babanne:

As an educator I have found out that Nigerian students are immature in their way of receiving their education.I wish many educators will find this topic and relate their experiences. For me, I will say a little and allow others to make their comments.Your sincere comments are very much welcome.

[list]
[li]One perennial problem we always have to deal with is examination malpractice[/li]
[li]Another is when students lack previous knowledge which makes it difficult for us to teach present one subject.[/li]
[li]Also disrespect/disdain/apathy from students[/li][/b]etc, etc, Very true.
[/list].

If you are an educator, can you relate your experience here?Thanks.

redsquare:

I'm not an educator per se, but the only time i was opportuned to teach was during my NYSC in Kwara state. To my greatest surprise, SS1 students were being taught how to recite A,B,C,D in their English classes! [b]I also found out that most of the teachers do not follow the school curricula. They're either too lazy to teach or they're not just motivated. These students will of course be promoted to the next class since nobody fails in schools these days.What do you expect the students to do when they are faced with an external examination like WAEC?

saska1122:

I don't know where to start. But must start somewhere, so please don't query my post not being sequential.

The problem we face in our school system today is a reflection of the larger society. Wealth and showing off the riches are the new moral values in Nigeria.
So students are in mad rush to make the money or show off the wealth of their parents. So to bend down is study is done by the negligible % of the student.
They must do anything to get the certificate in order to present it somewhere for money(literally). So any teacher or administrator trying to make them learn
in a proper way is an enemy. As such most Nigerian students are lazy, proud/arrogant and sometimes bitter of school authorities. About 30-50% of them are
not worth the degree and certificate they carry.
Then, there is the problem of private schools run by sole proprietors who only see the business(economic) aspects of the school not really the future of the society.

I have more, but got to get back to work! And I expect some bashing if this thread last long after all we hate the bitter truth about out country!!

babanne:

As an educator I have found out that Nigerian students are immature in their way of receiving their education.I wish many educators will find this topic and relate their experiences. For me, I will say a little and allow others to make their comments.Your sincere comments are very much welcome.

[list]
[li]One perennial problem we always have to deal with is examination malpractice[/li]
[li]Another is when students lack previous knowledge which makes it difficult for us to teach present one subject.[/li]
[li]Also disrespect/disdain/apathy from students[/li]
etc, etc,
[/list].

If you are an educator, can you relate your experience here?Thanks.

babanne:

As an educator I have found out that Nigerian students are immature in their way of receiving their education.I wish many educators will find this topic and relate their experiences. For me, I will say a little and allow others to make their comments.Your sincere comments are very much welcome.

[list]
[li]One perennial problem we always have to deal with is examination malpractice[/li]
[li]Another is when students lack previous knowledge which makes it difficult for us to teach present one subject.[/li]
[li]Also disrespect/disdain/apathy from students[/li]
etc, etc,
[/list].

If you are an educator, can you relate your experience here?Thanks.

redsquare:

I'm not an educator per se, but the only time i was opportuned to teach was during my NYSC in Kwara state. To my greatest surprise, SS1 students were being taught how to recite A,B,C,D in their English classes! I also found out that most of the teachers do not follow the school curricula. They're either too lazy to teach or they're not just motivated. These students will of course be promoted to the next class since nobody fails in schools these days.What do you expect the students to do when they are faced with an external examination like WAEC?

Shinor:

@Outstrip. I felt exactly the way you felt but that led me to take a major decision to be involved in the future of our current students.
All blame should not be dumped at the doorstep of the current students and teachers.
The current crop of uninspired teachers were the disgruntled students of a few years ago who read EDUCATION because they could not get into their first choice course. Also all the years of ASUU strikes have taken its toll on the quality of graduates produced. it is sad no one is pointing accusing fingers at ASUU for the role they played in destroying the future of the Nigerian graduate through incessant strikes and archaic teaching methods. How can a lecturer dictate the same course note for 10 years ? These crop of teachers have been joined by the graduates who roamed the streets seeking an oil company / bank job and only turned to teaching as a last resort. So you can see we have institutionalized problems already. Now how do these hapless teachers motivate a bunch of students who are daily bombarded with stuff on TV / Radio glorifying the easy route to success? BBA etc.
I seriously doubt if there are any training / refresher courses that teachers MUST attend after a certain number of years.
Are schools inspected regularly? I dare to say even if we have an inspection and grading system for schools, it would be abused with inspectors demanding and collecting bribes before grading schools accordingly.
Coupled with this is an inept and inefficient government who seem to prefer a total annihilation of the educational sector.
Two years ago I started Protege Leadership Academy ( www.protegeleadershipacademy.org ) after one of my visits to Nigeria to conduct a recruitment exercise for a British company. The quality of CV's I received from graduates made me weep.
The average Nigerian is the smartest person in the whole world.
Currently Nigerian girls are topping in the sciences in the UK ( girls category ). This used to be the exclusive preserve of Chinese girls. So I believe there's nothing inherently wrong with the ordinary Nigerian student. He is just a victim of his environment.
People let us join hands. What can you do? Every little help is required. I travel to Nigeria to hold a Young Leaders Academy programme to build leadership capacity in the current generation. I collect books from British Schools and donate them in Nigeria and Ghana. There's a lot we can do. Return to your secondary school and mentor someone today.

Shinor:

@Outstrip. I felt exactly the way you felt but that led me to take a major decision to be involved in the future of our current students.
All blame should not be dumped at the doorstep of the current students and teachers.
The current crop of uninspired teachers were the disgruntled students of a few years ago who read EDUCATION because they could not get into their first choice course. Also all the years of ASUU strikes have taken its toll on the quality of graduates produced. it is sad no one is pointing accusing fingers at ASUU for the role they played in destroying the future of the Nigerian graduate through incessant strikes and archaic teaching methods. How can a lecturer dictate the same course note for 10 years ? These crop of teachers have been joined by the graduates who roamed the streets seeking an oil company / bank job and only turned to teaching as a last resort. So you can see we have institutionalized problems already. Now how do these hapless teachers motivate a bunch of students who are daily bombarded with stuff on TV / Radio glorifying the easy route to success? BBA etc.
I seriously doubt if there are any training / refresher courses that teachers MUST attend after a certain number of years.
Are schools inspected regularly? I dare to say even if we have an inspection and grading system for schools, it would be abused with inspectors demanding and collecting bribes before grading schools accordingly.
Coupled with this is an inept and inefficient government who seem to prefer a total annihilation of the educational sector.
Two years ago I started Protege Leadership Academy ( www.protegeleadershipacademy.org ) after one of my visits to Nigeria to conduct a recruitment exercise for a British company. The quality of CV's I received from graduates made me weep.
The average Nigerian is the smartest person in the whole world.
Currently Nigerian girls are topping in the sciences in the UK ( girls category ). This used to be the exclusive preserve of Chinese girls. So I believe there's nothing inherently wrong with the ordinary Nigerian student. He is just a victim of his environment.
People let us join hands. What can you do? Every little help is required. I travel to Nigeria to hold a Young Leaders Academy programme to build leadership capacity in the current generation. I collect books from British Schools and donate them in Nigeria and Ghana. There's a lot we can do. Return to your secondary school and mentor someone today.

HNosegbe:

I maintain that the biggest problem with our educational sector is its straitjacket approach which trains children to grow up to become good employees and civil servants (being a relic of the colonial era). Our educational systems must be designed to accommodate the various abilities and talents of Nigerian children and youth, whether such talents lie in academics, entertainment, sports, the arts, management etc and we must have SPECIALIZED institutions for each of these areas of endeavour. We must do away with the conventional system of reading and passing exams and emphasise a system that will encourage learning by doing.

Education without the ability to add value to society is useless.

Shinor:

@Outstrip. I felt exactly the way you felt but that led me to take a major decision to be involved in the future of our current students.
All blame should not be dumped at the doorstep of the current students and teachers.
The current crop of uninspired teachers were the disgruntled students of a few years ago who read EDUCATION because they could not get into their first choice course. Also all the years of ASUU strikes have taken its toll on the quality of graduates produced. it is sad no one is pointing accusing fingers at ASUU for the role they played in destroying the future of the Nigerian graduate through incessant strikes and archaic teaching methods. How can a lecturer dictate the same course note for 10 years ? These crop of teachers have been joined by the graduates who roamed the streets seeking an oil company / bank job and only turned to teaching as a last resort. So you can see we have institutionalized problems already. Now how do these hapless teachers motivate a bunch of students who are daily bombarded with stuff on TV / Radio glorifying the easy route to success? BBA etc.
I seriously doubt if there are any training / refresher courses that teachers MUST attend after a certain number of years.
Are schools inspected regularly? I dare to say even if we have an inspection and grading system for schools, it would be abused with inspectors demanding and collecting bribes before grading schools accordingly.
Coupled with this is an inept and inefficient government who seem to prefer a total annihilation of the educational sector.
Two years ago I started Protege Leadership Academy ( www.protegeleadershipacademy.org ) after one of my visits to Nigeria to conduct a recruitment exercise for a British company. The quality of CV's I received from graduates made me weep.
The average Nigerian is the smartest person in the whole world.
Currently Nigerian girls are topping in the sciences in the UK ( girls category ). This used to be the exclusive preserve of Chinese girls. So I believe there's nothing inherently wrong with the ordinary Nigerian student. He is just a victim of his environment.
People let us join hands. What can you do? Every little help is required. I travel to Nigeria to hold a Young Leaders Academy programme to build leadership capacity in the current generation. I collect books from British Schools and donate them in Nigeria and Ghana. There's a lot we can do. Return to your secondary school and mentor someone today.