The Five Outputs of Contemporary Education: Tangible Mantra for Tahir Mamman-led Education Ministry
Fi gur e 1: The five outputs of contemporary education - culled from Dr. Adetolu Ademujimi’s conceptual framework archive d at Sartorius Resources While declaring open the 25 th quarterly meeting of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) Management with the Executive Chairmen of State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEBs), the Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Sununu, was quoted by Daily Trust newsprint on 25 th October, 2023 as having lamented that “the investment so far in education (by the Federal government) is extremely commendable but the output is not commensurate; not matching the input”. This treatise is thus dedicated to meditating on the outputs expected of contemporary education to help the new leadership at the Federal Ministry of Education understand and better address this concern. That a lawyer-cum-teacher, one dressed in the reputable garbs of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and a professor, leads the responsibility of reforming and illuminat