It is no longer news that the educational sector is comatose. A vast majority of our public schools are presently no better than recreational centres, to which parents send their troublesome children. In particular, the collapse of public primary schools pains me greatly because i am a product of one of such schools which has been allowed to decay due to government neglect. The politicians may claim otherwise, but we at the base know the grim reality.

Most public primary schools look like dungeons, with no desks and chairs, decrepit buildings and barely qualified, ill-motivated teachers. What do we expect from pupils who 'graduate' from those schools? Yet, we all know that when you get it wrong at the primary (foundation) level of education, it becomes extremely difficult to navigate through higher levels.

I was shell-shocked when i visited the primary school i passed out of 22 years ago and saw the anemic state it was in. I pray that God gives me the strength to help in reviving it. What about you, fellow NLers? Did you attend a public primary (or secondary) school? In what condition is it at the moment? Should laws not be made to make it mandatory for all political office holders to send at least one of their children to public schools (primary especially), so that they would be committed to addressing the rot in the system?

Wow! No opinions? Please let us share our experiences/opinions. I am just thinking that it would be hard for political office holders to pay lip service to the revival of primary school education in particular, if they are forced to send their wards to those schools. Some of us may claim that our siblings/kids do not attend public schools, but how many private schools are even operating according to standard? I know of a private school whose teachers (80% of whom are Youth Corp members and those on Teaching Practice) are told to ensure that every pupil must be given a pass mark, whether he/she deserves it or not