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The system of Nigeria education is getting worse daily, the pattern of classes, the lecturers schemes, students sluggishness to reading and attending classes, the value of certificates, lecturers students sex relationships and sorting courses, poor infrastructure and less concerned stigma from government, increase in tuitions fees and documents. Honestly everything is quite annoying about going to school that's why most people prefer handwork or skills than wasted years in school. But all this system wasn't like today in 1980s according to our parental history.

I think the reason is because most of the youths in our country believes that our educational system has failed us, and if you look at it very well, you will notice that there is truth in that, i mean i see no reason why a naija youth would spend years in school, make first class and good grades, only to graduate and get fucked up by the labour market. no job opportunities for the youths, even the ones wey manage see job, na peanut them go pay them, seeing all these thing, do you think youths will be enthusiastic about attending lectures or making first class? back then in the 80s as you mentioned, people who graduate with good grades often get the opportunities to do their masters abroad, where we all know that they can potentially be exposed to a much better life and opportunities, some even end up being retained there and many other things, but today, there is absolutely nothing like that, nothing to drive students to work harder and push pass their limits, they feel like the system isn't worth the effort and honestly, i dont blame for thinking that way.

the worst part be say, those people wey no even go school, na e come deyeven give jobs to the ones wey come go carry first class for chool.
the other day, i been dey scroll throgh my facebook, i come see one stuff wey them post about this young tiktoker Peller, where e been say e get job opportunity, say e dey find who go dey hold him camera for am, and the pay na... whether 400k abi 500k wey e talk, and wetin shock me pass na when this small boy talk say the person must get masters degree. plenty people been dey blast am, say e dey insult graduates and master degree holders, and them talk plenty things, but the truth of the whole matter be say, e get plenty people wey get that degree for years, wey never actually see job wey them go pay them reach that kyn amount and that is an insult to the educational systemof this count.

It is heartbreaking to see the deterioration of the education system in Nigeria today. Where education was once a matter of pride, now many people go just for certificates, that too after overcoming many obstacles. The irregularities of lecturers, the weakness of infrastructure, and the government's indifference have all made studying a burden.

Nowadays, people are leaning towards fundamental skills because they know getting a job or surviving even with a paper certificate is difficult. But, sadly, the current generation does not see even a little of the dream that our parents went to school with. If we cannot turn around from here, we may lose education from our midst.

That's because the system of the country is failing, people go to school reluctantly perhaps because they are being forced by their parents or are just doing it for the purpose of pleasing people or blend in. A lot of young people no longer think a a degree would be profitable to them in Nigeria and I cant blame them for feeling that way because with all the graduates the country has produced how many can boldly say they have jobs? There are no job opportunities for the masses, this is the reason why they no longer take education seriously. Education has lost its value in Nigeria and that's that reality of our country now.

To show that corruption Dey everywhere nor be for only politics , most time nah we Dey do ourselves. Things so hard that student are now focusing on both hustling and studies at same time which not suppose to be so , as a student you are here to learn and graduate with good grades , but due to how expensive things are now students have to find some other means to support their parent as they school and most it usually affects their grades because at that moment they will be sharing their time focusing on both studies and side hustling some even go for part time jobs working extra mile to meet ends needs . And lecturers are not encouraging at all you will hear all such of news on how lecturers keep failing student because they didn’t allow them to have their way with the so called students , and stuff this is the kind of system we found ourselves now .

You people have said it all, Nowadays our country is not where you can be killing yourself study to get first class because of government work ooh, there is nothing like that Nowadays the system is education in our country is totally failed,and no body cares about it ooh please I will like to ask some questions.

Why do our so called politicians children are not studying here in our country Nigeria? Because they know that nothing is working here.

Again how many government schools have you ever seen more modernized more than a private one, I am talking about their primary school, almost all of them are bushes some of them the students are no longer coming because their no road to the school,no chairs in the classroom,some have no roof and rain season there's no where to stay and learn,.. infact some many things has gone wrong in our educational system in Nigeria,so many have diverted to other ways of making money and make their life better, infact there government have abandoned us..

All still boils down to the corruption we are talking about, the system now is very corrupt that you do t even know how to sensitized it because it starts from the up to down what do you expect when all you see nowadays is parents buying results for their children and paying to sort courses, paying the have good results for their children from primary, secondary and tertiary, so that they don't fail any exams, in common entrance in some states you must pay  extra fees to support you child in the examination hall, you cannot resist it, it is a must and the education system is aware and not saying anything, they will not isolate your child if you don't pay on it before that day, they will add that bill when you want to collect your child's  certificate, if this is happening in a primary school what do you expect in other higher schools, that is why we have half-baked graduates, for the ones that really took their time to study also suffers these corruption in the labour market since it has to now do with connections.

The system has indeed failed us, everyone are now doing things as long as it benefits them, without actually minding the implications of those actions on the mass. Sometimes we put the blame on the government when even we the citizens are equally responsible for what is happening to every single one of us. You go see small power wey go enter person hand, E go just turn to breast overnight, greed, power drunk, putting ourselves in the forefront, without minding the negative impacts of our actions on others. It's just so wrong, because the more we continue with this mindset of putting ourselves first, the country go continue to dey spoil pass like this self.

The two difference between education before and education now is the employment and the unemployment rate.
In those days, if you graduate from school, there was every tendency that a job is already waiting for you immediately after graduation, you don't need to write plenty applications for you to be employed, infact, I heard job was giving with a car to drive.
But now, hardly will you see such happen, I don't know if it's because education is now very common and everyone is able to get it now, or it's because the country is getting worse everyday. I just know that things weren't like this in those days, atleast certificate was valued, the four or five years spent in school didn't always go in vein, but now it seems the reverse is the case, everything is just turning upside down, and with the way things are even going, it will only get worse if God did not intervene.

I think one of the challenges i can really say that the Nigeria education system is lacking behind, from my own region self i could say poor infrastructure many schools in my regions here really are lacking infrastructure and some basic facilities, making it difficult for students to learn effectively. Pulse students may feel disengaged due to outdated teaching methods or lack of relevance to real world issues.

By addressing these challenges and exploring solutions, Nigeria's education system can be strengthened, providing better opportunities for students and contributing to the country's development.

The way the education system is going on in Nigeria today, it isn't encouraging at all, form the higher institution down to the lowest class in the primary institute is no just encouraging at all, taking a look at today's news headlines, whereby the government has extended the primary school curriculum, and approve a certain number of subjects for grade by grade in the primary school, whereby primary 1-3 pupils are ment to offer 9-10 subject, while basic 4-6 student are expected to offer between 10-12 subject. Is this what the education system needs now? Adding up subject to the curriculum or we need an educational system that isn't affected by corruption. How many government schools in Nigeria are well equipped and developed today, leaving aside some private schools out of it, even the private schools that are well equipped, a child form a poor background won't be able to attend.
While In some institution you need connection before getting into those institution.
Yes what you said remains truth majority prefers hand work order than wasting year's in school and after graduation you start looking for connection to get job very bad.

the thing is that standards of education has spoilt and government is not longer concentrating on education since they noticed that almost all the children is making efforts to be educated both morally and otherwise, what collapses the system of education is corruption by politicians and rich people, sometimes people who is not qualified to be in high school and universities is now pushed into high school and university through bribery and corruption, so that's what makes education to be affected, not only unemployed and employed that damages the system of education in our country

The truth is that education in the 70s and 80s are way better than education right now. Education those days is more respected than education right now, in the sense that most people that are educated in those days end up getting a good job and also better their life's, but today we have a lot BSc holders that are still struggling to get a job and it begins to make them feel that education is just a waste of time.
I can even tell you that the standard of education those days is far better than the education right now. I can remember my grandfather telling me that he did standard six, which in my opinion is the same level with a HND or BSC and he did well on life it, but believe he never got a university education,  but he achieved more than most most people that have a university degree right now. The truth is that our education is really falling and the government has to look into it to make it better.

well their is no good educational structure in Nigeria, the government are not doing anything good to provide for the welfares of the lecturers and students. government only focus and lavish money on politics without looking out to higher institutions. no increment of lecturers salary, no wardrobe allowance, to housing and accommodation, no cars for lecturers or good hospitality to treat them well as for them not to misbehave. they only focus on the newly elected members from the house of assembly down to the local government, without considering the effort of this lecturers who are impacting knowledge to the student or the leaders of tomorrow. i bet if government are doing their duties properly i dont think this kind of things will happen like that. when i was in the university i know some good lecturer that became bad due to hardship. the simple truth is that since government fail to treat lecturers well, they put the anger on students, forcing them to do the unthinkable things, making them believe that money i everything. once you can pay you can sort yourself out and this reduce the rate of reading by student and makes girls to go into prostitution just to get the money and pay to graduate, they leave the life that pleases them and believe money is everything, and it Leeds to massive graduate with empty skull. it is only few that graduated without having that mentality. so government is the major cause of that in my own understanding.

Due to Nigeria so many youths and people have lost hope on education, because they can't find job even though they are first  class graduates which is wrong, since Nigeria can't provide job opportunities for the youth who have graduates the youth feel less concern to go to school because they are fully aware that if it turns out and then they go to school then graduates they will end up doing another thing that it's not related to what they have read  when they were in school so these have result to some youth loosing interest in school, but as of our parental history we found out that the youth and children are eager and furious to go to school but due to some certain  rules and family circumstances some of them ended up not going to school to acquire education and knowledge.

The second user talk wetin dey my mind say the education sector don fail us. No be lie, make we see how things wey no dey happen before don dey happen inside school and e con be like say school now don become place wey children and lectures go enter to do wetin dey their mind aside from learning, the main purpose for education don die finish for this country. Abi make we talk how graduate go finish school begin do something outside from wetin him study? Make we no go their.
E better say make we use that money to train our children for university take open better business and when we see how things be if the pikin like to go back school e dey him hand at least them don settle am with business because no papa and mama go like make that some mistakes wey their parents make for their head to their own children, some of us no sabi any form of work so e go good make we put our children for something productive, any skill to carry hold body as backup incase school no work to the end them fit switch.

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The difference between education before and now isn't about affordability, it's about the country situation. In my opinion, the country doesn't value education due to selfishness, which is why education was better in the past. Our leaders then put the needs of the masses first, ensuring access to quality education,  They do choose qualified teachers who put in their best effort and time under close supervision from above, but today's educational authorities are so selfish that they recruit based on connections rather than qualifications.

Education before work is more than enough for graduates, which is what motivates them to study more, but nowadays, works are difficult.  We have more graduates than works, which is why youth don't value education anymore.  How many first-class grads are struggling today? Does this encourage education?

Thinking that education is only meant for the purpose of getting work it is wrong. Work or no work education remains the key to success in any society. Nigerian system of education has really been affected by corruption, infact the currption is almost in all sectors. There is no time that the country values education than now , if you watch the numbers of people that is graduating from school every year when compared to the past , you will observe a great difference. So I believe Nigeria really understand that education is just all about getting a job know it is far more than that.

It is definitely true that the reason is because our educational system has failed us, with valid points you made mention. To add to what you said, our educational system before had discipline but now there is definitely no discipline compared to then. In our educational system before, teachers pay attentiveness to students but now they are nonchalant especially in our public schools, most of the teachers don’t go to class, they don’t care if the students are following up or not, they don’t care if they cover the curriculum or not, making students lack behind and dull.

There is actually no value for our certificate now, that’s why most persons prefer acquiring a skill that will earn them a living than going to school and at the end nothing.

School fees is increasing everyday including the public schools that were even free before for persons that could not afford going to private schools but now most people can’t afford school fees in public schools and the government is doing nothing about this. Nothing to motivate them in going to school anymore because of bad educational system.

The internet contributed a little bit to the sluggishness to their studies and we all have been that most school dropout content creators are living large than devoted students, and another factor that contributed to the almost failed Nigerian education is our nonchalant leaders that cares only about themselves and family and as long as they are getting rich from our hard earned money, they are not bothered about the citizens anymore because their own children are schooling abroad and they failed to fix our education system.

Most of the information you are giving about the education system in Nigeria is not correct. Yes, there are some regional educational institutions where teachers are observed to be absent and inattentive, so the authorities take appropriate action against them. Due to the somewhat deteriorating economic situation in the country, teachers are focusing more on personal teaching instead of teaching in institutions because they need more money. The problem cannot be solved by blaming institutions and teachers alone. The education system that existed in the 1980s was limited to books, but due to the spread of technology, it should have been adjusted to keep pace with the structural changes in education, but in most cases our government has not been able to implement it, so the difference between the old education system and the modern education system is having a more negative impact on us.

The educational sector in this country is a mess, I'm in my early 30s and the government primary I attended is still in deplicated state till date, nothing has changed, yet pupils are still learning under bad  condition.  

The value of education in Nigeria is still the same zero innovation and low productivity. The Nigerian education system only produces graduates  for job, that's the worst educational system. When the school can't produce graduates that  can invent and produce something then it's not education.  As of today Nigeria is not producing any product to the world , we are a consumption nation because of our poor educational system. Until we fix the educational system never expect change in Nigeria.

The Nigerian education system as of today are worst than as it used to be, the system is now producing unemployable graduates. The Genz graduates are the worst set, the have the Internet advantage but can't embrace it.  They have no character and zero capacity to transform the society.  The Nigerian government should declare state of emergency on the educational system.

The education system in Nigeria has failed people no longer take education serious students found either in higher institution or in secondary sector no longer find education interesting let me talk about the secondary sectors cause that's the foundation and if the foundation is not properly handled it makes everything worse let take for instance private schools do better then government school cause of the systems private schools operate but when we come to government schools everyone do as they like you find school children outside during schools hours playing outside and children under that environment will not be able to read very well how will they find education interesting those set of persons might see school as a waste of time but before it wasn't this bad government should help matters parents should also try their best

It's very pathetic the kind of education we have in Nigeria,our system is very corrupt and manipulative people see school as scams because you will see a graduate roaming the streets for years without having a job after graduation,on the other hand you see someone that got engaged in one skill or the other without going to school doing well, because the skill he learnt is fetching him money unlike the graduate roaming the streets without a Job and even getting a suitable job at times in Nigeria is by connection, without this connection is quite difficult securing a job.

Education in the days of old it wasn't so because once you graduate from school you will surely see job even without connection nor any rich uncle ,the pattern in which the government increases the tuition fees is scary and this forces some undergraduates to dropout of schol because they are unable to afford the tuition fees,to be learning a skill before going to school is better,with that skill you can train yourself in school without finding it difficult to pay tuition fees.

The Nigeria educational system needs to be put on check, normally in other countries they invest in their educational system providing its students the necessary requirements and infrastructure need for success of the program, but here in Nigeria the environment alone serves as discouragement to students. Imagine going to school to study computer engineering for four years with no practical experience, lectures coming to class instead of teaching they began to give life stories, students going to classes wherever they pleases why because they know they can sort the courses, most students graduate with first class degrees without even attending a single class while those who attend classes comes out with second class or even pass. It’s funny how Nigeria education system is down grading and losing its worthy, you see graduates who can’t even defend their degrees cause they didn’t go through legal process it’s either sorting or knowing someone with higher power. Most students just go to school because they believe they need to have certificate while some even buy certificate, the system has been turned upside down, the Nigeria education system should bring back the days where lecturers undergo proper exams before being employed, bring back strict discipline on class attendance, provide students with necessary infrastructure and resources needed to achieve the success of their program and create employment opportunities to motivate students.

It's true that our educational system today is getting worse and we can all agree that education in the days of our parent is way better than what we have right now. The most annoying thing about our education right now is that they refuse to improve the syllabus to fit the current system right now.
Education right now is very bad that we don't even have qualified graduates anymore, because lazy students that have money will pay their way through school and they will come out with good certificate that they can't even defend. This is the reasons why we have unqualified graduates everywhere in the society. This is a guy that I know during my university days that can't even spell something as simple as come, boy, woman etc, but he is a graduate right now. The most annoying thing about this guy is that his WAEC, JAMB and post UTME is way better than mine, so I begin to ask myself how he got such a wonderful results,  but I finally came to conclude that he payed for all the results. This is to tell you how bad the educational system has fallen.

There was dignity and pride in education in the 80s, compared to the educational system we have in Nigeria today, as at that time we have standard six or elementary six as it  was called then and with this elementary six certificate after graduation you will get a job without stress nor connection, an elderly Man told me that during their time after graduation they just go and stand by the gate of any company and whenever the people in charge of employment comes out, they will just ask everyone to come in and you get employed  automatically without any connection.

In our era, education lacks it's credibility and youths of this time no longer dedicate themselves to studying, instead they engage in drugs, fraud and other social vices while in school, forfeiting to study and at the end of the day they result to sorting courses because they didn't study and don't know what to write during exams, some female offer sex to lecturers as a way of sorting to pass their courses, this has left a tremendous damage to the educational system as at today.

Between those system and now which one do you think would have continued?, there are things schools those days was lacking but schooling was not build to stress people and instead of universities, the secondary standards of certificate is regarded as a university certificate and there is no job they cannot employ you, I don't no the basis and the knowledge level of those that was teaching then because the intelligency of people that attend secondary schools those days are even more than some persons with masters certificate now. Work is also another thing that has changed because while secondary papers can easily have a job, a degree holder struggle to find one.

It’s sad that we have gotten to a stage in this country whereby education has been given a back sit, back then there was so much of dignity, pride and promise in education. People saw intellects as people to envy and strive to be like and worked so hard to achieve heights in different disciplines but the reverse is the case today. I still believe that education was far better then than now.

Back then education was far more standard because lots of rules was strictly adhered to thereby reducing the level of malpractice in the system, teachers went as far building relationships with students and knowing the best approach to teach them, this made each student very good, teachers gave rigorous task in form of assignment but this days the standards has dropped because even the teachers have lost interest, everyone is just bothered about money. I feel that the solution to reviving the education system is by making it more attractive by organizing programs and awarding top performance, so that the passion and zeal will return to what it was before. Good jobs should be giving to people with good results not the usual politics they are doing currently, so that the the flame for education can be rekindled.

Education don lone value completely for dis our country now, people wey Dey go school now just Dey go make dem get certificate, because people don sabi how e Dey work already. Just imagine say u graduate with first class, u come study better course also, but at the end if u graduate, u go just come seat for house Dey look government house because nothing Dey. Some wey Dey get work, they are underpaid, how u go Dey pay that kind of money, and things prices Dey sky rocket back.

Honestly speaking the internet should have ordinarily been a big blessing to education in Nigeria but  some how we turned it into distraction instead of a tool to enhance learning. What most students use their phones for whenever they have access to the internet is to spend more time on TikTok videos, chasing trends and watching skits or trying to blow up and become a celebrity in the social media rather than actually learning something useful with it and the most annoying part (though not really really annoying or bad in my own opinion is) those who drop out of school and went into content creation on social media platforms end up with more money than the graduates so this hard reality do really send messages to young people. But what actually baffles me is why does it seem like it is only in Nigeria or Africa that we always talk about the negative things the internet has done than it's positive side especially as it relates to education sector.


The Nigerian education system has collapsed from the foundation like you said. Because if you start from looking at the public or government schools, they don't have proper supervision as most teachers are poorly motivated by their paycheck and students left to do whatever they like without any serious penalty or punishment for bad character. Most government schools now measure the influence of the students on the basis of their financial capabilities and not morals, giving private schools more priority for many people unlike it used to be in the past. I don't want to talk further because it is not really a nice thing to talk about the decadence of our education sector as it is beyond what the eye sees.

You are very correct, why would a graduate who has worked so hard to make first class be struggling to get good job, after having restless time, reading both night and day, spent time and money and eventually finished his or her tartiary education and their is no job for such person, is a very big error. And for this reason, some people are only forcing themselves to go to school, because they have seen millions of jobless graduates with even good grades. If you have seen such a thing happening, what then is your motivation.

In the 80's education was not too expensive, students only depends on their technological know how to scale through and graduate with good grades, and the lecturers then were not so corrupt. But today, the reverse is the case. Some lecturers are ready to frustrate students effort just because he or she did not sought his course or buy handout. Some lecturers even put their whole financial problems on the students , forcing them to pay money before they can pass their exams, and sometimes the female students are being harassed sexually by lecturers before passing their exams, and the educational system is not working this way.

The federal government of Nigeria should do something about this matter, I know government can not provide job for all Nigerian graduates, but priority should be given to first class graduates, they should be offered automatic employment.This will serve as a motivating factor for people who wants to go to school or are already in school. They will be forced to work very hard and make good grades.

The federal government of Nigeria should attach importance to our system of education, creating an enabling environment for students to learn without being victimized. They should build facilities like research centers and attach importance to practical learning. The federal government of Nigeria should also update the courses we learn in our universities to meet up international standard.

Everything in the country has changed from the way it use to be in the past to what it is today. Instead for us to be seeing progress, we’re just retrogressing which is not a good thing honestly. Other countries look back at the past times as the bad times of their times and look at the happenings now for their children as the best part.

1980s till now is more than four decades which we are suppose to have witnessed a better transition of life than what we’re seeing now. The government are making things worse for the masses and this calls for orderliness in the whole system of government. The betterment of schools cannot still be said to be of no use, even if you’ll embrace hardwork, going to school still remains a necessity.

Education now and in the past is not the same . For Nina some go think say there is no change for education sector.we go no fit compared education for early nineties and now. The difference go just they clear, becos e get so many facilities wey no dey then wey dey for school now. Education dey more better now than in the nineties.

To me this is actually a debate, because many will definitely choose education of yesterday why many will really choose education of today, because is two things and individuals must make their selections according to their likeness in this your topic Op.

But me I honestly and hombly choose education of today because today education is far better than olden days education,my reasons in oldens days they dont have enough facilities to use in their studies compared of today teaching in schools a boy of 10 years now operate computer systems giving computer orders,but in olden days I bet you no body can use computer then ,things really changed the more we are going the more new things are coming out ,you can't compare the both,the teachings today is more better than olden days teaching,the major concern here in this modern eras teaching you can use computer in your home to learn and teach you even more than anyone can teach you,to me never compare olden days to nowadays because things are really going well , except the only way the teachings became very poor is because of teachers are not teaching well due to they are not properly paid the teachers will have one or two things they do that will sustain their families because they can't just depends on the teachings,by so doing the attention of the teachers got divided and by so doing the teachers can't be regular at all the time in school to teach.

But this particular side should be blamed by government,for poor arrangement of poor payment and poor infrastructure in the school for the pupils to seat and learn very well, though in the future things will definitely change .

In this regard, I agree with you that there is a difference between the past education system and the present education system and there is also a lack of employment. In the past, the population was small, the number of educated people was small, so only those who had a bachelor's degree would have the opportunity to enter some kind of job. But now there is a lack of employment compared to the population. As a result, many degree holders are unable to find work every year despite passing the university threshold. Therefore, the education system must be made suitable for the current world, innovation and production-oriented and according to technical skills. The government must take strong steps and right decisions in this regard.

The Nigerian educational system is indeed deteriorating. And I think the fault of this unfortunate problem is the Government itself. The government has failed to make good decisions and policies regarding the educational sector. The corruption has eaten up every facet of the country, including education, employment and appointment in the educational sector, which are no longer based on merit but rather on nepotism and the selfish interest of these so called politicians to fix those who are loyal to them, for them to manipulate them in the future for their own selfish gain.

Back in the days when education was strict, contrary to what we are experiencing today. The system had qualified personnel who could fit into the various areas of operation. The government of the day selected credible, qualified and principled individuals to head various areas in the Education sector from primary to tertiary levels up to the ministry. Then, teachers had passion for teaching and students had passion for learning because they didn't have a choice but to learn. The system was designed in a way that prevented them from doing otherwise.
Nowadays, it is quite unfortunate that the Educational system of this great country has been infiltrated by a lot of corrupt practices. One of which includes the employment of unemployable and none passionate but certified graduates into the academic world. When this set of parasitic individuals enters the system, they kill the system. I describe them as parasitic individuals because they only take from the system and don't add any value to the system, thereby depleting the system until it comes crashing or crumbles.

When teachers fail to discharge their duties appropriately by teaching and ensuring students stay disciplined, then we will have a generation of students who are uncensored and uncultured. They don't have the zeal to learn and grow, because they believe their inadequacies will be supplemented by the system.

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The government limited financial allocation is responsible for this deterioration of our country's education system. While the allocation to the education sector should have been increased compared to previous years, the allocation to the education sector this year is even less than in 2024. Last year, the education sector accounted for 8.21% of the country's total national budget but this year its amount has been further reduced to 7.08%. If the allocation to the education sector continues to decrease then the education infrastructure will deteriorate further in the future. An educated population is needed for the progress of a nation but due to the deteriorating financial situation and the impact of corruption in the administration lecturers are not performing their duties properly due to lack of overall monitoring in the education sector. As a result children are reluctant to go to educational institutions and a large portion remains illiterate.

Simple fact, as a youth or a teenager growing up one most underrated that it is essential to back up education with a skill. Because education alone in Nigeria doesn't actually guarantee success in life or provides food on the table.

Skill acquisition is necessary. One can be in a university or even a secondary School and have a hand work they use to provide for them selves. Parents shouldn't hold their children from learning a skill thinking it would distract them from school.

With that said, I actually think the sooner that people start understanding this, the more the chance of poverty reduction will increase.

Please guy's get a skill.

The educational system does not work. Failing is an understatement.

Schools teach rubbish. Our curriculum is outdated. They teach us things our forefathers learnt, without anything to add. The world has changed there are a lot of equipment university can afford because they dont want to. Nothing is new anymore. You dont even need to go to school to get the knowledge most university student have.

Compare the education system to that of China, you will see the big difference. Elementary student knows what the University student Nigeria knows.