventions.