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| Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by Reverseng(op): 10:31am On May 31 |
I was at LASUTH to see a doctor. The registration took 1hr +. Nurses on uniforms suddenly became bus conductors shouting patients names at the top of their voice one after the other. We were more than 50 seated at that registration point. It is close to a new building at LASUTH. Sustainable xxxx...I can't really remember the building name, but that experience left me feeling disappointed in our 'Tech gurus' At the moment, i need a state of origin certificate to apply for Access bank graduate trainee program currently running. Guess what? I was told to GO TO THE PHYSICAL OFFICE AT VICTORIA ISLAND, to get it, or to go to an office in my village in the southeast to get it. I'm in Lagos typing this. I really hope Access bank HR and other related bodies are reading this, because I might have to decline applying for their Graduate Traineeship. And trust me, I'm smart enough for them to want me to choose them. Parents are working 9-5 jobs, while their children are even more hardworking than their parents, working 7:45am -5pm schools. In a school in Ekiti state, each senior secondary student offer 13 -16 subjects. This is not hearsay. Trust me. I served as a corper in one of the schools. And after school closes by 3:30pm, they're told to wait for a compulsory extra lesson while lasts till 5pm. And it's not a free lesson. It's paid for by their parents. Imagine parents paying for their children suffering. Truly, the love of parents triumphs. So children spend Monday - Fridays (7:45am - 5pm) in schools learning 13 subjects, and on Saturdays, they're probably completing their notes or doing 13 different assignments, and then on Sundays, they go to church, rest for some hours and resume school on Monday. And one would expect success independent of theoretical speechification from these children. JSS1 - 3 = 3yrs SS1- 3= 3 yrs That's 6yrs on average 6 years of depression, bought and paid for by parents for their children. And I haven't even included the stress from university lecturers who were forced to study a particular course by their parents or society, and after realizing the disappointment of not following their dreams, become sadists, amongst others, who aim to frustrate students with their chants of "A is for me, B is for your HOD, C are for my loyal students. You can distribute the failures generously amongst yourself"  So you see. It's a snake that eats its own tail. The university lecturers were once children. The tech Bros and Girls too were once children. But now, each and everyone is either focused on milking these children, who they once were, or ignoring them completely, with silly comments like "school made me tough, if not, I would not be who I am today" No. Being who you are made you come as a child to suffer in the Nigeria education system so you can be sensitized, through suffering, to create a platform to reduce the suffering of others when the time comes. What happened to using technology to alleviate the suffering of children through the introduction of a passion+brain-friendly scheme, across all levels, from Primary to University. 1) Mondays- Wednesday = Classroom 2) Thursdays- Fridays= Online lectures 3) The presence of equipped and numbered guidance counselors whose job is to study a child and try understand where their passion lies, so that their education will be tailored to what they find joy doing. A hairdresser has no primary business learning geography, neither does a DJ have any primary business learning 'almighty formula' This tailored form of leaning reduces the number of subjects that students are exposed to and secondly, it reduces the 7:45am - 5pm jobs that students work in schools. Now schools can comfortably close by 12-1 pm, even on Mondays because of the reduced work load of the students. And mind you, when this efficiency has been created in learning, the free time of children should not be filled with more schoolwork/assignments because of a pathetic saying that "an idle mind is the devil's workshop" 6) A course in AI/ prompt engineering to enable students appreciate the fact that suffering isn't hardwork when they're able to swiftly generate an AI picture with precise prompt engineering, compared to a conventional graphics designer that spends decades on it. 7) Ban the physical submission of notes or handouts, especially for marks.  Also ban lecturers from physically selling handouts to students. A lecturer with an Innovative solution, be it in paperback, should copyright or patent it and lease it to students through the school education authority who thoroughly screens and approves it for sale at a very subsidized fee to students in ebook format. The sheer volume of students demands in campuses around Nigeria should compensate for the price reduction. There should be a digital right management thoroughly applied to the ebook to disable copying and mass production.These amongst other solutions To wrap this post up, Nigeria has become a nation where suffering is being seen as hardwork. We've become so used to seeing as "suffering= good person/hardworking" and "not suffering= bad person/lazy" But suffering is not hardwork. The morality of continued hardwork is the morality of slaves. I've written about this here on nairaland. Do find time to look it up, at your convenience of course. I'm open to hearing your suggestions on how schools can be efficient, especially in Nigeria so that the coming generations don't go through the suffering we passed through while in school 31 Likes 3 Shares
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| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by Reverseng(op): 10:38am On May 31 |
The importance of freedom to make our choices, especially to children, without ego interference from their parent Choiceless children become incompetent leaders tomorrow https://www.nairaland.com/8598916/chimamanda-adichie-case-choiceless-children https://www.nairaland.com/8591634/what-wanted-ask-it-shall 4 Likes |
| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by SixSeven: 11:25am On May 31*. Modified: 11:52am On May 31 |
It's good to apply your education to real world scenarios but I will point to you some things to take note. Your LASUTH experience is only one thing, CORRUPTION. I am sure those who have japa and work in healthcare can tell us that. Corruption is a golden star boy that loves dysfunction. That's it. What you are describing is a tally system and when it's your turn, you get a beep or announcement that it is your time. Restaurants already do this for food, some of them even give you a device that vibrates when it's your turn... This is Mr Bean 1995. I didn't want to use an example that is older but it's something as simple as this
Mr Bean was trying to get ahead of others by swapping places but that's it. The government won't do it so this one is not about technology. Some people make money from that manual system so that they can manipulate it if you give them something. Some people could have suggested your idea to them but until it is a contract that goes through party loyalists or one man know man, forget it. I'm sorry. 31 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by SixSeven: 12:04pm On May 31 |
1. For Access Bank, that's ironic because their name is ACCESS. Why do they need the state of origin? 2. From Ekiti to University, those are different issues. As a parent, you will want your children to be engaged because the younger they are, they have more time on their hands. For university teachers, that's just corruption too and it's a symptom of the Nigerian I better pass my neighbour issue. Because you suffered as a student, your own students must suffer too. Education is not suffering. 3. About children using computers at an early age, I disagree with you. You look like someone who can do research. We now have enough data to show that it does not help young children and countries are now legislating against computers in the classroom for young students. It will damage their brain. https://www.tiktok.com/video/7581686120136674590 Tech in the classroom is a no no for young students and the best way to know this is to realize that the tech CEOs don't use the devices for their own children. Their househelps are also banned from using these tech gadgets while looking after their children. Education is not just technology, it is also about socialization and tech removes that at an early age. Screen time destroys the brain before they become an adult and grow into brain rot. Do you know that the tablet you are using and your laptop, your phone is the modern slate? I know that doesn't make sense? Historically, we have always learned using slates. You see those almajiri children using that thing they write on? That's how we have learned for a long time. After some time, it changed to notebooks, and now it has transformed to tech devices. I tell you, man needs to read and write. Not on a device, but on a slate, on a book. Retention is better off when you write and read your own thing. So it is not punishment when teachers tell you to write, because those who wrote will have no problem knowing how to write properly on the internet, in IELTS or application form. The technology is just a digital form of what to learn manually. I am an advocate of tech but you need to look at the bigger picture of the neurological implications too. Edit: I like the Chinese model. I was trying to remember it when I read about your complaint of parents In Ekiti. The Chinese believe that the earlier you load children with work and relax it while they are older the better for their future? Their Gaokao exam is notorious for being so tough that some of them take their lives due to the expectations. I'm not advocating for that extreme but China takes education seriously and they get only the best of the very best in their civil service. The average Chinese abroad is competing with the Chinese at home because they know while the West relaxed, they accelerated their own raised to power of 100. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA0nabfvxpA 18 Likes 3 Shares
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| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by SixSeven: 12:18pm On May 31 |
I'll have you know OP too that parents are now homeschooling their kids if/where they can because the education system is failing them. I mean parents who are interested in their children, not anyhow parents. https://www.tiktok.com/video/7626475452571356446 4 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by NaijaNaWaa: 12:54pm On May 31*. Modified: 10:11am On Jun 01 |
Reverseng:I don’t think that Tech bros and sis are responsible for this situation. If LASUTH wants a solution for this, it’s readily available in the market but most public institutions are so backward that even if given them for free, they’ll prefer manual. Same applies to State of Origin certificate. If your state wants to automate it, it’s very simple but they must take responsibility for identifying their citizens. 8 Likes |
| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by Muyiwaipere(m): 12:56pm On May 31 |
I don't even understand Nigeria system, whatever the white people are dumping because of the damage it has done, is what we love embracing. Don't we learn from mistake. The western community are pulling out using of tech devices in schools and colleges, but it's this time we are advocating for the use in our own schools and children environment, and we are calling it civilisation. 4 Likes |
| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by Balistic4: 12:59pm On May 31 |
So many unrelated things in one post 23 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by Stephen0mozzy: 12:59pm On May 31 |
NaijaNaWaa:Leave am, he has never tried selling a Software Product to a Nigerian Institution before, so doesn't know how it is like. For one, if it's a government institution, just forget about it. Unless you're the child or relation of the Minister, Director or Permanent Secretary to the ministries, you won't even be given audience to sell the solution you have built to solve the problem. 2. This manual way of doing things seems to be their justification for paying salaries, for example, they still need messengers in some ministries to find your files from the registry and then send to another department for signing, and another one for authorization. If they automate it, how do they justify the salaries for the Bull shyte jobs in most of these MDAs? 3. Nigerians are terribly slow to adapting technology, especially if its NOT free. 4. Entrepreneurship is not incentivized in these parts. So most of these tech bros just look out for jobs in existing startups - that have sworn to ONLY build Fintech apps; or they hang around more B2C services friendly for freelancing in web design, data analysis, etc. 8 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by NotinButDtruth: 1:01pm On May 31 |
I am yet to finish reading all you said, but I can assure you, it's not the tech bros, it's the system, the system has 99.9% oldies who are not ready to ditch the old and embrace the new. And it has affected all aspect of our lives. People now believe suffering is the only way to success while countries developing rapidly believe what matters most is getting the needed result. I am a tech entrepreneur and worker as well. I hate to work with Nigerian companies. International organizations have for example embraced working remotely, but the Nigerian company that isn't even half as successful as the ones abroad will insist on coming to work in the office daily. We just believe before anyone earns, he must sweat. Think about all Nigerian Parastatals, non of their websites work well, even those who have sites, it looks so obsolete, do you think we don't have awesome website designers and developers ? The system is just broken, they have chosen to embrace the obsolete way so that they can keep using it to manipulate the system to their favor. And unfortunately even the older citizens have braced this mindset, so it now affects every aspect of life. The youths in this country are really trying. But sadly they have to work twice or thrice as hard as their counterparts abroad just to succeed. 5 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by NwaliE01: 1:02pm On May 31 |
This is an opportunity for Tech gurus to explore. 3 Likes |
| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by DrAda(f): 1:03pm On May 31 |
Reverseng:Very well said particularly now that AI is here to improve workflow 1 Like |
| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by erad(m): 1:03pm On May 31 |
If you understood all what he wrote, kudos. 5 Likes |
| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by DrAda(f): 1:04pm On May 31 |
NaijaNaWaa:I totally agree with this as well. It can be terribly frustrating 1 Like |
| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by Dogalmighty17: 1:07pm On May 31 |
You've said a lot without exactly making your point. 5 Likes |
| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by TheStoriesOfMan: 1:07pm On May 31 |
The best form of education is education with imparting experience. Let me start from the creche/kindergarten classes: the toddlers should not be given mobile devices. Remember, their brain is developing at a rapid rate so they need lots of good food, play time, sleep time and creative toys that unlocks their ability. Teachers can observe, record activities and feedback to the parents on where and what to improve. The primary school levels should see more of mathematics, English and other subjects being taught in line with modern world trends. Mobile phones should be introduced,but for 1-2 hours and UNDER STRICT SUPERVISION. Pupils should be engaged in sports, agriculture, business,career and other facts. This is the trial and error period for children to try different tasks and experience the world at a basic level. The secondary school levels should see consolidation of the tasks and subjects previously learnt at the primary level. Mobile devices hours are increased, still UNDER STRICT SUPERVISION. By this period, they must have decided their destinies and are currently fulfilling them. Facilities should be provided. Teachers should be trained and retrained on a regular basis. 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by Rich4god(m): 1:08pm On May 31 |
Make I book this space first. I dey come 1 Like |
| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by Rich4god(m): 1:09pm On May 31 |
For where you see light, data and reliable internet connection way you wan use to dey teach them on line 2 Likes |
| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by Roon9(m): 1:13pm On May 31 |
Balistic4:He kept yapping without even making a point 7 Likes |
| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by MarketDispatch: 1:23pm On May 31 |
Reverseng:I was at PHCN office to complain about no electricity, I saw them using small generator to power their office. 4 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by Babalegba(m): 1:25pm On May 31 |
Reverseng:You make me laugh. If Nigerian education is tough on kids then what about the Japanese, Korean and Indian system which are more rigorous and demanding Stop being lazy and get on your bike mate 3 Likes |
| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by psalmsjob: 1:36pm On May 31 |
Reverseng:I agree with you about the need to overhaul our educational system not the usual catchy of "increase lectuer salary or welfare" but change the teaching methods and re-educate the teachers. However, as a "tech bro" myself, I think your topic headline is a click bait because you should understand that tech bros and girls are not failing but the system is failing us too just has it is failing the 'children' which we all are ultimately. As long as the "civil and public servants or CEOs and MDs working or managing the institutions are not at least tech-savvy there can be no improvement they all have the fear of technology coming to "take their job" not for once reasoning that with technology you might soon don't need a "job" for financial survival but you can have the tech do the hard lighting while you do the deep thinking and rationalisation that we are built to do effortlessly. Therefore, until more people become tech bros and girls and come to this realization, we shall continue with the colonial system of education which will not let people enter university without "credit" in maths and english even if he got 39.99% whereas any score should be a credit to build on as he or she progresses in a course of their choosing until they drop off to another course or become an expert in the course of their choice. P.S. As a personal advice I want you to know that Smart people don't say "I am smart" because they are smart enough to know tha,t that is not the right thing to say of yourself when it is what others see and say of you; "That boy is smart". So you're not yet smart enough so watch yourself because pride goes before a fall. You hear? .....besides only God is truly smart. 5 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by trytillmake(m): 1:37pm On May 31 |
Balistic4:🤣🤣🤣 I tire for the guy, from lasu to ekiti to Corper, Oga wetin concern tech Bros inside, do u know how much is budgeted for all this applications yearly, cash dey enter voice mail. It takes a serious and exposed MD to change a system look at internal affairs minister do u not see now u can apply for passport online and get it fast now, don't u see how he has changed the system. So na d head matter 7 Likes |
| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by Omalicious1: 1:41pm On May 31 |
Reverseng:It's just a clear evidence of a crooked system with a little touch of our old colonial masters, coupled with the exploitative spirit of greedy Nigerians. Which is why uptil now we can't achieve 24-hours power. 1 Like |
| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by Emeka71(m): 1:49pm On May 31 |
Reverseng:So right this is now becoming the order of the day. 1 Like |
| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by Ishilove: 1:51pm On May 31 |
Balistic4:I thought i was the one who couldn't quite figure what he was trying to pass on. 3 Likes |
| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by Neoteny(m): 1:53pm On May 31 |
Reverseng:A strong point of view, which I share. Nigeria is a country of docility and lethargy where everyone waits for miraculous solutions to practical problems. We're either waiting for government, white people, or some cosmic deity to solve our problems. Take robotics and AI. How many government and private schools are actively teaching in those fields? Why aren't we trying to be at the frontier of research and knowledge, instead of still teaching from books written in the 19th century? Knowledge, and resources for learning, have never been as democratized as now, with essentially every information for any topic freely available digitally. I taught myself Arduino and sketches, I can 3D design and build components for a simple quadcopter with free Arduino sketches and cheap brushless motors. I studied convolutional neural networks (and now doing transformers) in the early days of GAN, so I'm relatively conversant with LLMs and generative AI. I know some semiconductor physics and basic design principles because i self-learned electronics. I understand rocket science and orbital mechanics, I know literature, art, history. All largely self-taught because of natural curiosity and access to resources. I wasn't trying to please my parents or peers, I just wanted to learn how the universe works. If we're to build a progressive society of people who can solve realworld problems, then we'll need to get rid of our current curriculums and rebuild the school system from scratch, with transparent and self-accounting learning methods from first principles. The barbarian method of brute-forcing knowledge into children needs to stop. Competitive schooling, instead of cooperative learning, also needs to stop. It helps no one when we assign artificial scores to intellect and thus create a competitive environment where the ultimate goal is passing exams and coming top in the leaderboard of banality, which incentivizes cheating at tests and exams. Rather, learning should be reinforced cooperatively in sync with developmental capabilities, and measure progress qualitatively instead of quantitatively. Those who come lower in rankings won't bear the psychological haunting of disappointed parents, angry tutors, and leery peers. They'd instead leverage the empathy and support of this support system to develop and thrive as productive members of society instead of as academic outcasts. The emphasis on worthless certificates, except for certain professional fields that need attestation, ought to be de-emphasized. People hide behind lofty but meaningless titles and credentials without adding anything to the body of knowledge, and worm their way into the higher echelons of government and society, and then form part of the same parasitic and toxic policymaking system that keeps churning out mediocrity. Let's emphasize tangible capabilities instead of worthless paper achievements. Please, Nigeria. We can do better with our school systems by looking at what successful societies teach their kids, how they allow them to be curious and discover for themselves, and what passes as motivated learning and not brutalist drilling. 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by psalmsjob: 1:55pm On May 31 |
NotinButDtruth:Exactly my point which if I had read this your comment i wouldn't have said much in my first comment to the topic other than to let the op know he is not half as smart as he thinks he is. Because as an AI and Machine learning engineer with years of experience in software development my experience with these government agencies and businesses are just what you described. Show them templates to improve their website or workflow they so-called IT department staff of about 5 people who only know to operate computer will block you from reaching the boss you also most likely would not approve your proposal because his IT guys he relys on tells him it's bad for the organisation and if they are nice gives you something for your fuel for coming back and forth for about a week with nothing to show. The educational and civil service system are the main anti-development institutions in Nigeria. 2 Likes |
| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by Daeveed(m): 1:59pm On May 31 |
Balistic4:Like for real, I still can't get the main point about the long epistle written there. First talked about the hospital.. then tech bros.. then kids school.. omor.. You're smart enough for them to pick you in whatever you wanna apply for, but you can't write a quality post that can be understood.. no go build your vocabulary 3 Likes |
| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by mjblinks(f): 2:00pm On May 31 |
There's is digital birth certificate. Google is your friend Reverseng: 2 Likes |
| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by Maj196(m): 2:01pm On May 31 |
Summary please, I can't read this convoluted shyte you wrote 3 Likes |
| Re: Tech Bros And Girls In Nigeria Are Failing Woefully by mjblinks(f): 2:04pm On May 31 |
The saddest part is that most Nigerians no longer recognize unnecessary suffering when they see it. We have lived with it for so long that we now mistake it for diligence. A young graduate in Lagos should not have to travel hundreds of kilometers just to obtain a state-of-origin certificate in 2026. A patient should not spend hours waiting in a hospital while basic processes that could be automated are still done manually. A student should not spend the better part of their childhood buried under an overwhelming workload simply because "that's how it has always been." Hard work is valuable. But hard work should produce value, not waste time. When a nurse spends her day shouting names instead of using a digital queue system, that is not hard work; it is an inefficient system forcing people to compensate for poor processes. When students spend twelve years memorizing information they will never use, that is not educational rigor; it is a system that values endurance more than understanding. When graduates must physically travel across states to collect documents that could be verified electronically in seconds, that is not character-building; it is bureaucracy masquerading as necessity. Technology was supposed to remove friction from everyday life. Its purpose is not to make people lazy; its purpose is to free human beings from repetitive and unnecessary burdens so they can focus on creativity, problem-solving, innovation, and meaningful work. The true measure of progress is not how much suffering people can endure. It is how much unnecessary suffering society can eliminate. A nation develops when it stops glorifying hardship and starts rewarding efficiency. Our children deserve an education system that develops their talents, not one that merely tests their ability to survive stress. They deserve teachers who inspire curiosity, hospitals that respect their time, and institutions that use technology to simplify life rather than complicate it. The question should never be, "Did we suffer too?" The question should be, "How can we make life better for those coming after us?" Reverseng: 3 Likes 1 Share |
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