"I am not really sure about the word decline, because there are areas in which education has improved."
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Coker talk about education decline in 2008.
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Iphigenia Efunjoke Coker
1924 – 2019
Iphigenia Efunjoke Coker (1924–2019) was a Nigerian educator. From 1963 to 1977 she was Principal of Queen's College, Lagos, the first person of Nigerian descent to hold the position.
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