I don't understand why you want me to learn how to operate an archaic equipment for "knowledge sake", when I will not apply that knowledge in the real world (except maybe in a classroom, passing down that same archaic knowledge to others). That's one of the issues I have with education here. You force a student to learn typing with a typewriter, after he learns it, he still has to go learn how to use a computer to type and edit texts, isn't it better to just start straight up with a computer? I learnt typing with a computer, although I'm not fast and accurate(and it's not because I didn't start with a typewriter, but because I wasn't diligent in learning). If we are to go with what some of you are saying here, then I guess we will all be taught how to use an abacus to calculate, a sun dial to tell time, and all those other old stuffs that where used in the 20th century.

oluemmakay:


Just like I said earlier, I lecture this subject as a course. This is how it works. We use the typewriters to build the student's Keyboarding skill from the scratch. Having learnt the mastery of the keyboard, speed and accuracy using the typewriter, you will agree with me that it will be more easier and simpler using the computer keaboard. Its all about systematic progression. Although, it is always very difficult for students to cope with because many do not have good background in Business Studies which I think it's one of the reasons the ministry of Education is coming up with this idea.

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THERE IS TYPING TUTOR SOFTWARE, https://www.typing.academy/typing-tutor/lessons BOTH ONLINE AND OFFLINE PACKAGES

9gerian:
Typing is the least of what a computer is used for. That’s why the typewriter is no longer relevant because that (typing) is all it is used for!

You are right bro. Its not like I dont know but I humbly agree.

i was speaking with someone the other day abt how retrrogressive our educational methods are. At the time i learnt business studies in the early 2000s, we learnt in a typing pool-filled with typewriters. My school management gloated after dat typing pool. Both to school board administrators and Ministry of education officials. I was so young yet i knew we were making a big mistake. Why not a larger computer labs? No. That was way too advanced at the time for sec school curriculum. We are still taught old theories and obsolete nonsenses in our schools today. From tertiary level to basic level. Who will save us??

I'm laughing at Nigerians who are complaining about how obsolete the typewriters are....by extension they are also saying that their ministry of educaiton and the APC government is useless.

All true, very true.

But, here is the issue. Our national budget(education inclusive) was 9trillion naira this year. That's 24 billion dollars. Meanwhile, Canada spent 60billion dollars on primary education alone a few years ago. In one year.

Let that sink in for a moment.

Canada spent far more on education than Nigera did on everything.

And we are expecting computers for every student in every classroom on a budget for educaiton of less than $2billion dollars.

You know what that means? If we want to have a computer in every classroom...we must all pay taxes. Like Denmark, we must give the government half of our montly salaries in taxes so that our kids can have the privilege of a computer on every desk...and a host of other things.

Or we must start the hard and tough road to being an industrial nation...by removing subsides on petrol and power, which means that foreign investors will come in, make their profits in return for building up our refinereies and power sector....which we would use to fire our industries, and by extension develop an industrial sector that would be the envy of the wrold. And it is going to take decades to get there.

We are not earning enough from oil. And selling raw materials is not going to help matters, and returning to agriculture won't help us much(and why should we sell our raw materials to Western companies who would make profits from the thing that is ten to twenty times the income we earned from selling the raw materials in the first place).

If we want computers in every classroom....we have to stop fighting for oil money...yes.,not only the Hausas, but the Yorubas, Ibos, Ijaws etc....and use our hands to develop ourselves. That is how China developed. That is how we must develop. We are not a rich nation.

Chithauri:
I want to prepare lesson notes. I have no time for una rubbish. its under our syllabus and no knowlege is a waste. until it is removed we will continue to teach it.

Look what people are saying here is this.. Typewriter is obsolete in today's world.. The fact that it still in your syllabus makes it even sadder..there is no use using a type writer when there are such advanced things as keyboard and Microsoft Word. Your syllabus need to be updated. The world has moved on. Imagine going to the barber shop today to cut your hair and he bring out a razor blade and siscors to cut your hair simply because it does the same thing as a modern barbing clipper..how will you feel?

Typewriter is the best for the beginners because it serves as a check from copy and paste from their friend and deleting of their mistakes. If they were allowed to use computer the teacher won't be able to measure the level of achievement among the students

osuofia2:
Attention seeker, type writer makes them learn typing fast

Lol... Typing fast?
Irony AF

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lol

madam relax how many of those parents van afford a computer , allow these kids to learn typing

it's just for speed and accuracy. shelps to speed up the words per minute .

9jaRealist:


Our educational system is periodically upgraded...
The problem is less the "system" but more the PEOPLE operating it.

For the record, over the past couple of years Nigeria has been developing an educational curriculum that emphasizes STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics). Nigeria is developing that curriculum with the support of global players like MIT, Cisco, IBM and Oracle, a nationwide curriculum that incorporates 21st century STEAM thinking: coding, design skills, digital arts, robotics, machine learning, and so on.
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. Sir, are you sure you are in Nigeria? no University in Nigeria does the aforementioned, let alone primary/secondary schools. But if there is any I did love you to clear my doubt by giving examples with names. Thanks.

bestman09:

After learning with typewriter, the child will now go and compete with someone who learned with a Mac book

45 mins of using Typewriter will not impact negatively the child's skills in using a mack book. The child can be taught sane way he is taught to use the computer.

Chithauri:
This lady is a fool.its not the fact whether the era of typewriter is gone or not. typewriting is a topic under business studies and they are to learn with it.let her check syllabus or scheme of work. even shorthand is still taught. I know what am saying because am a teacher.

Oga teacher, do you mean that typing can not be learnt on a computer, why do we have typing tutors on computers?

mmmnaija:
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THERE IS TYPING TUTOR SOFTWARE, https://www.typing.academy/typing-tutor/lessons BOTH ONLINE AND OFFLINE PACKAGES

The crop of learners we have today are so lazy and lackadaisical to learning. I have tried using Marvins Beacon Software but it didn't work.

jlo247:
Typewriter is the best for the beginners because it serves as a check from copy and paste from their friend and deleting of their mistakes. If they were allowed to use computer the teacher won't be able to measure the level of achievement among the students

Sorry oo, have you ever used typing tutor before? The typing tutor takes care of measuring your typing achievement!

jlo247:
Typewriter is the best for the beginners because it serves as a check from copy and paste from their friend and deleting of their mistakes. If they were allowed to use computer the teacher won't be able to measure the level of achievement among the students

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Ignorance is a major problem in Nigeria. We have so many educated illiterates in our midst.

"What people don't understand, they fear and what they fear they destroy". Nowadays, they run to social media to cry wolves.

I learnt typing with a typewriter. And I can say that the so called typing tutor is not the appropriate tool to teach keyboarding skills.

Strength build up in the fingers is very necessary to achieve dexterity when using a computer keyboard. Also, typewriter allows you to master looking away from the keyboard while typing. Once you hear the bell, you know where you are.

The teachers are, in fact, doing the right thing. SHIKENNA

oluemmakay:


The crop of learners we have today are so lazy and lackadaisical to learning. I have tried using Marvins Beacon Software but it didn't work.

This is a case of "pot calling kettle black", you can not stress yourself to understand Marvins Beacon because it is not analog and you are calling people who does not want to be stuck with analog lazy

lols, i used it from my jss1(2009) - jss3(2012) even uptil now we still use it in that my school, i really miss those day.

Chithauri:
This lady is a fool.its not the fact whether the era of typewriter is gone or not. typewriting is a topic under business studies and they are to learn with it.let her check syllabus or scheme of work. even shorthand is still taught. I know what am saying because am a teacher.

The syllabus should be reviewed promptly! This is probably the reason why many school leavers are unemployable. The ability to use a computer is considered a basic requirement now.

I don't think this is true. My son schools in a private school in Ibadan.There is no typewriter in his school and the school is registered to take the state examinations. Unless what she is saying applies to only public schools.

TheShopKeeper:
...yet the ministry of education get billion of naira for funds...

All the ogas/madams in the ministries shares the money...

emeijeh:
It's also got QWERTY keys.

Auntie relax

You forgot to add that it has a mouse, a screen and a big printer underneath too.

osuofia2:
Attention seeker, type writer makes them learn typing fast

Real ignorant attention seeker, he or she should go and check the typing speed of those who learn typing using typewriter on modern computers.

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ELVISHOT:
A Nigerian lawyer, Edem Ossai, has raised concerns over what she describes as the Ministry of Education's insistence for secondary school students being taught Business studies to practice using Typewriters only.

Ossai who shared a video online where she spoke on the issue, said she was at an education summit in Oyo state last week where it was revealed that students learning Business studies in Nigeria are forced to learn using typewriters.

According to Ossai, secondary schools that wish to teach Business studies are compelled by the Ministry of Education to own typewriters before they can get accreditation. Ossai argued that the era of using typewriter is long gone and that students who are supposed to be the leaders of tomorrow should not be exposed to such archaic method of doing business.

''A most distressing subject was brought to my attention. Did you know that in Nigeria today, children learning Business studies in secondary school are forced to learn with the use of typewriters? Secondary schools that wish to teach Business studies, either private or public schools, to get accreditation to teach that subject, have to own typewriters. This is a cause for serious concern. Unless you have been in coma for several decades, you will be aware that typewrites have no place in the modern place of work. They have no place in businesses today'' she said

Ossai pointed out that from her findings, schools that do not have computers do not teach Business studies and schools that teach Business studies, rent typewriters for their students when the need arises.

Watch a video of her speaking passionately about this below

https://www.instagram.com/p/B3CkMy1AJNa/

Source: https://www.thenaijafame.com.ng/2019/09/nigerian-lawyer-edem-ossai-cries-out-as.html?m=1

Arewa1408:


@Midnighter, I sent you a PM, to get your email address and tell you clearly what i am talking about based on my personal experience, cos i don't want to cast myself or reveal too much here. However, I was at an Information Security Conference in vegas some four months ago. This is a meeting of Information Security Managers and one of the participants in my team is from a lumber company in Colorado. I repeat a lumber company and i was amazed and blown away, you know why?..

Why??

jlo247:
Typewriter is the best for the beginners because it serves as a check from copy and paste from their friend and deleting of their mistakes. If they were allowed to use computer the teacher won't be able to measure the level of achievement among the students

Interesting

Chithauri:
I want to prepare lesson notes. I have no time for una rubbish. its under our syllabus and no knowlege is a waste. until it is removed we will continue to teach it.

Teachers like you end up producing students who can't cope in the modern world.

jlo247:
Typewriter is the best for the beginners because it serves as a check from copy and paste from their friend and deleting of their mistakes. If they were allowed to use computer the teacher won't be able to measure the level of achievement among the students

See Nigerians mentality sha.

Just for your information, there are countless typing softwares that can be used to train these students.

We have typing tutor, mavis beacon... But you still believe typewriter is the best?... Na why this country no dey move forward. In a sane country, typewriters will be kept in a museum.

She should mind her profession and leave other people's profession for them.
Ntooooooo we will not change it; it's either you do Shorthand and Typewriting or you forget Business Studies.
WOMEN and busy body.
Proudly Business Educationist!

Chithauri:
This lady is a fool.its not the fact whether the era of typewriter is gone or not. typewriting is a topic under business studies and they are to learn with it.let her check syllabus or scheme of work. even shorthand is still taught. I know what am saying because am a teacher.

You're the fool as a Teacher. Anything taught our innocent students must be in compliant with what obtains all over the world

maj007:


THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Ignorance is a major problem in Nigeria. We have so many educated illiterates in our midst.

"What people don't understand, they fear and what they fear they destroy". Nowadays, they run to social media to cry wolves.

I learnt typing with a typewriter. And I can say that the so called typing tutor is not the appropriate tool to teach keyboarding skills.

Strength build up in the fingers is very necessary to achieve dexterity when using a computer keyboard. Also, typewriter allows you to master looking away from the keyboard while typing. Once you hear the bell, you know where you are.

The teachers are, in fact, doing the right thing. SHIKENNA

Bro, I know typist who had never used a typewriter and that look away typing with a speed of light.

So whats your point?