In the days of our fathers, there was zeal for education. People went to school to acquire knowledge. When you saw those who were educated, you surely knew. It was almost written on their foreheads. They talked like it, they walked like it and they were it – the educated ones. Fast forward to 2016 and I can tell you with all sincerity that the opposite is likely the case. But the graduates of 2016? Oh my sweet Lord! Some of them cannot spell their names (And I mean this literally). I keep wondering why the educational system in Nigeria has become so faulty: it’s like an old house whose foundations have begun to fail it, with so many cracks in the wall — but then not just cracks but leakages that let in all sort of unwanted guests.


Nigeria’s educational system has been vandalized by destroyers.
Nigeria’s educational system has been destroyed by the destroyers. The ills in the Nigerian educational system can be attributed to three destroyers and in no particular order: the government, the lecturers and the parents. There is a bonus: you. Don’t worry. You will see how all of these have distorted the school system.

Destroyer 1: The Government

As usual, the government’s dereliction of its duties will always be a bone hanging in the throats of Nigerians. You cannot swallow it neither can you spit it out. Ask yourselves: how many Nigerian elites have children who school in Nigeria? If there is any, they are in the top private schools in the country while those who have their children in federal schools are only 1 in 10,000. Because they know how awful the school system in Nigeria is. And they would never do anything to remedy the situation. They refuse to renovate, refurbish, and equip the schools. And when lecturers get angry, they go on strike. Who are the sufferers of the act? (Drum roll please!) Of course, it is you the students. And let me just clear you up. The government does not care! You can go on a 1-year strike for all they care. They have no business with your future. In fact, the government likes the poor educational system. The more uneducated you are, the better for them. At least no intellectual can stand up and challenge them. Sad? Yes? True? Double yes! The government is indeed the sickness of this nation.

Destroyer 2: The Lecturers

Lecturers! Lecturers!! Lecturers!!! Where do I start? If I was to grade the problems, these people would be gracing number 1 on the list. Most Nigerian lecturers are lazy piece of…(Please pick offense for all I care). They’re so lazy that the handouts most of them use to teach their students in 2016 were written in 1956. They do not carry out researches, they do not refresh their knowledge, and most of all, and they are allergic to correction. They hate bright students and prefer to teach dummies. They make sure you do not think outside the box for their words are ‘Yea and Amen’. Dare challenge a lecturer in a Nigerian university and you would keep writing that course till Jesus comes. They want exactly what they said in class word for word and leave no room for new ideas and exploration.

Then they transferred their laziness to the students. ‘You cannot read and cannot afford to fail? Pay me some money.’ They wear the typical Nigerian robe of corruption. Worse still, the ones with the extra spice of stupidity trade sex with their students for better grades. Some even fail you on purpose so that they can make you trade sex. How low they stoop! Sorting is simply lecturers way of saying ‘You can use what you have to get what you want because the brain in your head is but another part of the body whose function is probably exaggerated.’ Lecturers especially in northern Nigeria (now I must say no offense) have the ‘let my people go attitude’ where they let you go to the next level and the next level and the next level… without caring if you actually learned anything. Here they teach you in your preferred language (after all English is the white man’s language and not your mother tongue

NUMBER 3: The Parents

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I feel so honoured to be the first comment. All of my hard work and dedication has finally paid off. Getting the top comment has been a dream of mine for many years, First and foremost i would like to thank God for giving me this opportunity. Next I would like to thank my parents. I want to thank my friends Antonio(Silvertongue), Seun(Stamina), and my best friend Remmymerlin and also my NL crush, Debbywills, and my lovely bro Leyelanre for being really heavy, strong, and always there for me. I want to thank my friend Wisexool benni, for being really fat and always there for me. I would also like to thank my pet tadpol for surviving against all odds for over a week. Next I would like to thank the squirrel that lives in my backyard for climbing trees because that gives me inspiration that I need to get through the day. This is a special moment in my life and I would like to thank any of my unmentioned friends and family that have helped me along the way. This moment will be a moment that I will never forget. I just remembered a few other people I would like to thank; Facebook , the fish I caught in SS1, the bulb in my room because I wouldn’t be able to see the keyboard without it, the internet for letting me go on Nairaland, my house because without it I would be homeless, and last but not least I would like to thank all the people out there that actually took time out of their day to read this. I cannot stress how much of a big deal to me this is. I have been trying to be the first comment on a post for years, but that has not been possible until this amazing day. Hopefully my good luck will continue, but this is undoubtedly a rare occasion. If you asked how I did this, I would say, you can achieve anything you set your mind on. To all the people out there reading this, I would like to tell them to follow their dreams. Being the top comment is amazing, thank you everyone. Thank you Nairaland. God bless you all.

Destroyer 3: The Parents

This is what you get when parents get involved in the school system. They start prying into affairs they should generally not be prying into. ‘My child failed? That’s not possible. She is supposed to pass. I am a big donor to this school, I am high and mighty.’ They come around to talk when their children have been asked to retake a class or a course. The result? The school lowers its value or bends the system to accommodate such students. Other times, parents sponsor examination malpractice for their children as a way of rendering ‘help’. This type of help that did not help you and did not help your child keeps me wondering. Your baby comes out an empty vessel and I hope you know the cause. So long as parents reinforce that their children do not deserve to fail even if stupidity is gushing out of their brains, the school system will not grow or move forward.

And now…

Destroyer 4: You

You’re the architect of your own problems. You want to sort all the lecturers, cheat in all the exams, and follow all the sneaky ways and underground movements. You come out without knowing what even happens in your field. You say you read chemistry and the simple component of water is a Hercules task to you. You are part of the problem. In short, you are a problem.

By Nkechi Nwitte-Eze. Greenlandarise.. com.ng
http://peterkeyz.com/4-destroyers-destroyed-nigerian-educational-system/

I totally agree with [poverty you

True talk bro. But what can be done abt. it

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Destroyers everywhere.

Oga nor be me and you oh....my name nor be destroyer

Destroyer 1- Government
2- Government
3-Government
4-you
If the government take their part part serious,believe it the lecturers and parent will av little impact in the problem of naija edu. System.
The past govt.has failed to improve our edu. System and d present administration is not helping too.

True talk

You have tried in this analysis of the downward trend of education in Nigeria

I strongly agree with that of the parents.

@OP I can't agree with you less So what's the panacea for this illness?

A scholar once said"The secret of Success is You start from the scratch and Keep scratching until You get to the Top"

But reverse is the case here in my beloved Nation.


You Just listed the problems What are now the solutions?

We are indeed the architects of our own failure

Our lecturers are number one destroyers of our educational system especially those in Federal and states higher institutions. No one monitors them, a lecturer decides when he or she comes to class, he or she decides what to teach. Some come to class 4 times in a semester, the next thing is exams.

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SimpleTee:
True talk
You have tried in this analysis of the downward trend of education in Nigeria

Nice analysis u got there, what we Nigerians fail to realise is that we can't change the world unless we change ourselves.

On point. The lecturer thingy is mostly common to faculty of arts, they are bunch of indecent sadists whom are embedded with the 'I know it all' attitude. Correct them in class and you're in soup, they spot you with the finest babe in class you're done for, you answer their exam questions intelligently they'll say you be oversabi and give you D or C, you fail to answer it properly they give you A or B.

The most annoying part is that these scenario takes place in every federal uni in Nigeria, Faculty of Arts lecturer are known for their notoriety and they want to be deified and glorified (Apotheosis). Bunch of superfluous idiots that we can't live without.

Noted

You are correct....

Invariably you are saying everyone involved in the system is the cause of all these our problems?

Nigerian lecturers are lazy piece of…(Please pick offense for all I care). They’re so lazy that the handouts most of them use to teach their students in 2016 were written in 1956. They do not carry out researches, they do not refresh their knowledge, and most of all, and they are allergic to correction. They hate bright students and prefer to teach dummies. They make sure you do not think outside the box for their words are ‘Yea and Amen’. Dare challenge a lecturer in a Nigerian university and you would keep writing that course till Jesus comes. They want exactly what they said in class word for word and leave no room for new ideas and exploration.

Op you just said nothing but the truth.

The government will always be at the receiving end when it comes to fault finding and blame shifting.

*yawns...* Ogbeni, U'd be better off concentrating on solutions o. Hearing nigeria's problems is cliche. Now am feeling sleepy.

Abeg edit your list
What about the media and Social media These two have had (still having) a damaging impact on the youths today.
All you see and watch on tv are musical videos promoting dabauchery which is now the norm in our society

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this is the figment of the imagination of the op! How about flexin', social media, TELEMUNDO, High cost of school fees in both public & private schools, CULTISM, boyfriend & girlfriend things etc

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If what I saw in a government secondary school last week is the way most schools are, then I give up on Nigeria.