Nigeria, Belgium To Sign Bilateral Educational Agreement

Nigeria and Belgium are to sign a bilateral education arrangement (BEA) anytime from now.

The minister for education in Nigeria Adamu Adamu made this known in Abuja on Monday when the Belgian Ambassador to Nigeria, Onel Bertrand, paid him a courtesy call.

He said the agreement would drive all educational engagements, transactions and processes between the two countries.

In a statement released by the director of press and public relations, Bem Bem Goong, the minister said Nigeria was interested in the partnership with Belgium in areas such as co-operation in technical education, degrading the out-of-school children phenomenon and development of Information and Communication Technology to drive teaching and learning at all levels of the educational system.

Ambassador Bertrand had told the minister that Belgium was ready to assist Nigeria in areas of high impact technology to support the country’s effort in developing ICT to drive the education sector.

In specific terms, he explained that his country is interested in partnering with faculties of agriculture in Nigerian universities to help develop modern technologies that would improve food production. Already, interest in a partnership with the University of Ibadan has been expressed.

Adamu Adamu told the ambassador that the country had struggled hard to contend with the impact of covid-19 on its educational system.