Mike4S:
I graduated some years back, and never wanted to teach in secondary school‎ because of the trends in Nigerian education. I took to the labour market and focused only on primary schools. As the job did not come, I decided to include secondary schools.

One later came my way and it was the later. Having stayed long in the unemployment line, I accepted the offer. I started teaching and it was as I thought before. Having the hindsight, I did not bother. After all before the examination I will have gathered some amount. 

My colleagues were particularly vulnerable to the impact of our boss. Whenever they discuss, they always say all kind of things about the pressure from the boss. They saw it as an act of routine expediency that had to be done.

First term passed, second term passed, at this juncture, she called a meeting and we mustered. The major thrust of the meeting was the strategy to engage to pass the children.
She did not call it exam malpractice. She used a euphemistic language. At the end, she asked if we understood. Everybody nodded yes and gave an affirmative answer. This was at the end of the second term.

Soon it was time for the exam and the staff time table was out. It was arranged such that every teacher on duty will be supervising exam on the day his subject was to be taken. 

Choosing principle of expediency, I refused to take part in the exam malpractice I was uncomfortable with. 

The woman called and persuaded me to engage in the shady deal. I kept mute but inside me I had already made up my mind like the biblical Shedrack, Meshack, and Abednego.

The next day, I was on duty and I insisted on my principle of expediency. She simply gritted her teeth and moved on with it. 

Sometimes it is desirable for people to be free of fear of attack or sack as the case may be in order to invoke honest opinion.

The woman endured it because she did not have choice than to continue with me. Guess what! Some parents were ready to go with me! 
She endured it until the term ended. I was not surprised when she called me and announced my exit. 

Today, I am happy that i'm teaching in primary school where I am not forced to do exam malpractice. I'm even happy to have my pay raised.

Good one! Never ever Give in to evil even if the whole Crowd gives in..

due to my observance, I can see the value of education

I work in government mda that is responsible for recruitment, discipline, promotion, appeals and petitions, confirmation and conversion etc.
Normally for you to be promoted as a civil servant, You must need pass your promotion examination. And government would vote huge amounts of money for the promotion excercise.
Committees are set up to handle the events, starting from the pre-exams seminar to the exams proper.
I was placed in venue and logistics committee and was asked to make a budget for the purchase of some items needed; which I did.
I submitted it to the committee head and he asked me to up the pieces. He explained that allowances should be made for any unforeseen price increment.
I did and the amount stood at well over 400k
Money was released to our committee and then the head called and handed me a little above 100k, to go do the purchase. This was grossly inadequate for the real items that needed to be bought. I politely decline and asked that another be sent.
That was the beginning of "war" between me and the head. He felt I should sign as if I was given over 400k when I didn't receive such.
Thank God government work is different from private.
He can't sack me but he posted me out of the department.

akinjojo1234:

What do you people gain by space booking?

Commenting early on a thread is like having a shop at the only entrance into a market. Such comments (in most cases) determine the flow of a thread; if you know what it feels like to be a landlord. Yeah, a laaandLORD.

Most importantly, commenting earlier on a thread increases your chances of getting 'likes'; the new currency stronger than pound and euro combined. I think that's something worth dying for.

As it is in the real world, so it is in the virtual world. It's all about competition; a morbid crave for attention; a silly race to nowhere; a rat race.

I think we all have the trait in our DNA, but the density varies.

In my office, the CEO's wife brought a woman to work with us. Dis woman is a big theif, she pressures vendors to giv her kickback.
She was suspended and allowed to return to the amazement of all cos my company will normally fire anyone who commits fraud.
This woman returned and even increased the volume of her fraudulent acts.
She is untouchable!

evilive:


Commenting earlier on a thread is like having a shop at the only entrance into a market. Such comments (in most cases) determine the flow of a thread; if you know what it feels like to be a pioneer member.

Most importantly, commenting earlier on a thread increases your chances of getting 'likes'; the new currency stronger than pound and euro combined. I think that's something worth dying for.

As it is in the real world, so it is in the virtual world. It's all about competition; a morbid crave for attention; a silly race to nowhere; a rat race.

I think we all have the trait in our DNA, but the density varies.

I love this. Sarcasm at it's best. Nice choice of words

Happy to see a community of Nigerians who believe in doing the right thing whatever the cost, and living it up.

If the kid's fail, parents will withdraw kids from the school, and school will fold up. Nigeria is very bad. Corruption everywhere.

EzeNdiAra:


So we should clap for you?

Lol, mad people full Nairaland. Ezigbo EzenNdiAra

Kizzygentle:
In dis life there is nothing like right or wrong to succeed. Just be in d game and follow d trend. Gone are d days u try to be honest. Even honest workers are been fired for been honest and they regret not been honest. God himself will understand. Its survival. The world has changed and we need to be updated with d changes.

a good name is better than silver or gold.ask goddy anabor,Cecelia ibru or tafa balogun

paulGrundy:
a fraudstar once approached me with a deak to help him open an account and manipulate the system for him in order to evade surveillance of monitoring agencies e.g EFCC. I would gain about 5 million for every 50 million he wired successful plus I would hit and surpass my target. It was very tempting as an ET fighting hard to be promoted to an ABO, but my conscience would not let me. after having sleepless night, I called him and politely turned down the offer.

Awesome! Nice move. No SET in between?

Davash222:
During my PPA, we were forced by the principal to pass everyone after the 3rd term exam. The pain of wasting your starched shirt coming to school Monday to Friday, teaching SS1 blockheads that can't recite 36 states and capitals couldn't allow me to obey the principal's order. I added extra 10 marks to all of them out of my benevolence yet none scored above 50.
The principal asked me to re-mark the scripts, I refused. My head teacher did the wayo for them. The principal refused giving me clearance form for that month.

If no student reached 50% in ur class at the end of the term, then u failed as a teacher.

I won't blame u for it cuz u are not a trained teacher

EzeNdiAra:


So we should clap for you?

yes these are the people worth celebrating

There are still good people in Nigeria but they are not given the opportunity to make things change for good because of the bad eggs in realm of power...



Just keep up with the good work no matter the oppression and hatred from the wicked, evil and corrupt superiors.

paulGrundy:


the way our system works is from MT = ET = ABO = - - -

MT meaning?? Dts a nice system sha...ours is terribly long....

franugo:

MT meaning?? Dts a nice system sha...ours is terribly long....

management trainee.

Davash222:
During my PPA, we were forced by the principal to pass everyone after the 3rd term exam. The pain of wasting your starched shirt coming to school Monday to Friday, teaching SS1 blockheads that can't recite 36 states and capitals couldn't allow me to obey the principal's order. I added extra 10 marks to all of them out of my benevolence yet none scored above 50.
The principal asked me to re-mark the scripts, I refused. My head teacher did the wayo for them. The principal refused giving me clearance form for that month.

Which state was this?

One of my class mate left my school for another to write SSCE and subsequently jamb at the same school's tutorial lesson. The other school was well known for runs back then in 1999. Iran they buy out JB centres. Your parents also have to be loaded to afford the school and their tutorials for jamb. Well, my classmate had excellent result due to runs. He is now a doctor in the UK.

Interestingly, his parents were deeper life members.

Laws are made for poor people in Nigeria and some other parts of the world.

OP, you know what they say about a teacher's reward right.

SocialJustice:
Do which needful, person is on her way to become executive director, you're speaking English.

pocohantas:




How am I sure you guys know what you were marking? Nigerian graduates are not so smart either.

Aunty, you want to break the table

Kizzygentle:
In dis life there is nothing like right or wrong to succeed. Just be in d game and follow d trend. Gone are d days u try to be honest. Even honest workers are been fired for been honest and they regret not been honest. God himself will understand. Its survival. The world has changed and we need to be updated with d changes.

God won't understand, no matter what u face!! Be honest and truthful. God understands honesty and truthfulness!

Roon9:
Yea! I once got a contract job as a civil engineer. It was a federal project. Omo there were using 14 headpan of sand to 1 bag of cement.

First day on the job i was quoting BS codes upandan. It wasnt upto 1hour i got a call from Abuja (The contractor).

I hail naija

. I laugh in Wuhan Language

Hope it's not a story building project... If na drainage or RC Cantilever Retaining Wall.. It is still better

Mac2016:

. I laugh in Wuhan Language

Hope it's not a story building project... If na drainage or RC Cantilever Retaining Wall.. It is still better

Drainage

EzeNdiAra:


So we should clap for you?

Someone did the right thing and you are talking like a retárded being there.

CodeTemplar:
Someone did the right thing and you are talking like a retárded being there.

What's your definition of ''right''?

Good thread.

May God richly bless you OP. Keep on doing the right thing. Sooner than you think, you'll be mightily rewarded. ��

Roon9:
Yea! I once got a contract job as a civil engineer. It was a federal project. Omo there were using 14 headpan of sand to 1 bag of cement.

First day on the job i was quoting BS codes upandan. It wasnt upto 1hour i got a call from Abuja (The contractor).

I hail naija

Good evening sir, pls i'm an exterior building decorator

I do parapet, window-hood designs, pillar designs, borderline etc.....

I'm an experienced professional,
I will give your building unique and amazing designs.

I will drop my contact if you request sir. thanks

Op sorry for derailing your thread

seunH:
I remembered one case, around 2013 when I was handling a sensitive course for final year students. I personally usually made my course ridiculously easy so as to avoid these kind of rubbish. Fast forward to after their exams, that was when the deputy HOD called me and gave me 3 lists, the first one was the faculty list, second one was the HOD's list and the last, his own personal list. Luckily for me, been that the exam was ridiculously easy majority of those in the list passed my course without any assistance except for one girl like that. Merely seeing her you will know she is a runs girl because I had even caught her at night bribing the school security official at night while smuggling out of the school. When I checked her script, I saw she scored 9/70 in exam and her CA was around 10/30. I then told the deputy HOD that his request wasn't possible because even if I gave the girl 30/30 in CA (which is suspicious), 30 plus 9 is still 39 which is still F, and remember in tertiary institutions you don't keep exam scripts rather you return to the school hence cannot be easily manipulated because in future it can be vetted. Long story short, the man insisted I gave her at least C which I declined and that created bad blood between us. Its point of note that this man in now the HOD so you can imagine the rest of the story.....!!!!

U were just being stubborn, you can assist her if u wanted, not the righteous quotes u just put up out here.

CodeTemplar:


Did you mistakenly disable ur auto-correct

Kai, nairaland. I come here for laughs. You are wicked

Mike4S:
I graduated some years back, and never wanted to teach in secondary school‎ because of the trends in Nigerian education. I took to the labour market and focused only on primary schools. As the job did not come, I decided to include secondary schools.

One later came my way and it was the later. Having stayed long in the unemployment line, I accepted the offer. I started teaching and it was as I thought before. Having the hindsight, I did not bother. After all before the examination I will have gathered some amount. 

My colleagues were particularly vulnerable to the impact of our boss. Whenever they discuss, they always say all kind of things about the pressure from the boss. They saw it as an act of routine expediency that had to be done.

First term passed, second term passed, at this juncture, she called a meeting and we mustered. The major thrust of the meeting was the strategy to engage to pass the children.
She did not call it exam malpractice. She used a euphemistic language. At the end, she asked if we understood. Everybody nodded yes and gave an affirmative answer. This was at the end of the second term.

Soon it was time for the exam and the staff time table was out. It was arranged such that every teacher on duty will be supervising exam on the day his subject was to be taken. 

Choosing principle of expediency, I refused to take part in the exam malpractice I was uncomfortable with. 

The woman called and persuaded me to engage in the shady deal. I kept mute but inside me I had already made up my mind like the biblical Shedrack, Meshack, and Abednego.

The next day, I was on duty and I insisted on my principle of expediency. She simply gritted her teeth and moved on with it. 

Sometimes it is desirable for people to be free of fear of attack or sack as the case may be in order to invoke honest opinion.

The woman endured it because she did not have choice than to continue with me. Guess what! Some parents were ready to go with me! 
She endured it until the term ended. I was not surprised when she called me and announced my exit. 

Today, I am happy that i'm teaching in primary school where I am not forced to do exam malpractice. I'm even happy to have my pay raised.

Much respect! Keep it you.

Kizzygentle:
In dis life there is nothing like right or wrong to succeed. Just be in d game and follow d trend. Gone are d days u try to be honest. Even honest workers are been fired for been honest and they regret not been honest. God himself will understand. Its survival. The world has changed and we need to be updated with d changes.

Wrong! God will never understand any of such misguided reasoning because he never changes is principals which are always the best. What is bad is bad. Doing the right thing comes with blessings too.