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I came across this piece on facebook and I think it's worth sharing...

Samuel Abatan

REASONS I HATE THE NIGERIA SCHOOL SYSTEM

1.IT KILLS CREATIVITY
We were made to believe that there is only one gate to the market, majority of the teachers will tell you to write only what he/she teaches you & anything outside that will amount to nothing but ZERO. if you try going extra mile by writing what you discovered based on your personal research, then you are on your own!
No room for creativity at all. The only way to be a creator is to think different from the crowd. How can we do this when we have been trained by school that there is always one solution to any problem?
2. IT IS A TIME WASTER
Strike action has become a normal protocol that must be observed by majority of our schools. Hardly can a school finish a semester without Having to go on strike due to issues ranging from nonpayment of salaries, unfulfilled government promises, poor management decision, and the likes...
The adverse effects of strike cannot be over emphasized as it results In unnecessary delay...
Let's not forget the long ASUU STRIKE, LAUTECH strike that lasted for almost 2 years.
3. THE SYSTEM IS TOO POROUS
Our education system is just too porous at the moment! Anything goes... The system is too porous to the extent that even "drop outs" are now teaching in our schools. In fact, the easiest job to get in Nigeria now is TEACHING. Once you can speak a little grammar (Eboobu) and stand before crowd you're good to go... WTF!
Also, The system is so weak that Students sitting for exams like JAMB, WAEC, NECO, etc are already loaded with expo even before the paper commences. Who's supplying them?
How can a student who earned his/her grades via Expo become a "game changer" after graduation?? Never!
4. IT IS PRIMITIVE
The world system is not static-it changes day by day, but it's very unfortunate that many of the reading materials used in our schools are obsolete. How will someone be using a material that was last revised 10 years ago. Which way na?
5. TOO MANY SQUARE PEG IN ROUND HOLES
If our education is gonna rise again, then the team involved in recruiting teachers should "up their game" in this aspect...
Recruitment according to Collins (2001) is "getting the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats"
Majority of our teachers today are teaching "strange subjects" I.e subject they know little or nothing about. Can you imagine someone who knows nothing about computer teaching students Information Technology. Will such teacher deliver effectively? No o! You can't give what you don't have...
6. WE WORSHIP CERTIFICATE & GOOD GRADES
In Nigeria, we love Worshipping grades & certificates... whether you understand what you were taught in school or not that concerns no one...
At the expense of getting good grades many students that cannot bribe will engage in the "LA cram la pour" system. Instead of reading to understand, majority will just "read for ing sake". That is not education! The real education is not about what you have inside the paper (certificate), but the one you have upstairs (Sabificate)
Your certificate is useless if you cannot solve problem in real life.
Year in year out, our schools produces A lot of graduates, but how many problem solvers has the system produced so far??
While Nigeria focuses on producing Certificate owners, advanced countries like America, Japan, China, etc focus on building Quality men via a sound education system.
Go and check the list of the greatest inventors of all time, how many Nigerians are there??
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So, in a nutshell... I'm imploring All the stakeholders in the Nigerian Education sector (Students, parents, teachers, school management, government, etc) to arise and do the needful.
THANKS & GOD BLESS NIGERIA
#NigerianEducationSector
#ILoveNigeria
#GodblessNigeria
#June24IsMyBirthday

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NIGERIA'S SCHOOL SYSTEM IS THE SHITTIEST ON EARTH...VERY SHITTY TO THE CORE, MORE SHITTY THAN SHIT ITSELF.

GloriaNinja:
NIGERIA'S SCHOOL SYSTEM IS THE SHITTIEST ON EARTH...VERY SHITTY TO THE CORE, MORE SHITTY THAN SHIT ITSELF.

Honestly It's annoying!

Tell the leaders! They failed to do the right thing at most times.

kjsun15:
Tell the leaders! They failed to do the right thing at most times.

Finland has the best Education system in the world. I just cant help reading about the Finish system every now and then.

K

Captain Obvious, what is news here?

Alryt

Myrealface:
I came across this piece on facebook and I think it's worth sharing...

Samuel Abatan

So, in a nutshell... I'm imploring All the stakeholders in the Nigerian Education sector (Students, parents, teachers, school management, government, etc) to arise and do the needful.

Thanks for sharing

Help me tell the writer he is ALSO a stakeholder.

As he has taken out time to fish out and describe the flaws, he can also help in suggesting possible solutions

Thanks again

In Nigeria, if you don't go to University, you're termed an ILLITERATE. They forgot that UNIVERSITY in Nigeria is a SCAM.

It is a case of misplaced priority for an institution to insist that Undergraduates must have at least 75% attendance record before they are allowed to sit for exams; while unconcerned when a learner with over 75% attendance fails an exam. Beyond attendance, Nigerian Tertiary institutions should focus on how Undergraduates can easily access lecture materials in text, audio and Videos.

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A lot is wrong with the Nigerian Education System. Rather than stay put on the Problem, we should begin to suggest solutions.

that's y u shd vote ppl like Atiku n igbenedion who have experience in running private schools n universities

Your opinion though

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The Nigerian university killed my creativity.

What I am doing now is nothing related to what I studied and my degree didn't get me the job, imagine if I hadn't gone to school and started earlier back then... well that's just wishful thinking.

I was tormented and cheated in the Nigerian university and frustrated beyond tension limit. Hustled for upper class but narrowly missed out ... bureaucracy. It sucks.


When I see my peers rushing to do their masters in a Nigerian university... I just spit and wish them good luck. Cos they would definitely need it more than they think.

Ok

If you can school here and graduate with third Class (with all the sex for marks, no classrooms, lecturers witch-hunting students, STRIKES, etc), you can make a first class in foreign schools.

Hate or like
No level?

Booked.

7) For the ladies:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAjNJQc_5C0

School system generally can structure your mind with stuffs that are not beneficial

noted

Myrealface:
I came across this piece on facebook and I think it's worth sharing...

Samuel Abatan



https://mbasic.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=886678894849965&id=100005235873075

Those points are true and most are more pronounced in public sch system.
Cc: HigherEd.

Unfortunately Op
All your points are valid
We have gotten it all wrong in our Educational system

Thus the reason many graduates have no idea what's next.

drpips1:
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I swear everyone just reads to exam not to know the real stuff

my client told me that my Delay degree certificate is an unrecognizable paper in New Zealand.