It is no lengthier information that the amount of failure in the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the Countrywide Exams Council (NECO) tests the two foremost examinations college students have to undertake for profitable completion of secondary faculty, and to qualify for admission into larger establishments of mastering, have elevated enormously around the yrs. The percentage of failure as Nigeria turned fifty this calendar year is so alarming as about 70% of learners who undertook the aforementioned exams failed Arithmetic and English Language the two main topics a pupil need to go in buy to get admitted into most classes in larger institutions. A question must be questioned need to our education and learning sector make improvements to or drop as a country?
These recent occasions have verified the insensitiveness of these place in cost of our education sector in the previous handful of years to the rotten nature of the sector. Every of the selection makers in the sector convey up their very own policies as quickly as they presume electric power, and this has led to the instability of our instruction as new syllabus and styles are utilized every time there is a new choice maker in the sector. Funny sufficient, the current Minister for Education and learning in the wake of the current failure of pupils in Secondary University Certification Exams (SSCE), advised that the selection of subjected supplied in these examinations could be lowered from 9 (9) to 5 (5) as she considered the tremendous nature of most of these subjects could have been accountable for the students’ failure. Regrettably, we may perhaps wake up tomorrow and discover out that her view has turn out to be a legislation. I strongly disagree with her belief and I thought many nicely-meaning Nigerians would do same. At fifty, I imagine Nigeria would have gotten it suitable, at minimum in this significant sector, but of course, we have not.
We all believe that that youths are the leaders of tomorrow. Regrettably, we are rarely doing nearly anything to guarantee that the potential is brilliant. Instruction is more than just teaching, looking through, and passing exams. Perhaps, that is the place we received it all wrong. If Nigeria is likely to obtain anything at all good, more awareness requires to be presented to the instructional sector. We may possibly not want professors to develop this sector as we all know how corrupt the globe has gotten, and anyone could have come to be a professor by any implies- I stand to be corrected, nevertheless. We want people today who are passionate about the future of Nigeria, people who would be ready to forsake their convenience for the nation’s sake, persons who are visionary. We require leaders, not managers. Leaders do the job by eyesight, Managers do the job by sight.
Our educational program is obviously heading for doom and our nation’s upcoming in jeopardy if folks who fully grasp education as the teaching and schooling of the head and character, and not just passing tests are not permitted to run it. Conserving our education is the only way to help you save Nigeria’s future. The foreseeable future leaders need to know what leadership is all about, their character requires developing. This can be accomplished by way of education and learning. We must save our training from the savaging decision makers.
I don’t know if I’m the only one who has seen that not only the selection makers are killing our instruction, the corporate bodies are not encouraging both. In instances previous, educational facilities utilised to be intriguing for the brilliant learners that the other pupils attempt to be better than them in other items so as to strike a stability. This was how terrific adult males in various fields were being born in the earlier. There utilized to be quite a few contests and competitions that saw a nutritious rivalry establish among college students, and that introduced out the very best in lots of.
There is a ailment in Nigeria now that would see corporate bodies and persons do only things other individuals are currently executing. Probably it was existent then and in all probability that was why there were several businesses sponsoring quite a few competitions in schools. The spotlight moved to amusement some decades again and it experienced been challenging on our instruction sector due to the fact as quite a few talent-hunt displays and contests emerge everyday with large corporate bodies as sponsors. Almost all providers accomplishing perfectly and sponsoring items in their giving-back again-to-the-society approach has forsaken the educational sector. Youthful people acquire hundreds of thousands of Naira in many expertise-hunt demonstrates across the nation and their counterparts having difficulties to continue to keep up with the problem of concentrating on training despite distractions from the sides are blown absent. Nobody looks to be waiting for what the long term will carry if they maintain performing nicely in their schooling when there is an chance of successful tens of millions if you can showcase your expertise. The period of educative contests and shows feel to be fading away. We now hear headlines like “21 12 months outdated wins N2.5 million in talent-hunt show”. MTN’s “Who would like to be a Millionaire?” seem to be to be the most preferred and most satisfying educative display still left, but how quite a few young individuals in the 16-25 age range has received something considerable on the clearly show?
Youths seem to be to be losing it. There are guides of typical expertise, motivational publications, and the likes. How several have you acquired in the past 3 many years as a youth? There are businesses with educative packages like chat exhibits, contests, and so on. Have they ever gotten a probability at receiving superior sponsors? Some youths confirmed me the prospectus of their group and I was amazed to know there are still youths who have a whole lot upstairs. Unfortunately, I have not been ready to hook them up with a sponsor at any time due to the fact.
I am not declaring the talent-hunt is bad, neither am I saying it should really be stopped. I am just a crusader for adjust who thinks we could use a lot more sponsors in the educational sector to support structured essay competitions, topic quizzes, poetry contests, etc. Let us give educating the youths our best shot and observe what turns into of our great country.
As the elders say “What an old man sees sitting down, a boy simply cannot see it even if he climbs a tree”. Let’s listen to out the aged gentlemen who have generally been here and stick to their fantastic tips. They may possibly have noticed what we may perhaps never see.
Nigeria is fifty. Let’s sign up for our fingers and operate tricky to make this nation a greater place for the coming types.
