The development of Physics education has been described as one of the major factors that can help solve the problems of energy in Nigeria and that lack of proper usage of advanced technology among other factors is responsible for the high rates of unemployment.

Also that effort should be made by the federal government to sponsor and give scholarships to candidates willing to study physics education in the university noting that such candidate should be at least a step higher than their mates at the secondary school where they teach.

A University lecturer and Professor in the department of Science Education, University of Ilorin, Mrs. Esther Omosewo, revealed this while delivering the 118th inaugural lecture of the institution entitled: "Why dread the science of the state of the universe?"

According to her, "It is not out of place to encourage Nigeria to wake up from her educational slumber and determine either to join the advanced country of the world or remain backward.

"It is necessary that Physics educators, Physics teachers, policy makers in the ministries of education in Nigeria start the idea of teaching Physics application."

Omosewo added with passion that it is only then that Nigeria can have the required number of problem solving engineers, medical doctors, technologists, Physics teachers and the likes.

The varsity don was however of the opinion that departments of physics in higher institutions in Nigeria should embark on designing improvised equipment and make it a compulsory course for prospective physics teachers in order to reduce the rate of dependence of imported equipments.