FEDPOFFA Researcher, Dr. Korter Calls For Statistical Literacy at Grassroots Level

FEDPOFFA Researcher, Dr. Korter Calls For Statistical  Literacy at Grassroots Level

The Director of Research and Innovation of the Federal Polytechnic Offa, Dr. Grace Korter has called on the stakeholders and policy makers in educational sector on the need for Statistical literacy at Grassroots level.

The researcher speaking to journalists during  press conference raised alarm on the  consistent low number  of applicants for statistical programme in tertiary institutions which is detrimental to country's need in terms of statistical literacy.

According to her, " There were students who didn't know statistics as a profession talk less of thinking about it as a course of study be it at the University or Polytechnic. The 9 years basic education curriculum will need to be revised by Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council to incorporate statistics as one of the subjects in the curriculum which is similar to international best practices."

The scope of her research study included sixteen (16) selected secondary schools in Kwara State in order to identify problems associated with students’ orientation which make statistics  unattractive as a course of study and to proffer solution to the identified problems.

In her conclusion, she noted that her research will avail the students that were contacted and their contemporaries to be more sensitive to the significance of statistics for individual and societal growth. 

One the Principals of the selected schools, Mr. Gbenga Kolawole acknowledged the research contributions of Dr. Korter to the educational sector, he added that the research will boost  the students' interest in statistics. He further charged the researcher not to relent in her advocacy campaign on the need to include statistics in school curriculum.

Earlier, the Acting Rector of the Polytechnic, Dr. Olarongbe Afolabi who was represented by the Deputy Rector Academic, Arc TPL. Augustine Adama emphasized on the importance of statistics and the need for it to be included in high schools curriculum. He therefore described Dr. Korter as one of the great women working assiduously for the progress of the Polytechnic.