Modupe Gbadeyanka
By Modupe Gbadeyanka
Nigeria can improve its shortage of foreign exchange (FX), pressuring the Naira at the currency market if the government pay attention to education tourism, an educational consultancy, Schoolingyonda, has submitted.
At the moment, many Nigerian students go outside the country to further their education because of different issues in the country, including insecurity and others.
But Schoolingyonda believes Nigeria, which prides itself as the giant of Africa, can attract education tourism by showcasing the country’s showbiz sector, which comprises music, dance and fashion, to the world.
The Principal Consultant of Schoolingyonda, Mrs Funmi Modupe, described education tourism as one of the different forms of tourism, noting that it is a way to provide the best education to students learning while enhancing knowledge.
The increase in this type of tourism is based on the growing popularity of attaining knowledge and technical competencies from the best destinations around the world.
“Our major focus with EduTourism is to simply showcase what we have, that which we as Nigerians are exceptionally talented and the world already recognizes,” she said as the company prepares to celebrate International Day of Education.
Mrs Modupe stated that “in today’s education system, we should be teaching our unique dance, fashion and music styles to attract other students around the globe.
“You will all agree with me that these are areas in entertainment that the whole world already identifies Nigerians’ speciality. We initiate a dance step, the entire world copy, and via modern technology, it goes viral across different social channels.”
In proposing some solutions, Schoolingyonda argues that there is a pressing need for Nigeria to argue the existing programs, especially in our tertiary institutions and centres of learning.
She strongly believes that the country has all the necessary skills and talents to harness the economic benefits of creative arts, advocating the introduction of innovative programs infused into traditional music, fashion and dance across selected public and private institutions.
Nigeria has some unique dance styles which can be researched, recorded, designed and crafted into programs to be learnt by students from diverse regions. This will further increase the interest of young Nigerians in the arts and creativity, she submitted.
She also proffers that there is a need to bring dance and music into academic learning for posterity, developing history and increasing diversity. Restructuring the arts with a good blend of our traditional and contemporary dance will definitely spark positive global attention.
Schoolingyonda is an educational consultancy service with the goal of offering students personalised study, thereby assisting parents and their wards to acquire opportunities abroad.
