The Kwara Government has reiterated its determination to encourage the teaching and learning of mathematics as a tool for driving the state’s development.
The state’s Deputy Governor, Elder Peter Kisira, gave the assurance on Thursday in Ilorin, when the executive members of the state chapter of the Mathematical Association of Nigeria paid him a courtesy visit.
While stressing the importance of mathematics in development, Kisira described the subject as the engine room and basic instrument of science.
He decried the lack of interest in the subject among students and called on parents to play effective role in partnering with relevant bodies to encourage its teaching and learning in Nigerian schools.
The deputy governor charged members of the association and relevant bodies to work toward producing mathematics teachers.
Kisira also thanked the association for appointing him the “Pillar of Mathematics’’ in the state.
