aremuforlife:
Akeredolu has said the fact, any contestant that said otherwise is not saying the truth. Tertiary Education is not free all over the world.

do your research properly

DeejaywonDJ1:


What's the meaning of tuition free oga, you seems dumb and incoherent. There is nothing free in this world except nature. What you're not paying for directly is assume to be free, weather it's funded by grant, endowment, tax, donations scholarship etc. Since you're not paying for the service directly it's free, you need to consult your dictionary analphabetic fatuousness being.

Obviously you're the one that's dumb and ignorant.
The point is that countries with stronger social policies fund education by spreading the cost through higher taxes. The Nigerian economy is not structured that way, and so we use a model where the cost is borne directly by the student.
If you prefer pictures, there's a chart to educate you on Page 3 of this thread.

Kweensavvy:
If Ondo youths have sense, they'll use this opportunity to vote this man out for this mistake. Surprised people are clapping for him for making this dumb statement when election is just few days away.This ought to be his undoing in any sane clime.

Akerodolu: I will NEVER reduce your tuition. Education is not free!

Masses: "Awww he's so honest... "

Wow people can really be daft.

lol uare more if emotion rather than factual.


We are not all that daft, we have seen AKETI work in ondo, though he has flaws and not perfect.

Oh u wish he had promised to reduce it right? and that would have calm u. lol now I know why incompetent politicians deceive u to get ur vote.

Anyway u can locate the next free institution and study. I think there are some made for the poor who can't afford 3 square meal. check around u ll see, if. not check other country.

please don't venture ur anger on akeredolu , he's just a Governor.

onecoder:

Get your facts right.
And international students pay for the education they get through what?

Just leave him he's dull and uneducated

frankmoney:
something else suffers for that , they pay high taxes , high cost of living , and Germany is more like a socialist state , can you compare that to Nigeria where people barely pay taxes ? How much does Nigeria have compared to Germany ? Nigerian government can barely pay what ASUU wants since 1999 and you want them to make tuition free . Well done

Shut up your stupid tongue! You can't compare the cost of living btw Germany and Nigeria. Here everything is on the high side. How much is the minimum salary of a Nigerian or an ondoite in the first place. How can you increase the tuition fee when you didn't increase the minimum wage of the people. You people talk too much without thinking.

The stupidity of some Nigerians is glaring.
You guys will pay 30k per year as school fees and complain that the quality is low.
But when levels change, you won’t hesitate to pay #5m -10m per year to study in the University of Leeds in the UK.
Tertiary Education is not free anywhere in the world. If you like call countries that offer free education, they are paying taxes. If you want free quality education, be ready to be taxed

danilmo:


lol uare more if emotion rather than factual.


We are not all that daft, we have seen AKETI work in ondo, though he has flaws and not perfect.

Oh u wish he had promised to reduce it right? and that would have calm u. lol now I know why incompetent politicians deceive u to get ur vote.

Anyway u can locate the next free institution and study. I think there are some made for the poor who can't afford 3 square meal. check around u ll see, if. not check other country.

please don't venture ur anger on akeredolu , he's just a Governor.

Lolz I'm not even a student, let alone being an Ondo student.

And yes, I like Akerodolu as a person but I'm not sure he has performed well enough to be liked as a politician.

See the crap you typed as a Nigerian:
"Anyway u can locate the next free institution and study. I think there are some made for the poor who can't afford 3 square meal. check around u ll see, if. not check other country."

Try to read it again, ponder on it and digest it. Then ask yourself if you're patriotic. I want to assume I'm not quoting a Togolese.

It is well with Nigeria.

Elvinci101:


Shut up your stupid tongue! You can't compare the cost of living btw Germany and Nigeria. Here everything is on the high side. How much is the minimum salary of a Nigerian or an ondoite in the first place. How can you increase the tuition fee when you didn't increase the minimum wage of the people. You people talk too much without thinking.

Forget minimum wage matter, don’t be shallow in thought. In developed countries with expensive tuition, average income earners can’t afford tertiary education except through STUDENT LOANS. This is fact

slivertongue:
esay easy easy.

he says it, the way he sees it. no pretence

Can't help but agree with you.the man is blunt

ClintonNzedimma:

Forget minimum wage matter, don’t be shallow in thought. In developed countries with expensive tuition, average income earners can’t afford tertiary education except through STUDENT LOANS. This is fact

Keep quiet, stop saying what you dont know. If they don't have good minimum wage do you think the student loans would be facilitated?

ClintonNzedimma:
The stupidity of some Nigerians is glaring.
You guys will pay 30k per year as school fees and complain that the quality is low.
But when levels change, you won’t hesitate to pay #5m -10m per year to study in the University of Leeds in the UK.
Tertiary Education is not free anywhere in the world. If you like call countries that offer free education, they are paying taxes. If you want free quality education, be ready to be taxed

I don't blame Nigerians who don't pay income taxes because government officials will use it to send their families to schools in abroad and use the rest for personal purposes

Elvinci101:


Keep quiet, stop saying what you dont know. If they don't have good minimum wage do you think the student loans would be facilitated?

Minimum wage can’t pay tuition fees sir. Tertiary Education is premium. Do private schools care about minimum wage before setting fees?

The problem with most Nigerians and the reason why the ruling class will play them like fiddles forever is that they are always penny wise, pound foolish. The want the verisimilitude of getting their rights, even if they are actually being swindled. The elites know this, so they manipulate them by singing populist songs while mortgaging their futures.

Nothing is ever FREE. Not education, not healthcare. Someone is paying for it. In the countries you are comparing yourselves to, they fund thee programs through heavy taxes. Here in Nigeria, you don't want to pay taxes, yet you don't want to pay for education. Everyone (even ASUU sometimes!) seems to assume government will fund everything from oyel money. Never going to happen.

So what happens? The elites smirk and make the promise you what you want to hear. Because you do not deserve honest leaders.

Consider what happened to secondary education in Nigeria. After so many years of the masses demanding for free secondary education, they now have it. But guess what? Except for a few notable exceptions, "free" secondary education is a sad mistake that I m sure nobody on this thread will go for unless they had no choice. The poor think they have won that battle. The elites simply smirk again as their kids who attended expensive private schools grab all the openings in sight, while the children of the poor suffer for their parents' collective myopia.

A friend in one of the best departments in my university recently carried out a survey. He found out that over 90% of students in his department who took the survey were admitted from private (paying) secondary schools. So what happened? The poor got their "free" secondary education, but it is basically useless. Most of them struggle to get into polytechnics. They graduate and then start cursing the FG and creating Nairaland threads about how their education is useless.

How won't it be useless? They got the "free" education they wanted.

Take it from me, education cannot be "free" and "fit for purpose". You have to choose one. And while you do it, respect the man who has the balls to tell you the truth, because the one who will smirk and lie to you is waiting to destroy your life and those of your children with a useless free product.

DeejaywonDJ1:


I don't blame Nigerians who don't pay income taxes because government officials will use it to send their families to schools in abroad and use the rest for personal purposes

There’s no trust in the system. This is a problem as well

ClintonNzedimma:

Minimum wage can’t pay tuition fees sir. Tertiary Education is premium. Do private schools care about minimum wage before setting fees?

How old are you son? There's a difference btw private school and public school. Private schools is established by individuals for profit making while govt schools are being funded by govt to give the masses quality education at affordable rates.

proffemi:
The problem with most Nigerians and the reason why the ruling class will play them like fiddles forever is that they are always penny wise, pound foolish. The want the verisimilitude of getting their rights, even if they are actually being swindled. The elites know this, so they manipulate them by singing populist songs while mortgaging their futures.

Nothing is ever FREE. Not education, not healthcare. Someone is paying for it. In the countries you are comparing yourselves to, they fund thee programs through heavy taxes. Here in Nigeria, you don't want to pay taxes, yet you don't want to pay for education. Everyone (even ASUU sometimes!) seems to assume government will fund everything from oyel money. Never going to happen.

So what happens? The elites smirk and make the promise you what you want to hear. Because you do not deserve honest leaders.

Consider what happened to secondary education in Nigeria. After so many years of the masses demanding for free secondary education, they now have it. But guess what? Except for a few notable exceptions, "free" secondary education is a sad mistake that I m sure nobody on this thread will go for unless they had no choice. The poor think they have won that battle. The elites simply smirk again as their kids who attended expensive private schools grab all the openings in sight, while the children of the poor suffer for their parents' collective myopia.

A friend in one of the best departments in my university recently carried out a survey. He found out that over 90% of students in his department who took the survey were admitted from private (paying) secondary schools. So what happened? The poor got their "free" secondary education, but it is basically useless. Most of them struggle to get into polytechnics. They graduate and then start cursing the FG and creating Nairaland threads about how their education is useless.

How won't it be useless? They got the "free" education they wanted.

Take it from me, education cannot be "free" and "fit for purpose". You have to choose one. And while you do it, respect the man who has the balls to tell you the truth, because the one who will smirk and lie to you is waiting to destroy your life and those of your children with a useless free product.

Thank you for educating the lots

Elvinci101:


How old are you son? There's a difference btw private school and public school. Private schools is established by individuals for profit making while govt schools are being funded by govt to give the masses quality education at affordable rates.

That’s your NIGERIAN definition.

ClintonNzedimma:

That’s your NIGERIAN definition.

OLODO, continue in your ignorance.

onecoder:

Its free in germany, austria.
Mr i too know.

It is not free and it is highly restrictive.

Elvinci101:


Keep quiet, stop saying what you dont know. If they don't have good minimum wage do you think the student loans would be facilitated?

Stop being emotional, students aren't working.
Many loans are never paid.

Elvinci101:


OLODO, continue in your ignorance.

Well, continue in your own obvious ignorance. Tertiary education is not free anywhere. It’s a premium even since the time of Babylon.

If you want the education quality to be increased and want it to be free. Then you are a big fool.

I will be back in 2030 when Private schools who offer such at a premium overtake the public schools in Nigeria. The laws of Capitalism always win.

I hope I have made enough effort to solve the problem of your stupidity. I really don’t want you to keep being stupid

proffemi:


Obviously you're the one that's dumb and ignorant.
The point is that countries with stronger social policies fund education by spreading the cost through higher taxes. The Nigerian economy is not structured that way, and so we use a model where the cost is borne directly by the student.
If you prefer pictures, there's a chart to educate you on Page 3 of this thread.

You'll need to develop your citizens first before you start increasing tuition costs, that's what Awolowo did. There's something we call disparity in income earning and inequality in education, how do you want someone who earn 50,000 per month to pay for the quality education worth 5 - 15 million naira offer by private primary and secondary tertiary schools and won't have choice but to enroll his children in low quality public education. There are stages in education development, no country can develop with uneducated citizens.

DeejaywonDJ1:



Stop displaying your inherent ignorance Bro,

Tertiary Education is free in most part of the world and those who are not free, students have access to loan, grant and scholarship.

These are countries with free tertiary public schools for their citizens.

1. All European countries
2. Argentina
3. Brazil
4. Iran (If you passed entrance examination)
5. Cuba
6. Uruguay
7. Mauritus
8. Russia (higher grade)
9. Sri Lanka
10. Philippine
11. Thailand
12. Trinidad and Tobago
13. Tanzania

None of those countries have free tertiary education for all.

ClintonNzedimma:

Well, continue in your own obvious ignorance. Tertiary education is not free anywhere. It’s a premium even since the time of Babylon.

If you want the education quality to be increased and want it to be free. Then you are a big fool.

I will be back in 2030 when Private schools who offer such at a premium overtake the public schools in Nigeria. The laws of Capitalism always win.

I hope I have made enough effort to solve the problem of your stupidity. I really don’t want you to keep being stupid

Your father must have given birth to an uncouth child like you. Go and learn good manners.

olat86:
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Are you saying, common level play ground should not be giving to the poor?. How many families can afford 3square meal like yours?, fingers are not equal.
How many students has he given scholarship to?
Even if there is scholarship, is it not the children of the nobles that enjoys it?.
You are not a good hearted man and you will do worst than bello and Aketi combine.
Even said, I will have compassion on who I will have compassion.
If any one, be in power and does not feel concern for the middle and low class citizen, he /she is a devil incarnate, and an infidel.

You are one of those destroying the country with sentiments.
The government must make policies that is good for the long-term survival
of its citizens and not some stomach infrastructure that add more future burden.

Why do you think there is high level of unemployment in the country?
Because anyone can be admitted and funded by the government leading
to poor education.

Every single country with free(high tax funded) and useful(not just certificate) tertiary education makes it very difficult to gain admission so that only the smartest are funded.
A poor person that wants tertiary education must be very smart.

ClintonNzedimma:

Well, continue in your own obvious ignorance. Tertiary education is not free anywhere. It’s a premium even since the time of Babylon.

If you want the education quality to be increased and want it to be free. Then you are a big fool.

I will be back in 2030 when Private schools who offer such at a premium overtake the public schools in Nigeria. The laws of Capitalism always win.

I hope I have made enough effort to solve the problem of your stupidity. I really don’t want you to keep being stupid

Capitalism only wins in countries with stronger social policies not places like Sub-Saharan Africa. There is something will don't know we need to eradicate illiteracy first before we can start to charge exorbitant fee for education, we all can witness what's happening in the northern part of our country and most of Sub-Saharan countries who doesn't have access to education.

Great disparity in education is a threat to any society that's why education is free highly subside in most develop world.

One of the most sincere governors we have in the country right now. He won't say something to appeal to the voters on the eve of elections like this. Some rogue governors would have promised heaven instead. Nigerians find it difficult to decipher the jilters from hard truth talkers like akeredolu.

Elvinci101:


How old are you son? There's a difference btw private school and public school. Private schools is established by individuals for profit making while govt schools are being funded by govt to give the masses quality education at affordable rates.

Where does the money come from?

DeejaywonDJ1:


You'll need to develop your citizens first before you start increasing tuition costs, that's what Awolowo did. There's something we call disparity in income earning and inequality in education, how do you want someone who earn 50,000 per month to pay for the quality education worth 5 - 15 million naira offer by private primary and secondary tertiary schools and won't have choice but to enroll his children in low quality public education. There are stages in education development, no country can develop with uneducated citizens.

Obviously you now see the folly in demanding for "free" education that ends up costing the student his future.

Government cannot wait to "develop her citizens" first before charging fairly for education. At least I wouldn't do it, because - going by the posts on this thread alone - the citizens are not ready to be developed. If they were, they'd be willing to swallow some bitter truths. However, our citizens prefer to be hoodwinked. People like that don't have the spine to put in the hard work required to "develop her citizens" (sic).

In any case, the clamor for free education is preventing the commencement of the much more important conversation: how do we put scholarships in place to ensure that deserving poor students have access to tertiary education that is priced fairly enough to guarantee some minimum quality?

That is an important conversation, but people like you make it impossible to have it cos you muddy the waters with your misguided shouts for free education.

Elvinci101:


Shut up your stupid tongue! You can't compare the cost of living btw Germany and Nigeria. Here everything is on the high side. How much is the minimum salary of a Nigerian or an ondoite in the first place. How can you increase the tuition fee when you didn't increase the minimum wage of the people. You people talk too much without thinking.

you are the one who is stupid not me , if you can't comprehend a statement don't come here and show your stupidity .....

How much does Nigeria have compared to Germany that it can run free tuition for public universities ? Nigeria that can barely keep their schools up to standard even with the fees paid , what's out education budget compared to Germany ....you can't compare both countries because Germany has a proper system in place to run their education system which Nigeria incompetent government does not

Can you compare the facilities in private universities like CU ... To the ones in government owned institution ?

DeejaywonDJ1:


You'll need to develop your citizens first before you start increasing tuition costs, that's what Awolowo did. There's something we call disparity in income earning and inequality in education, how do you want someone who earn 50,000 per month to pay for the quality education worth 5 - 15 million naira offer by private primary and secondary tertiary schools and won't have choice but to enroll his children in low quality public education. There are stages in education development, no country can develop with uneducated citizens.

I get your point but quality tertiary education in Nigeria starts at 400k per year, not 5m. That’s the recommended price given by ASUU and most private schools here start at that amount. What should be cheap in Nigeria are vocational training institutions and polytechnics which can be our own version of the cheaper to afford American community colleges.
Then poorer people can go to school via STUDENT LOANS or scholarships for really bright minds.

This way, we have more value for education and no more ‘school na scam’ because it’s not for every Tom Dick and Harry. So when you see a graduate, you know the person is well cooked or else you will keep seeing graduates that can’t construct good sentences

Elvinci101:


Your father must have given birth to an uncouth child like you. Go and learn good manners.

Your father is a good man but he will be very disappointed with how you turned out