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afm4ever:
am studying same course as you and am in 300 level pls I will like to chat you privately if you don't mind

Okay boss. Send in your contact on this thread. I will copy it. afm4ever?

Dpsychologist:
Having a certificate is the only difference. If i can watch a YouTube video on flying a plan and after learning all the step, i was given certificate i will be able to do it just as those reading the course.

Of course and you would comfortable and confident when you board a plane and you are told that your pilot is a YouTube graduate.

SUPERPACK:
foolish thing. Quote me again and confirm that you are a fool truly.

For a lazy piece of shit and a proud ignorant you take yourself wey to serious.

AhmedEmeka:
Of course and you would comfortable and confident when you board a plane and you are told that your pilot is a YouTube graduate.

What difference does it make.

When it is accredited and Becomes widely recognized. People will not see it as a surprising thing.

Dpsychologist:
What difference does it make.

When it is accredited and Becomes widely recognized. People will not see it as a surprising thing.

Till then, but for now mentioning YouTube as a sub for conventional education was farfetched.

from the comments, I guessed that the right up is good

AhmedEmeka:
Put the YouTube videos you watch on your CV as qualifications and apply for a multinational job naw.

CERTIFICATE ARE STILL VERY MUCH IMPORTANT.

Lol.. This is funny and serious

SUPERPACK:
Gather here if you did not read the long epistle.

I didn't read it.

Well articulated and said.

In summary, Nigeria educational system needs total revamping.

School only scam those who chased unrealistic goals.
With the knowledge, school gives one should be able to discern his/her next step in life.

After school what next? My answer further learning, real education etc: Internship, skill acquisition, trainee jobs etc.
Never be a half baked graduate.

am coming........

Y'all should watch this video, then you would understand what is wrong with the school system in the world not only Nigeria excluding Finland and Singapore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RLA5s-i-6M

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RiyadhGoddess:
Well it depends on the school attended and what you make out of it. I didn't go to the uni but went for professional courses which is school to me. Not only do I pass as a graduate but also feed from the trainings gotten from the school attended. Everybody don't have to be doctor, lawyer, pilot and all...
Whether uni ooo, technical school ooo, mechanical school ooo, designer school ooo, media school ooo, graphic school ooo, stylist school ooo, catering school ooo, vulcanizing school ooo, capentery school ooo, theology school ooo and all other school of learning, school is school and not scam. Just make the best out of whatever school you choose to attend BUT make sure you attend the basics and that is the Elementary and High school. Then decide what other knowledge to pursue. Nothing surpasses knowledge.
Good Morning Nairalanders

He made this suggestion.

You must not have a degree to make it in life, at times it's all about luck and grace.

The most important thing is that if you can read and write you are good to go.

But believe it or not, in the next 50 years, university or higher education will he of zero importance. Universities, polytechnics etc will only stand as degree awarding institutions and research centres and not normal school environment. One wouldn't have to spend years pursuing a degree.

There will be nothing like classes/lectures, tuition fee etc. All it will be then will be: if you can pass a set exam by a school, you will be given a certificate or awarded a degree irrespective of where you got the knowledge from

Prrlimary and Secondary schools will still remain because they are the basic of education. And children within the primary and secondary school ages have not fully grabbed the skill and attitude of self learning

I for see this in the future

Kalatium:
A NAIRALANDER'S PERSPECTIVE ON THE PHRASE, "SCHOOL NA SCAM"

If you're a student in Nigeria, then you must have heard the controversial mantra " School Na Scam" parading itself in arguably every tertiary and secondary institution across the country.

The ardent bearers of this slang believe and profess, in a metaphorical way, that tertiary institutions are equivalent to scam, that these tertiary institutions only extort from us and only offer in return what will prove to be of no relevance at the end. Although it is not that they propose education has a scam but rather school is scam.

But how true can this be? Has school become a genuine metaphor for scam? While I feel inclined to give a quick, direct response to these two questions, especially the second, it is better to first dig deep and explore the reason for the assertion.

UNDEREXPECTATION/UNEMPLOYMENT
I want to address the issues responsible for this ideological shift among our youths. While not endorsing the idea that school/education is a total scam, let us examine the issues that have necessitated such a mindset. First, our society has over the years degenerated in terms of morals and values, celebrating those who make money by all means.

The educated ones are ignored while illiterates and semi-literates parade the corridors of our social fabric and politics, legislating and enforcing a fetid moral code for the populace. Many of them have taken to menial duties to survive.
All the lectures, assignments, projects, fieldwork, and thesis they wrote amount to nothing since they eventually revert to menial jobs, suffocating the space for those who never went to school.

We have a lot of youths who try as much as possible to go to school but the irony is that after school they have nothing to show for their tireless effort in school.
While Growing up, i use to hear stories of how immediately one left the university, the government had a well-paying job and a vehicle waiting for him or her. Well, that was decades ago, right now the state of the Nigerian educational system is so decayed, recovery would be a miracle.

In those days, education paid off. I heard that school certificate holders got jobs automatically while university graduates were demigods. Now Graduates are disappointed and feel undervalued. However, the winner of Big Brother Nigeria, a reality TV show of about 2 months gets much more money than all the best graduating students of a Nigerian University combined who spent (5+xyears) studying in the university.

Welcome to Nigeria where your destiny is changed. Someone study chemical engineering and end up being a teacher. Someone reads economics and now a bus driver.
When you go to school your lecturers will sugarcoat you with all sort of promises to make you believe school is the solution to all problem that education is the key to success.
They will even assure you will get a job. It is after one graduates that they face reality of life .

I have seen where graduates struggle to get internship which is just for a yet i wonder how it will be when they look for job.

It can be argued that schools give individuals the option of security i.e. getting a white collar job (a 9 – 5), but there are millions of people in this country with good degree without a job( About 80% of graduates are without jobs). I dare say then, that, schooling makes you employable and not employed.

All the individuals whose opinion i sought attested to the fact that the present formal institution (school) doesn’t prepare individuals for the reality of life.
Nevertheless, Job employment today is as a result of Nepotism rather than meritocracy due to our nation's state of kakistocracy.

UNDER FUNDING
Ever since Nigeria discovered oil, the majority of the government’s focus has been turned towards the discovery, refining and production of crude oil, leading to huge neglect or underwhelming of other important government parastatals.

The lack of funding has led to the hiring of undercooked teachers who are willing to take the peanuts government can pay, thus leading to the universities producing undercooked students year after year; the result, a vicious circle of incompetence and rot.

STRIKE
It not uncommon for one to spend five, six years in school for a four-year degree programme due to the incessant internal and external strike actions. The persistence of strikes persuaded many Nigerian students to seek formal education abroad, not only in America and Europe but also in neighbouring countries in Africa. Anywhere but Nigeria, at least you were guaranteed an uninterrupted schedule.


When two elephants fight, the ground suffers. Whenever ASUU goes on strike it the students that suffers. ASUU claims they are going on strike for the benefits of students. However, we are the ones being affected by strike not the federal Government Even in the midst of COVID-19 ASUU is planning on further keeping the students at home even after they have languished at home for six months (almost an academic session)

AN ANTIQUATED CURRICULUM
Our curriculums are not evolving with the requirements of the labour market in the 21st century. Students are not directly trained for the labour market.

Lecturers and tutors in many institutions still use old handouts and lecture materials, once a student try to update, he will be failed.

I heard a story of a first-class Nigerian student who travelled abroad to further his education but was told to restart again because his education was not up to par.

There is also a story of a Nigerian who went to seek a job abroad, but the job was given to someone else even though he was better qualified for the job. His employers advised him to take a lesser role in the company while he brushed up his education. His experience supported a hunch that employers were wary of employing Nigerians because they felt Nigerian graduates lacked proper education.


POOR TEACHING METHODS
Students should be taught not only theory but also practical. I mean, it is only in Nigeria you would find an engineering graduate who has never had to take apart a machine talk more of building one, a Mass Communication/broadcast student who has never stepped into a studio or a printing press. Theories are good and fine, but it becomes a total waste if you cannot put them into practice in everyday life.

A lot students have been in school for a few years and they have nothing to show for it. They cannot remember what they were taught in their year 1 neither do they have the professional skills to back up their course of study.

The Nigerian curriculum needs a massive facelift, such that PhD holders can rub shoulders with their counterparts the world over. We need a more pragmatic approach in school instead of the rote method of teaching.

A typical student after spending 4-5 years in school and finally graduates, will still be train by the industry before being employed full time. The school doesn’t give the necessary skills we need after school (in the industry).

It is no wonder students forget what they learned in school. As a Science student, you are not being taught practicals and you are expected to be academically complete.

I have seen where a lot of our lecturers are not serious. Some of them don't lecture on time until a month to exam them they start rushing students, when students fail they are seen as unserious.

80% of what we learn in school is not what we apply outside and 80%of what we apply outside school is not taught in school.

We are not pragmatic in our teaching at all. Our school system exalt cramming. No wonder students don't remember what they learned the last semester.


LACK OF GRADUATE EMPOWERMENT
Our graduates are not empowered to succeed independently or through government assistance. Therefore it seems like a scam when youths go through the rigour to acquire education, pay all the fees, and finally return to square one.

It is more painful because our society does not celebrate educational achievements.

While the winner of a beauty pageant is rewarded with millions of naira, a trip around the world, and a brand new car, a first-class graduate is rewarded with a paltry N50,000. In some cases, nothing is given except a hand-shake from the Vice-Chancellor. Some lawmakers, governors, and high-ranking public officers who occupy leadership positions are either half-educated or bought their degrees from obscure European universities.

I have seen university graduates ride keke tricycles, okada, and uber. In Nigeria, survival has become a challenging reality for young graduates in the face of government’s insensitivity.


Our society does not care or respect education, they care and respect money no matter how it is acquired. We venerate positions, titles, and inchoate accolades as long as money is attached to them.

If nothing is done generation unborn will continue to see school as scam.

NO GUARANTEE
The way school celebrates first class students one will think they will always be the best in life. But after school, reality sets it.

Is the formal institution a prerequisite for success given the great number of witnesses like Mr. Maduka Cosmos?

Mr. Maduka Cosmos dropped out of school to become an apprentice where he learnt fundamental business skills and later became the founder of Coscharis Group; the sole distributor for BMW and Ford cars in Nigeria and most of West Africa. Also, Mr. Vincent Obianodo, a renowned vulcanizer in the Northern part of Nigeria, founded The Young Shall Grow Motors)

Zuckerberg and Gates are school dropouts, yet one invented the world’s most popular social media app and the other is the founder of Microsoft.

Nevertheless, we have PhD holders who do not have a working thesis, who only garner degrees, and make fancy, generic speeches pieced together from articles found on Google, in front of a lacklustre crowd gathered in some fancy air-conditioned hall.

Did Bill Gates have any certificate to become the richest man in the world? No. He dropped out of school.

Did Richard Branson have Masters to become the richest man in the Uk? No. He did not even finish High School.

Thomas Edison spent just about 3 months in school but he became the world’s most famous inventor.

Wright Brothers didn’t finish High School but they invented the Airplane.

Although dangote has a BSC but his schooling was not his secret to being the most richest black man but rather from his family's legacy.

It is results like this that makes students /graduate feel intimidated, especially if their friends who didn’t attend any higher institution are already buying the latest cars in town. While they see their selves in school wasting their time and not getting anything from school.

Some are beginning to see that schools are not the only medium of learning available in this part of the world especially with the emerging trends, such as home tutoring, professional trainings, internships, learning on YouTube, e-learning and reading books.

POSSIBLE SOLUTION

So is school a scam? Not really . However, there are alot of shortcomings that need to be addressed to create a paradigm shift in students/graduates thinking.

What then is the solution to this menace? Should school be scrapped or reformed? As one of my engagements opined, if a system isn’t working, the solution is not in the development of another system but the restructuring of the former system because chances are the reason behind the failure of the first system hasn’t been discovered

Let us not live in self-denial, if our society does not change its materialistic mindset, contemporary youths and generations yet unborn will continue to see education as a scam.

Whatever works for you. All na hustle. As far as it's legit.

If you think education is expensive or unnecessary, then try ignorance.

Please go to school even if you don't use the certificate to work, you will be doing yourself a lifetime favour.

RiyadhGoddess:
Well it depends on the school attended and what you make out of it. I didn't go to the uni but went for professional courses which is school to me. Not only do I pass as a graduate but also feed from the trainings gotten from the school attended. Everybody don't have to be doctor, lawyer, pilot and all...
Whether uni ooo, technical school ooo, mechanical school ooo, designer school ooo, media school ooo, graphic school ooo, stylist school ooo, catering school ooo, vulcanizing school ooo, capentery school ooo, theology school ooo and all other school of learning, school is school and not scam. Just make the best out of whatever school you choose to attend BUT make sure you attend the basics and that is the Elementary and High school. Then decide what other knowledge to pursue. Nothing surpasses knowledge.
Good Morning Nairalanders

Beautiful You,Sis!
Those claiming 'School Na Scam' should hope for a better tomorrow without looking at the today's hapless leaders running Nigerian States.They should stop looking at get rich quick syndrome of the Youth who are in 'Yahoo,yahoo' or other Cults that are deceiving the Youths.
Most of our parents have failed us as to what is right as some encouraged fraudulent certificates from Primary Schools to Universities and this have manifested in poor leadership qualities in Nigeria today. Even in America,no Nigerians can manage companies successfully without higher education in good Universities.Today's seed will surely produce tomorrow's Fruits!.Both Facebook Man and Mr Gates have Foundations running in the most Prestigious American Universities.You think if they are not important,they would be pumping billions into those Universities! Try ignorance then!

my joy for long epistle ehn... Gonna read this when I eat, bath and get on bed. Thanks in advance for this OP

Yoighaman:
If you think education is expensive or unnecessary, then try ignorance.

Please go to school even if you don't use the certificate to work, you will be doing yourself a lifetime favour.

Good! What if their is no money? Should the person be worried?

OYENIYIJK:
Good! What if their is no money? Should the person be worried?

Please struggle, look for the money and go to school. You can start a business and be making money whilst you run a part-time program but please go to school...I repeat, go to school.

Yoighaman:
Please struggle, look for the money and go to school. You can start a business and be making money whilst you run a part-time program but please go to school...I repeat, go to school.

Thanks.

I finished as the senior boy in my school and admitted in one University but money failed me. pride made me not to go to College of Education since then.

Do you think going to COE make sense? I know I can't get a job with the certificate.

School is not scam however it's not just education that is key.

RiyadhGoddess:
Well it depends on the school attended and what you make out of it. I didn't go to the uni but went for professional courses which is school to me. Not only do I pass as a graduate but also feed from the trainings gotten from the school attended. Everybody don't have to be doctor, lawyer, pilot and all...
Whether uni ooo, technical school ooo, mechanical school ooo, designer school ooo, media school ooo, graphic school ooo, stylist school ooo, catering school ooo, vulcanizing school ooo, capentery school ooo, theology school ooo and all other school of learning, school is school and not scam. Just make the best out of whatever school you choose to attend BUT make sure you attend the basics and that is the Elementary and High school. Then decide what other knowledge to pursue. Nothing surpasses knowledge.
Good Morning Nairalanders

nice write up

Ajibade123:
school no be scam no let anybody deceive you
all those people that used to shout school na scam check their GP and you will be shocked that they are one of the best student of their department


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SmartPolician:
In my opinion, school no be scam

We just need to upgrade our education to be goal-oriented and result-driven

Many lecturers need to change their mindsets about education

I remember one of them telling us to make a first class or 2'1 so as to get a good job.

No lecturer, in my time, ever talked about establishing your business.

If we all graduate with the mindset of looking for jobs, who will create them?

Las Las, we passed through the University of Hard Knocks and realized that the kinda job we wanted was reserved for a few.

Today, I am absolutely delighted to have created a good job for myself

Once again, school no be scam

ONCE AGAIN, SCHOOL NA SCAM!!!

NA BIG SCAM!!!

SCHOOL NA SCAM!!!

NA ME TALK AM

SUPERPACK:
Gather here if you did not read the long epistle.

you can see the generation of students we have , very lazy to read :-)

na people wey no make am through school or wey believe say na most to make am through school
na Dem dey shout say school na scam.
And the truthi s that we can not all make it via school.
Education will give you edge in life.
It's your personality and what is embedded in you that makes you rich n great.
The earlier we understand this the better for us.

Even if schooling is a scam, I agreed to be scamed. I may be selling locust beans( my grandma's business) after schooling but I must go school. Let me be among the victims.

proclinician:
I just have a comment on the employment issue. If you are well educated and not just going to school, unemployment is not for you and you have no business looking for job. Like my lecturer will always say, if you want to better equip urself with ur university degree, go in there with the mindset that you have come to learn how to learn. A lot of people just go to school for the sake of it, they lack education and they are out there complaining there's no job.

God go bless you ooo,

madridsta007:
1. Get into a Nigerian University.
2. Work hard. Have no social life, no girlfriend, don’t drink, don’t smoke.
3. Graduate with a 1st Class or Excellent 2.1.
4. Expand your reading and knowledge list beyond your area of studies.
4. Get a scholarship for a PhD or Masters outside Nigeria.
5. Some years later, life meets you doing well at the cutting-edge of your chosen career.
6. That career can be traced to that University education you received in Nigeria.

Instead of helping to spread the lazy narrative of “school na scam” why don’t we, once again, go back to the era where excellence in education is encouraged? I’ve never seen a 1st class student saying, “school na scam”.
Young people in Nigeria today are extremely, extremely lazy, most of them. Then are excellent in grappling for excuses when the “results” come in. This is the problem. Not the Universities. A student that will spend a combined 4 hours per day on the social media and knowing all the updates from BBN would, most definitely, say school is a scam. Because your results will be social media results.

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