papoudaupolos:
If you are carrying nairaland nonsense in to the real world, ur life ll be to difficult.

Most of the news you are seeing here are one sided reported.the findings were poorly investigated.
Blogs are the worst.
Leave your Bigotry here.

AtomElect:

Did you read the post at all?

I was waiting for this announcement. I got it. I predicted the minister. She played into my hands. I had waited for an opportunity to share my thoughts on my hatred, opposition and stance against Unity Schools and the injustice in Nigerian education system.



I was bitter. I was overtly burning with rage and hate. I couldn’t wait for the question and answer session. I did all I could to get hold of the microphone and finally, I got to the aisle, looked directly to the raised table and heaved a sigh of relief. I glanced through my notes and let loose the canons:


Why do we have 12 Unity Schools in the East where more than 50% of candidates come from? Mr Minister, why are kids from Igboland not given admission to those Unity schools that don’t get up to their quota/carrying capacity? Honorable Minister, can you explain why A young girl from Imo state,seeking admission into any of the country's 104 Federal Government Colleges (Unity Schools) must score 139 points out of a possible 300 to stand a chance of being taken. But her counterpart from Zamfara state only needs to guess two answers right?.Why does the young boy from Abia be denied admission even when he scores 198 while his counterpart from Gombe who merely wrote the examination ( but scored zero) is allowed to study in any unity school of his choice? Why do we have only 2 Igbo principals in the 105 Unity schools in Nigeria?

lastmessenger:
The more reason why the country will only get worse as time goes on. Whereby mediocrity is celebrated over excellence the only result is backwardness and running around the circle while the rest of the world makes progress.

Throwback:



How can someone admit he was arguing from a position of hatred and bitterness, then betrayed his ignorance, yet surprised he was thrown out of the meeting?

Again Igbos and their love for delusional statistics. Claiming that 50% of the applicants are Igbos is a lie that even shows that there is no educational infrastructure in the East, as such the Igbos are hellbent that their kids must only be educated at the federal unity schools that enjoy a federal subsidy and already as a fair allocation of admission slots for all the states of the federation, to reflect the intention of national unity among the children from the diverse tribes of Nigeria.

But the greedy Igbos want it all, failing to understand that this is not a competition between tribes, but a federal government programme that is deliberately designed to be inclusive of all Nigerians, and not a winner takes all approach that Igbos have falsely attached to these schools, which are not the only secondary schools in Nigeria, nor do they even make up to 1% of the secondary schools that a brilliant Igbo child can attend and pay fees accordingly.

I find it hard to believe the rest of the litany of misinformation you listed, when you already lied that there are only 2 Igbo principals in the Federal unity school system?


Are you saying that the principals of the schools in the East are not Igbos?

For all the shortcomings you mentioned which I find to be absurd if true, what roles did the many Igbo ministers of Education during the Obasanjo regime do to rectify them.

Prof. Fabian Osuji
Prof. Chinwe Obaji
Dr Oby Ezekwesili.

What did the Igbo beloved Jonathan do to rectify them? What exactly did SGF Anyim Pius Anyim do to rectify them?

Are you saying that the unity schools in the North are left empty without students from the south despite being applied to by candidates from the South?

If indeed they are true allegations.


My position on quota system for Unity schools is well known on this forum.
That you still had to go there to ask why there is low cutoff for Zamfara versus high cutoff for Abia or IMO or Lagos or Ogun, already suggests that you were too ignorant to even be discussing unity school admission policy.

eagleeye2:
the nepotism and outright injustices in the Nigerian system is too glaring that even the blind see it. Nothing is done on merit anymore. That is why we are where we are, and will keep going in cycles.

vanunu:



You are a big fool, your Nigeria is a big shithole because people like you who don't believe in competition and natural justice.

Throwback:


Unity school is about fair contribution by all states in Nigeria.

Perish the thought that it is a merit based system federally.

It is only a merit based system within each state that is fulfilling its own quota, as such, a boy from Abia who scores 80% is expected to be admitted ahead of another boy from the same Abia who scores 75%.

Abia is not in competition with Zamfara or Kano or Lagos or Anambra.

Each state is in competition within itself to fulfill the admission slots already fairly allocated.

Whatever cutoff it requires for Abia to fulfill its own slot is of no relevance to Zamfara which will never fulfill its own admission slots because the applicants are no where to be found, and not all who applied would even accept the offer.

The unity school system is not a merit based system, when diversity is the purpose of the programme.

It is also not a matter of force to attend a unity school. Failure to gain admission into the special programme means you did not measure up to the standards of your own state, so you could not be part of your state's quota. Then you simply proceed to the many state public schools and private schools and pay the unsubsidized fees and move on with your life.

There are too many secondary schools in Nigeria, for the lack of admission to federal unity school to become a stumbling block or educational marginalization of any tribe in Nigeria.

GavelSlam:
They should have flung his files out the window.

Notmyproblem:


Your type are the problem with Nigeria. How can you write those trash up there in support of an oppressive system. Let assume that the equality is within state like you are insinuating since it is obvious that the demand for education and unity school is more in Lagos and no one cares to attend the one in Zamfara why not close two in Zamfara and increase the number in Lagoas State by two rather than leaving three schools for 28 students unless you wan to tell me that funding of such school is at state level? Why can't the FG re-allocate the resources where it is duly needed?

Please to have a Nigeria of our dream we all have to speak up against injustice and oppressive legislation. Because if any part of the country is functioning at it's full potential everyone will benefit from it, look at Lagos for instance everyone is rushing down there to fight for their daily bread.

Notmyproblem:


Your type are the problem with Nigeria. How can you write those trash up there in support of an oppressive system. Let assume that the equality is within state like you are insinuating since it is obvious that the demand for education and unity school is more in Lagos and no one cares to attend the one in Zamfara why not close two in Zamfara and increase the number in Lagoas State by two rather than leaving three schools for 28 students unless you wan to tell me that funding of such school is at state level? Why can't the FG re-allocate the resources where it is duly needed?

Please to have a Nigeria of our dream we all have to speak up against injustice and oppressive legislation. Because if any part of the country is functioning at it's full potential everyone will benefit from it, look at Lagos for instance everyone is rushing down there to fight for their daily bread.

Throwback:


It is a unity school system and not the secondary school system of Nigeria.

Why not that demand direct itself to the regular secondary schools that exist in Nigeria?

What is the purpose of unity when it is concentrated in only 1 state or region of the country?

The schools are present everywhere in Nigeria and in equal measure. Since we already know the Northerners cannot fill-up their slots nationally, and by extension the schools in their states would be empty, what has stopped Southerners from heading to those schools in the North?

No one has stopped Southerners from applying to Northern schools.

I know there was a time that the ministry would offer students admission elsewhere from their choice, having fallen short of the admission into their schools of choice, but most southerners refuse to go take up the admissions there.

Are you then saying that the federal unity schools in the North be closed up and relocated to Lagos, Ogun and Imo and Anambra?

Is that how the poor education in the North will be further developed? By moving the educational resources to the South?

Again I restate, federal unity schools are not the only secondary schools in Nigeria. We should stop making a fuss when we fail to meet up to the requirements to be part of our respective state's delegation to the programme's annual admission.

If you failed to get in, you failed within your state's allocated and guaranteed quota.

We should be more objective and less sentimental.

iamTeBz:
It was a hate-filled question, really. And you left the venue in peace You should have been flogged severally before being asked to go. In fact, FG government stance on severe punishment for hate-filled speech should have begun with you. Nonsense!

Throwback:


It is a unity school system and not the secondary school system of Nigeria.

Why not that demand direct itself to the regular secondary schools that exist in Nigeria?

What is the purpose of unity when it is concentrated in only 1 state or region of the country?

The schools are present everywhere in Nigeria and in equal measure. Since we already know the Northerners cannot fill-up their slots nationally, and by extension the schools in their states would be empty, what has stopped Southerners from heading to those schools in the North?

No one has stopped Southerners from applying to Northern schools.

I know there was a time that the ministry would offer students admission elsewhere from their choice, having fallen short of the admission into their schools of choice, but most southerners refuse to go take up the admissions there.

Are you then saying that the federal unity schools in the North be closed up and relocated to Lagos, Ogun and Imo and Anambra?

Is that how the poor education in the North will be further developed? By moving the federal educational resources to the South?

Again I restate, federal unity schools are not the only secondary schools in Nigeria. We should stop making a fuss when we fail to meet up to the requirements to be part of our respective state's delegation to the programme's annual admission.

If you failed to get in, you failed within your state's allocated and guaranteed quota.

We should be more objective and less sentimental.

GavelSlam:


Why not ask your states to budget more for state funded education rather than covet that of the federation?

Why is everything about your "superiority" and imagined "marginalization"?

Notmyproblem:



Why not ask the Federal government to stop funding secondary education and allow each state to fund it? So that states can put their money where there mouth is.

GavelSlam:


Can you hear how silly you sound?

If you hear nothing it is because there is nothing in the head.

Notmyproblem:



When you can't make sense of issue you start throwing insult around typical of Nigerian youths.

Of course it shows how daft you are, you can't tell that what I posted there was being a mockery of the half witted argument you put forward.

GavelSlam:


A guy has made 3 attempts to speak to your cranium what unity schools were set up for and what they exemplify.

Regardless of that, the only thing that speaks to you are your primordial instincts of hate and desire to appear superior.

Get a life.

Notmyproblem:


You allocate resources where is badly needed and where it will be optimized. If putting more in Lagos is where is badly needed and where it is optimized then that will be the best thing to do.

Alamajiri schools built by FG is concentrated in the North because that is where it is badly needed putting one in Lagos will amount to inefficient and waste of scarce resources.

In my post I didn't made mention of competition yet I only talked about the equitable distribution of resources to achieve max benefit I don't know why you are trying to change my line of argument the issue of competition and what is fair competition is a topic for another day. My question remains:

If the demand for unity school in the North is low why not channel the extra resources to where it is needed why still give Zamfara state allocation for schools that no one is attending while that of Lagos State is being choked up and running on lean resources?

Please acting like you don't understand basic economic principle unless you are from the same stock as Buhari, in that case I know that you can't help yourself.

Notmyproblem:


You and the guy have been lazy to think for once, if you had put little effort into thinking you would have infered that policies are meant to be reviewed and adapt to the new reality on ground.

But you are a typical BMC recruit that can't think ahead all you do is say what it takes to earn your monthly pittance. No wonder our country is still stuck in 60's while countries like Ghana, Rwanda are making changes to reflect the reality on ground.

What do I know I don't work for pittance how then am I supposed to make sense out of the half-assed arguments you are putting forward?

Notmyproblem:



Why not ask the Federal government to stop funding secondary education and allow each state to fund it? So that states can put their money where there mouth is.

Throwback:


If you chose to demand for Unity school but you are unable to get into your school of choice in the South, then head to the North and take up admission there since you do not want to demand for regular secondary school education that abound in Nigeria.

Will the relocation of poorly populated schools and educational resources already allocated from the North to the South going to solve the educational challenges of the North?

If you have already fulfilled your own quota of something that is diversely contributory, of what relevance is any further misguided demand for more of it?

Unity is not about having people come and learn about you, it is about going elsewhere from your own little and narrow worldview. Hence, these Unity Schools would continue to be present everywhere in Nigeria, it is left for those who love to demand for subsidized education to go and embrace the opportunity for unity that exist in the diverse places where the government has located such opportunities.

If you choose not to go out of your safe zone, then continue to labour hard to overpopulate the ones within your zone of comfort. That which belongs to a zone that is already disadvantaged will not be uprooted and brought to you because you demand for only subsidized education that must be to your own convenience.

I repeat, no one has been stopped from seeking admission to unity schools in any part of the country.