Wife of the Olu of Warri, Olori Ivie Atuwatse III, has urged Nigeria to adopt Finland’s education model, particularly its play-based learning approach.

She said this would boost learning outcomes and make education more engaging for students.

According to her, the Finnish system offers valuable lessons in ways the country can combine infrastructure, pedagogy, and child-friendly environments to enhance how students learn and retain knowledge.

Olori Atuwatse III stated this at the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) Academy’s special school building fundraising event in Abuja.

Olori Ivie Atuwatse III also called on the government and other education stakeholders to prioritise the creation of conducive learning environments and modernise school curricula to improve the quality of education in Nigeria.

According to her, children spend an average of about 80 per candy of their time in school, saying that it was important that parents are aware that the environment is critical to facilitate learning.

She said: I visited Finland about two years ago and they have play-based learning. Oftentimes, the way that our children approach learning is one that is very boxed and very limiting. And so their ability to enjoy what they’re learning is diminished. And so with that, their ability to receive what they’re learning is also diminished.

“When we inculcate and infiltrate play with learning, you would see that once they’re enjoying what they’re learning, then they can receive what they’re learning a lot more. CTL actually does that a lot. We’ve come to see that the curriculum is not very different from any normal curriculum in Nigeria.

By : Sodiq Omolaoye, Abuja (The Guardian)