It is time to stop pretending! A worse advice to give to any child in Nigeria today is to give that ages-long advice that: “go to school , get good grades, so that you can get a good job.” Although this advice is originally defective, but it has worked for an era, at least, so I will not focus on its original defects here.
On the other hand, after religions, schools have become the second Nigerian ritual that has little or no positive effect on the health of the Nigerian society; and yet, many people believe that life is incomplete without it.
I have seen a postgraduate student who does not know what an hypothesis is and I can bet that, that student is in the majority if we test other post graduate students. This may seem like an unpopular assertion, but we all know the truth, even if we won’t admit it. These days, people who cannot contribute any meaningful thing to the society with their first degrees are rushing to second degrees and others.
Look around you, while you spent four or five years in higher institutions, one year youth service and two years of looking for jobs , your friend whom has gone to learn a craft or trade since you finished secondary school has passed the stage of setting up and has settled down. Then age and responsibilities keep telling on you; then the same society that pressurised you to keep schooling will come asking you to do something with your life.
“Those who can use their “head” should proceed to the senior secondary school. Those who can use their “hand” should proceed to technical and vocational schools or to learn a trade or to do whatever their creativity can give birth to.
SulaimonRidwan Encourage young ones to attend school and push boundaries. But most importantly they should make sure they learn while in school and not just chasing the grades. True learning is what we need. I'm sick and tired of the grading system that doesn't reflect students true potential.
SulaimonRidwan Just that we can't keep saying people should stop attending school because the school system in Nigeria has failed to achieve its purpose. As yoruba people will say 'öri bibę kõ ni ògun ori fifo' which means cutting one's head off is not the cure for headache. I will still
SulaimonRidwan My advice is attend school, follow your passion too. I've seen sport stars who made it trough their passion but still have a degree in a discipline they love. Education gives one a certain level of knowledge one can apply to any career that will make such Career to blaze. It's
SulaimonRidwan Other. Even if you learn a particulate vocation it doesn't mean standard of living will improve. I know people who are artisans but yet still find it hard to cope. Alas! You are happy with your fate. The truth is discouraging people from going to school is not the solution.
SulaimonRidwan System is re-evaluated to meet the current challenges then things will get better. In the area of not getting jobs. I have to say this Nigeria is damn overpopulated. Yes! Overpopulation is killing us in this country. I guess Rev. Malthus theory is affecting us one way or the
SulaimonRidwan To school or not attending school. But it's a problem is caused by the socio-economic situation of the country. Firstly our educational system is trash. I mean big trash. The subjects they teach at schools and the way they are taught will not make us go forward.If the educational
SulaimonRidwan Go to school because one didn't find it easy or one believes school is not for him or her is shallow. What happened to pushing people to be better. Some people are not born brilliant they pushed themselves and worked hard to become better. Well that aside, the problem is not goin
SulaimonRidwan I love your write up. But you're approaching the problem from one angle. Yes I agree with some of your ideas and suggestions and yet I disagree with some of them. As a person who have been in the educational sector a student and a teacher I can tell you that telling people
SulaimonRidwan Most do not know what talent is inherent in them and so moves like a ship without a rudder, plus in Nigeria a Yoruba graduate works in an oil and gas firm so it’s just about having the basic bsc certificate to get a job..Until the foundation is fixed, Nothing concrete can stand!
SulaimonRidwan There is need for a system in place where a child talents is discovered frm the early stage & nurtured to maturity. Most Nigerian youths simply pursue a university course/degree to Fulfil D righteousness of having the Bsc degree that is D standard benchmark for job qualification
SulaimonRidwan The curriculum in place refuse to reflect and tackle the requirements and practices that Nigeria needs to get out of the fog.Yes I agree with you that it’s better to drop out of school and pursue “your passion”but the question remains what is that passion? How do you discover it?
SulaimonRidwan It’s an interesting read Ridwan.Its quite unfortunate that the educational system in Nigeria hasn’t contributed much to growth and development. It is an archaic system that keeps breeding 19th century graduates whose thought and skills are no fit for this 21st century.
SulaimonRidwan My submission de-centralize the schooling system to be talent specific and not all encompassing. More vocational, business, economics, politics music, engineering, branding,art,arabic&theological schools dat are talent specific and drive commercial value.
SulaimonRidwan I agree with gab dat education has lost it evaluative potency and also ur submission of de-commercialization of the perception of education as El dorado. D school curriculum is structured to cater for all nid with ill equipped and unmotivated teachers,lecturers and administrators
SulaimonRidwan With these the level of unemployment and poverty would reduce to its bearest minimal. My kindid opinion Thomas Dondoh SDGS Advocate
SulaimonRidwan After the training those that would continue would schilling would have a hand work to at list feed them selves in school, while those who can't the Federal and state government should empower them in there various vocational skills.
SulaimonRidwan There is need to readdress and restructure the formation of secondary schools in Nigeria and Africa at large. Secondary school should be extended to seven years of which 5 years wpuld be for class work and other 2 Yeares student to be enrolled in various vocational training.
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