It’s not information that the speed of failure within the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the Nationwide Examinations Council (NECO) exams; the 2 foremost examinations college students must undertake for profitable completion of secondary faculty, and to qualify for admission into increased establishments of studying, have elevated tremendously over time. The share of failure as Nigeria turned fifty this yr is so alarming as over 70% of scholars who undertook the aforementioned examinations failed Arithmetic and English Language; the 2 main topics a scholar should move with a view to get admitted into most programs in increased establishments. A query have to be requested; ought to our schooling sector enhance or decline as a nation?
These current occasions have confirmed the insensitiveness of these put answerable for our schooling sector prior to now few years to the rotten nature of the sector. Every of the choice makers within the sector carry up their very own insurance policies as quickly as they assume energy, and this has led to the instability of our schooling as new syllabus and kinds are employed every time there’s a new choice maker within the sector. Humorous sufficient, the present Minister for Training within the wake of the current failure of scholars in Secondary College Certificates Examinations (SSCE), steered that the variety of subjected supplied in these examinations might be decreased from 9 (9) to 5 (5) as she believed the large nature of most of those topics may need been accountable for the scholars’ failure. Sadly, we could get up tomorrow and discover out that her opinion has turn out to be a legislation. I strongly disagree along with her opinion and I believed many well-meaning Nigerians would do identical. At fifty, I consider Nigeria would have gotten it proper, no less than on this vital sector, however clearly, we’ve not.
All of us consider that youths are the leaders of tomorrow. Sadly, we’re hardly doing something to make sure that the longer term is shiny. Training is extra than simply instructing, studying, and passing examinations. Maybe, that’s the place we acquired all of it improper. If Nigeria goes to realize something nice, extra consideration must be given to the tutorial sector. We could not want professors to construct this sector as everyone knows how corrupt the world has gotten, and anyone might have turn out to be a professor by any means- I stand to be corrected, although. We’d like people who find themselves obsessed with the way forward for Nigeria, individuals who could be able to forsake their consolation for the nation’s sake, people who find themselves visionary. We’d like leaders, not managers. Leaders work by imaginative and prescient, Managers work by sight.
Our instructional system is clearly heading for doom and our nation’s future in jeopardy if individuals who perceive schooling because the instructing and coaching of the thoughts and character, and never simply passing exams aren’t allowed to run it. Saving our schooling is the one method to save Nigeria’s future. The longer term leaders have to know what management is all about, their character wants constructing. This may be achieved by means of schooling. We should save our schooling from the savaging choice makers.
I do not know if I am the one one who has observed that not solely the choice makers are killing our schooling, the company our bodies aren’t serving to both. In instances previous, colleges was fascinating for the sensible college students that the opposite college students attempt to be higher than them in different issues in order to strike a stability. This was how nice males in varied fields had been born prior to now. There was a number of contests and competitions that noticed a wholesome rivalry develop amongst college students, and that introduced out one of the best in lots of.
There’s a illness in Nigeria now that will see company our bodies and people do solely issues others are already doing. Possibly it was existent then and doubtless that was why there have been many firms sponsoring many competitions in colleges. The highlight moved to leisure some years again and it had been laborious on our schooling sector since as a number of talent-hunt reveals and contests emerge day by day with large company our bodies as sponsors. Nearly all firms doing properly and sponsoring issues of their giving-back-to-the-society plan has forsaken the tutorial sector. Younger individuals win hundreds of thousands of Naira in a number of talent-hunt reveals throughout the nation and their counterparts struggling to maintain up with the problem of specializing in schooling regardless of distractions from the edges are blown away. No one appears to be ready for what the longer term will carry in the event that they preserve doing properly of their schooling when there is a chance of successful hundreds of thousands if you happen to can showcase your expertise. The period of educative contests and reveals appear to be fading away. We now hear headlines like “21 yr previous wins N2.5 million in talent-hunt present”. MTN’s “Who needs to be a Millionaire?” appear to be the most well-liked and most rewarding educative present left, however what number of younger individuals within the 16-25 age vary has received one thing substantial on the present?
Youths appear to be dropping it. There are books of normal information, motivational books, and the likes. What number of have you ever purchased within the final three years as a youth? There are organizations with educative packages like speak reveals, contests, and so on. Have they ever gotten an opportunity at getting good sponsors? Some youths confirmed me the prospectus of their group and I used to be impressed to know there are nonetheless youths who’ve rather a lot upstairs. Sadly, I’ve not been in a position to hook them up with a sponsor ever since.
I’m not saying the talent-hunt is unhealthy, neither am I saying it ought to be stopped. I am only a crusader for change who believes we might use extra sponsors within the instructional sector to help organized essay competitions, topic quizzes, poetry contests, and so on. Let’s give educating the youths our greatest shot and watch what turns into of our nice nation.
Because the elders say; “What an previous man sees sitting down, a boy can’t see it even when he climbs a tree”. Let’s hear out the previous males who’ve all the time been right here and comply with their good recommendation. They may have seen what we could by no means see.
Nigeria is fifty. Let’s be a part of our palms and work laborious to make this nation a greater place for the approaching ones.