he Nigerian public primary and secondary schools used to be very efficient, with a very high bar of quality, but not anymore. A lot of Nigerian professionals and technocrats went to Barewa College, Kaduna; Government College, Umuahia; Kings College, Lagos; etc. where there were prime emphases on learning, knowledge and quality education. Where are the likes of such great secondary schools today?
Decades ago, public primary schools were the best, with standard and free education. It is not so anymore. What happened? The public primary schools all over the country are almost all dead. A parent is seen as a joker if they take a son or a daughter to a public primary school, because there is nothing like sound education in most of them again. The public primary schools are now for the poor that cannot send their children to the privately run ones. The country, in the last two decades, has seen the flagging off of a lot of privately run primary schools, all with enormous tuition, and most of them with low qualified teachers. Parents in most of the Nigerian cities, pay between $500 to more than $1,000 in most of these privately run primary schools, to give their children first-class education. But the very truth remains that they can never get the sort of excellent education that I got in my primary school as most of these privately owned schools
Today, that is the order of the day. WASSCE, NECO, General Certificate Examination (GCE) and Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) question-papers all leak, nights and hours before the exams. How can a country grow, when most young Nigerians in secondary schools do not read again, and depend on question-paper leaks to pass exams? Who leaks these question-papers? How is it that these question-papers leak every year, especially since the 2000s and the government and authorities know, and not a single thing is being done about it? There are some terrible things that were unimaginable a long time, but have become regular fixtures in the country today. Most Nigerian secondary school children do not read again for examinations to get entrance in the universities. Very bad. Very sad. The special centres are all there, where the worst type of examination malpractices happen; under the nose of the police; local, state, and federal government authorities, and not a single thing is being done about it. What is the Ministry of Education doing about these question-paper leaks? I do not know. What is West African Examinations Council (WAEC) doing about these question-papers leak? I do not know. What is JAMB doing also about them? I do not know. How could such be happening in the country, and the government is quiet? I do not know.
The damage of the Nigerian Education sector is widespread, deep and terrible. Privately run secondary schools are everywhere, as the public ones, are dying pretty fast. They charge enormous tuitions, and most of them are actually the centres for most of these widespread examination malpractices during Junior and Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations. It beats the imagination how they obtain the license to operate, as many of them lack qualified teachers and facilities. A poor Nigerian cannot rely on the public secondary schools for any form of fantabulous education anymore, unlike before.
Also, the systematic damage of public universities has led to the flag off of a lot of private universities. Nigeria has a lot of private universities, more than other developing countries. Some of them, just acquire plots of land, decorate the proposed entrance; build a big gate, with the university’s name, boldly painted, construct one or two buildings, and start operating; while the rest of the land is covered with bushes. How were they accredited to run most programs, with low qualified lecturers and very terrible facilities? Private universities are supposed to raise the bar of quality education but they never did so in most cases in Nigeria. Rather, they lower this bar, and raise the cost of university education. They teach nothing in most cases. The truth remains that the same structural damages in the public universities are still being recycled in the private ones. The private ones borrow the same age-old curriculum of the public ones; and, then, hire mostly retired professors, and younger unqualified lecturers, for cheaper pays; as the main goal of any private enterprise is to make profit. Most of these private universities lack lecturers and had to bribe Nigerian Universities Commission team during their supervision for accreditation and all that. They also, in most cases, take students that could not meet the minimum standards set by public universities in JAMB and WASSCE, by giving them express admission for any course of study, once the students have cash. I am really shaking my head for the kind of graduates that many of these private universities produce every year.
It is that bad. And the question remains: “What is the Nigerian government doing about the poor standard of education in Nigerian education institutions? What have our Ministers of Education since 1999 been doing about this? Why is everyone silent about the question-papers leak of WASSCE, NECO, GCE and JAMB? What happened to the foremost public universities of the country? And how can the public primary and secondary schools be revamped? How can Nigerian Education Sector be revamped? What is the government doing about this currently? How can poor Nigerians that do not have money to send their children to private primary and secondary schools, or to private universities in the country, or to universities abroad, give their children quality education? What is the future of a country, wherhe Nigerian public primary and secondary schools used to be very efficient, with a very high bar of quality, but not anymore. A lot of Nigerian professionals and technocrats went to Barewa College, Kaduna; Government College, Umuahia; Kings College, Lagos; etc. where there were prime emphases on learning, knowledge and quality education. Where are the likes of such great secondary schools today?
Decades ago, public primary schools were the best, with standard and free education. It is not so anymore. What happened? The public primary schools all over the country are almost all dead. A parent is seen as a joker if they take a son or a daughter to a public primary school, because there is nothing like sound education in most of them again. The public primary schools are now for the poor that cannot send their children to the privately run ones. The country, in the last two decades, has seen the flagging off of a lot of privately run primary schools, all with enormous tuition, and most of them with low qualified teachers. Parents in most of the Nigerian cities, pay between $500 to more than $1,000 in most of these privately run primary schools, to give their children first-class education. But the very truth remains that they can never get the sort of excellent education that I got in my primary school as most of these privately owned schools
Today, that is the order of the day. WASSCE, NECO, General Certificate Examination (GCE) and Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) question-papers all leak, nights and hours before the exams. How can a country grow, when most young Nigerians in secondary schools do not read again, and depend on question-paper leaks to pass exams? Who leaks these question-papers? How is it that these question-papers leak every year, especially since the 2000s and the government and authorities know, and not a single thing is being done about it? There are some terrible things that were unimaginable a long time, but have become regular fixtures in the country today. Most Nigerian secondary school children do not read again for examinations to get entrance in the universities. Very bad. Very sad. The special centres are all there, where the worst type of examination malpractices happen; under the nose of the police; local, state, and federal government authorities, and not a single thing is being done about it. What is the Ministry of Education doing about these question-paper leaks? I do not know. What is West African Examinations Council (WAEC) doing about these question-papers leak? I do not know. What is JAMB doing also about them? I do not know. How could such be happening in the country, and the government is quiet? I do not know.
The damage of the Nigerian Education sector is widespread, deep and terrible. Privately run secondary schools are everywhere, as the public ones, are dying pretty fast. They charge enormous tuitions, and most of them are actually the centres for most of these widespread examination malpractices during Junior and Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations. It beats the imagination how they obtain the license to operate, as many of them lack qualified teachers and facilities. A poor Nigerian cannot rely on the public secondary schools for any form of fantabulous education anymore, unlike before.
Also, the systematic damage of public universities has led to the flag off of a lot of private universities. Nigeria has a lot of private universities, more than other developing countries. Some of them, just acquire plots of land, decorate the proposed entrance; build a big gate, with the university’s name, boldly painted, construct one or two buildings, and start operating; while the rest of the land is covered with bushes. How were they accredited to run most programs, with low qualified lecturers and very terrible facilities? Private universities are supposed to raise the bar of quality education but they never did so in most cases in Nigeria. Rather, they lower this bar, and raise the cost of university education. They teach nothing in most cases. The truth remains that the same structural damages in the public universities are still being recycled in the private ones. The private ones borrow the same age-old curriculum of the public ones; and, then, hire mostly retired professors, and younger unqualified lecturers, for cheaper pays; as the main goal of any private enterprise is to make profit. Most of these private universities lack lecturers and had to bribe Nigerian Universities Commission team during their supervision for accreditation and all that. They also, in most cases, take students that could not meet the minimum standards set by public universities in JAMB and WASSCE, by giving them express admission for any course of study, once the students have cash. I am really shaking my head for the kind of graduates that many of these private universities produce every year.
It is that bad. And the question remains: “What is the Nigerian government doing about the poor standard of education in Nigerian education institutions? What have our Ministers of Education since 1999 been doing about this? Why is everyone silent about the question-papers leak of WASSCE, NECO, GCE and JAMB? What happened to the foremost public universities of the country? And how can the public primary and secondary schools be revamped? How can Nigerian Education Sector be revamped? What is the government doing about this currently? How can poor Nigerians that do not have money to send their children to private primary and secondary schools, or to private universities in the country, or to universities abroad, give their children quality education? What is the future of a country, where a significant group of a particular generation use special centres to pass WASSCE, NECO, GCE, and JAMB exams; and, later, will get grades in universities through sorting-bribing lecturers?
The Nigerian Education Sector urgently needs a serious, systematic, reformatory and sustainable attention by the government if the future of the country is being thought about seriously by them. Indeed, the future of Nigeria will be very bleak if this sector is not raised on its legs againe a significant group of a particular generation use special centres to pass WASSCE, NECO, GCE, and JAMB exams; and, later, will get grades in universities through sorting-bribing lecturers?
The Nigerian Education Sector urgently needs a serious, systhe Nigerian public primary and secondary schools used to be very efficient, with a very high bar of quality, but not anymore. A lot of Nigerian professionals and technocrats went to Barewa College, Kaduna; Government College, Umuahia; Kings College, Lagos; etc. where there were prime emphases on learning, knowledge and quality education. Where are the likes of such great secondary schools today?
Decades ago, public primary schools were the best, with standard and free education. It is not so anymore. What happened? The public primary schools all over the country are almost all dead. A parent is seen as a joker if they take a son or a daughter to a public primary school, because there is nothing like sound education in most of them again. The public primary schools are now for the poor that cannot send their children to the privately run ones. The country, in the last two decades, has seen the flagging off of a lot of privately run primary schools, all with enormous tuition, and most of them with low qualified teachers. Parents in most of the Nigerian cities, pay between $500 to more than $1,000 in most of these privately run primary schools, to give their children first-class education. But the very truth remains that they can never get the sort of excellent education that I got in my primary school as most of these privately owned schools
Today, that is the order of the day. WASSCE, NECO, General Certificate Examination (GCE) and Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) question-papers all leak, nights and hours before the exams. How can a country grow, when most young Nigerians in secondary schools do not read again, and depend on question-paper leaks to pass exams? Who leaks these question-papers? How is it that these question-papers leak every year, especially since the 2000s and the government and authorities know, and not a single thing is being done about it? There are some terrible things that were unimaginable a long time, but have become regular fixtures in the country today. Most Nigerian secondary school children do not read again for examinations to get entrance in the universities. Very bad. Very sad. The special centres are all there, where the worst type of examination malpractices happen; under the nose of the police; local, state, and federal government authorities, and not a single thing is being done about it. What is the Ministry of Education doing about these question-paper leaks? I do not know. What is West African Examinations Council (WAEC) doing about these question-papers leak? I do not know. What is JAMB doing also about them? I do not know. How could such be happening in the country, and the government is quiet? I do not know.
The damage of the Nigerian Education sector is widespread, deep and terrible. Privately run secondary schools are everywhere, as the public ones, are dying pretty fast. They charge enormous tuitions, and most of them are actually the centres for most of these widespread examination malpractices during Junior and Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations. It beats the imagination how they obtain the license to operate, as many of them lack qualified teachers and facilities. A poor Nigerian cannot rely on the public secondary schools for any form of fantabulous education anymore, unlike before.
Also, the systematic damage of public universities has led to the flag off of a lot of private universities. Nigeria has a lot of private universities, more than other developing countries. Some of them, just acquire plots of land, decorate the proposed entrance; build a big gate, with the university’s name, boldly painted, construct one or two buildings, and start operating; while the rest of the land is covered with bushes. How were they accredited to run most programs, with low qualified lecturers and very terrible facilities? Private universities are supposed to raise the bar of quality education but they never did so in most cases in Nigeria. Rather, they lower this bar, and raise the cost of university education. They teach nothing in most cases. The truth remains that the same structural damages in the public universities are still being recycled in the private ones. The private ones borrow the same age-old curriculum of the public ones; and, then, hire mostly retired professors, and younger unqualified lecturers, for cheaper pays; as the main goal of any private enterprise is to make profit. Most of these private universities lack lecturers and had to bribe Nigerian Universities Commission team during their supervision for accreditation and all that. They also, in most cases, take students that could not meet the minimum standards set by public universities in JAMB and WASSCE, by giving them express admission for any course of study, once the students have cash. I am really shaking my head for the kind of graduates that many of these private universities produce every year.
It is that bad. And the question remains: “What is the Nigerian government doing about the poor standard of education in Nigerian education institutions? What have our Ministers of Education since 1999 been doing about this? Why is everyone silent about the question-papers leak of WASSCE, NECO, GCE and JAMB? What happened to the foremost public universities of the country? And how can the public primary and secondary schools be revamped? How can Nigerian Education Sector be revamped? What is the government doing about this currently? How can poor Nigerians that do not have money to send their children to private primary and secondary schools, or to private universities in the country, or to universities abroad, give their children quality education? What is the future of a country, where a significant group of a particular generation use special centres to pass WASSCE, NECO, GCE, and JAMB exams; and, later, will get grades in universities through sorting-bribing lecturers?
The Nigerian Education Sector urgently needs a serious, systematic, reformatory and sustainable attention by the government if the future of the country is being thought about seriously by them. Indeed, the future of Nigeria will be very bleak if this sector is not raised on its legs againematic, reformatory and sustainable attention by the government if the future of the country is being thought about seriously by them. Indeed, the future of Nigeria will be very bleak if this sector is not raised on its legs again
