Is education really important anymore for the Nigerians?

[Yeesha]

Education dey really important for Nigeria, no mind say as we dey do like this o, we take education seriously but the problem be say na to get work after school, na make they say make person no just depend on one thing, after make some people wey no get office work or government work, go learn skill, make you employ yourself, because government work no go reach everyone and education dey good because e go fit help u carry u go far and some kind opportunity fit reach u, make we no just dey go school because of work, na this kind mentality dey cause some say school na scam meanwhile dem no fit fill form for bank or fit write their name without person to help them.

What you said is absolutely right. The reason why people are saying that education is no more important in Nigeria is because they couldn't secure a better job after graduating from college, university and so on. We should not hopefully depend in government for a job.  is not everyone that is destined to work as a civil servant, but with the help of the knowledge that you acquired you will  have experience and you will also develop new skills on what you are going to do to be making income and fulfill your needs and live a stable life. With the help of education you will generate new ideas and also make informed decisions that will be beneficial and profitable to you. We don't study just to be a civil servant, we study to be dependent and make our own decisions, and also do something that will bring growth and development to our society, community, and the country at large.

[Mekie21]

You’ve pinned point the primary issue wey we Nigeria Dey experience, for youth of nowadays i go say make them remove that mindset on white cola job after graduation cause that era don pass a long time ago, if you go follow the trend say school na scam, you Dey create more opportunities for the less wey go school to acquire the knowledge for future opportunities, cause by the time majority don agree say school na scam we go dey left with few wey still stick to the idea say school na place to acquire knowledge, when this opportunities come, them go be the few wey go fit handle those offices well, despite the fact say those person wey nor graduate fit use connection enter office, you go only add to the problem of the country cause you nor Dey educationally sound to handle such position. Wetin I go advice be say make you try go the school, when you come out you find skills learn or if you fit put Wetin you study into practice wey go benefit the society and your pocket e go better for you……..

[Mikky02]

This has always been a serious matter mostly in our country Nigeria as we all know alot of people have such mindset and is because of the country we find ourselves in where we have alot of graduate yet no job making education look useless in our country Nigeria is only in Nigeria your see people with no educational qualification holding position in higher levels even jobs is based on man know man nevertheless education is still important in our country Nigeria and even to an individual and no knowledge is a waste we all need to be educated for one reason or the other

[Proty]

It is only a fool that will fail to recognize the importance of education in our country. Despite the fact that there is no much white collar job in the country is not a good reason to say that education is not important because we need education to function well in the society without education the individual is just like a blind person, that is wallowing under total darkness. I do laugh when i see student saying school is scam, mean while they are in school. They are deceiving themselves. Nothing can replace the impact of education in the live of youth and the society at large. 

[$weetne$$]

Education can never stop to be important in the society because education is the foundation of having a great society. The difference between an educated individual and someone that is not educated is big. This life is not all about having money because when you have money and don't know how to manage it, you are going to lose that money. Education helps you understand money and how to live like a civilized individual. To balance life, having an education and also money is important because when you have the two, you have the full advantage of others that have only one or do not have any. Do not forget about education just to look for money and do not focus on only education without thinking about money because you need both of them. It is because we have forgotten about education that our society are turning into a crime zone for people that only care about the money and not how legit the money is being made.

[Sonia_123]

I was checking around a topic to discuss and dis one captivated my attention. Though dis has been discussed some years back but you don bring am again discussion continues. I discussed this with one the staff in the education board in SUBEB and di man point out some valuable things from education. He said, Nobody should deceive the children that they are leaders of tomorrow because that is statement is no more in practical because after education there they can't find themselves in the parliament or in the corridor of power. And he also said there is no work for the graduates in anywhere in Nigeria. And there is no companies for the graduates to work and dat cause di fraudulent activities in di country. And why education is still important because of the new technology wey dem fit use am make legit money online but if na foe work then forget am.

Education is really important so that you can read and write also for easy communication in general, i mean associating with people ,if you are not educated i don't know how you will be able to interact with people and share ideas, imagine you were not educated,how can you be part of this forum and other cryptocurrencies platform.

[Agbe]

Education is really important so that you can read and write also for easy communication in general, i mean associating with people ,if you are not educated i don't know how you will be able to interact with people and share ideas, imagine you were not educated,how can you be part of this forum and other cryptocurrencies platform.

There are different fields of study now in the education field but the main reason of the white people for bringing education to African countries was to use it to communicate.anf that was why English Language was and is still important in education. In all the courses of study in the Secondary school level to the university, you must pass English and Mathematics but in the.real since what concerns someone who is only good with graft work or farming but because of the communication with others, English Language became prominent in the educational setting. That is why we have different kinds of Literature. Under the African Literature we have Igbo, Yoruba, Fulani and Ijaw Literature which can be used their mother tongues to teach instead of English Language. Real African education is the best to make man faces the challenges in the society.

[Sexylizzy2813]

I was in a car yesterday returning back from work, I over heard one man complaining very bitterly that he doesn't know where this country is heading anymore. That he got 3 children and he have tried his best he worked very hard to make sure his first son and daughter becomes full time graduated from anything concerning school side, says but it seems his efforts was wasted cause up till now the children haven't gotten good work with the good grade they had.

They have applied to many companies most of them will tell them to bring money before starting, and it's not a little amount of money that you'll just wake up and get it immediately, then his daughter had the chance to work as a government worker but one man with a big stomach was asking her to sleep with him before anything else. That he wish those times he was wasting time working so hard to trained them in school he would have rather paid for them to learn an and work.

But I saw it in news earlier this day's that the president tinubu is giving 5000, NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICES CORPS(NYSC) you can check it more on here
https://nairametrics.com/2024/05/14/fg-to-empower-5000-entrepreneurial-nysc-members-with-n10-million-each/

And with this it seems school it's important in Nigeria, cause if it's not important the FG wouldn't have be focusing to give out such amount out to the (NYSC). I know their are so many graduates at there not working yet. Do we still believe the government are going to do something about this work issues? Why not just be like as you're graduating you're working directly no wasting time. Wouldn't it be nice that way?

For this our country me I no believe say school na the way again and e pain me say girls no go fit get better job without anything attached to it and guys too go first pay so so amount before them get better job, the country no spoil but e don damage beyond repair as e dey so wey be say without connections (a.k.a man know man) you no go fit get or find your self for where fit wetin you study for school. As e be now with wetin dey happen for the country e go good make we use wetin our parents dem pass thru lesson make e no affect our children in the nearest future like the story of the man you talk about, so things we say nai be the key no be am again.
If education na the answer to success for this country then I no see why all these our top politicians go dey push their children go abroad go study, graduate then come back here come occupy position wey those of us wey suffer study for here no fit get, how the country wan better? Mistake my (our) father(s) make I pray make we no use education is the best and important take make am if not e go worry us (if a child is in pains it affects the parents), make we use our head. People wey get hand work no know wetin God don do for them, na to put am to good use and forget say if you no go school you're not a serious person, na lie be that.

I say make I try explain my mind. Waiting you got to talk about this issue?

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[Different patterns]

No let person deceive you do wetin your mind no tell you because as Nigeria don dey go now no be time to debate school issues as students dey complain. One thing I believe myself be say anyhow people complain about something your case fit be different, na to just gather self courage already no be all fingers dey the same. People fit dey complain now say graduate no get work maybe when you graduate finish you go see work. This issue na common issue as matured men go always say school no get value, the reason why I mentioned aged men because I don hear am wella from their speech, for example e get one time I enter keke and youth corpers full road just imagine wetin the papa wey sit close to me talk, he say after all this struggle no work for them and e better make person carry time learn handwork than to go school. I reason this statement and I relate am with the Nigeria top fashion designer Veekee James, this lady na inspiration to people wey no get money to go school but rather make them purse their dream, school fit work for Mr A but Mr B own fit dey different just depend how you take follow your dreams.

I read your comment and I understand am well, wat you just said nah de truth be that, imagine a friend of mine got admission to higher institution, pesin dey one corner dey vomit rubbish say waiting you want go do for school? Him say him don graduate from school since 2020 and him never see work up till now, shey going to school nah wasting of time make he go learn hand work, when he supposed to encourage am, he dey discouraged him no to go school, when everyone destiny dey different,
       Nah problems of some people b dat they can never encourage  children to go school, and school now is very important aspect of human life as technology is developing everyday.

[Pressurizedem]

Education is the bedrock of every society,whether Nigerians place importance on it or not,whether they see it necessary or not,It is what every society stand on because we cannot have an illeterate to rule us,No,that why's every time I hear people say school is a scam,I keep telling them to shut up,if it doesn't favour you,it only depended on this same mindset you had from the beginning,and the mindset keeps working against them and make it feel like truely,school is a scam.
I want to state this clear,that without education,one can do  nothing really vital.If Nigerians thinks there is any other means of making money,then we should know that the particular means of making money still demand a level of literacy.(education)So we can't escape it.We all need it for our good.

[Juicyhome]

Education can never stop to be important in the society because education is the foundation of having a great society. The difference between an educated individual and someone that is not educated is big. This life is not all about having money because when you have money and don't know how to manage it, you are going to lose that money. Education helps you understand money and how to live like a civilized individual. To balance life, having an education and also money is important because when you have the two, you have the full advantage of others that have only one or do not have any. Do not forget about education just to look for money and do not focus on only education without thinking about money because you need both of them. It is because we have forgotten about education that our society are turning into a crime zone for people that only care about the money and not how legit the money is being made.

Your right mate, we can not undermine the important of education in our country, educated individuals play a vita roles in the running of day to day affairs in our country. without an educated man, the state can't achieve and maintain her international prestige, Nigerians are the most educated in Africa, 80% of Nigerians can read and write, this can be confirmed by the number of Nigerians on social medias, Nigeria has the highest population on social media. Its a sign of an educated society, even in western continents Nigerian are showing their education prowess, in any field you find them.

in spite of the poor leadership crisis that has affected our educational system today, Nigerians are still going to school in spite of the unconducive environment to learn, most of the schools has no building, poor structure yes the students are they to learn, that is how serious education is to Nigerians.
even when there is no hope for employment after schooling, its doesn't the interest of education in us. Because a man without education and a job is a dead walking being. Learning a skills is very easy for an educated minds than an uneducated minds. be it as it may, education is very much important for our nation.
 

[Africolo]

Education is really important so that you can read and write also for easy communication in general, i mean associating with people ,if you are not educated i don't know how you will be able to interact with people and share ideas, imagine you were not educated,how can you be part of this forum and other cryptocurrencies platform.

Don't get me wrong, education is important and consider an ultimate weapon that make huge difference between top profile people and middle age. Education have made so many lives fly out of the country and have also made quite the numbers to have a rethink of their decision of dropping out and going back to school. It's comfortable to be uneducated and still doing well quite in good position, more like working and earning income.

These governed government of the country have shown zero concerns with the level of illiteracy rapidly increasing the country. In this crucial condition of a country, despite the poor healthy condition of a man, he will always bounce back on his feet and take good care of his children. The country policy and rule of law have been compromised, education doesn't have full 80% attention in the country. Every number of citizens are working within their reach to enable themselves enjoyed the good life. Do you do think education is everything one should acquire in life? There are more handling goals in the atmosphere to accommodate and accomplish.

[Joy- maker]

Education is not just important, but very important to Nigeria. I think we should embrace education the more, because Education is something that human being can't do without, as a human you should feel the need of education and it importants.
I think our government should equipt and enhance our educational system, for this is where we are really lagging.

If only you can feel the pains illiterates are feeling you we know how important education is to human beings not only to Nigeria.
Back then in secondary school some of my classmates who are illiterates use to cry, when they see us who knows how to read and write performing very good in school and in classroom, and even when they  see us contributing and answering questions in class during lectures they we feel so disappointed. So can you see how ergar those who are illiterates want to know how to read and write.

[Boron19]

Education is an embodiment of great wisdom in the institute of knowledge which shroud it light upon ignorance, by the grace of light  upon us to bring us out of the thick darkness of ignorance, education have bring about enlightenment, fostering rapid development of the human mind which in turn enhance peaceful co existence and understanding of our environment  for better and greater developmental state, changes and transition into stable economic growth, leadership and technological advancement.

[Proty]

we take education seriously but the problem be say na to get work after school

The major problem wey we get for naija be say we no sabi waiting education mean and de purpose of it ,so since majority no know the benefits they only see it as a means of getting work so since there is no work out there they now think education is not important and they even forget saying no be only for school people dey get education even for house ,be it skills acquisition wey person wants acquire , education is still required.

It is only  the blind that will fail to recognise the importance of education in our society at large and I always feel sorry for students that use the slogan school is scam ,mind you dey are still in school that is to say that dey don't know what they are doing .

[Mpamaegbu]

That he wish those times he was wasting time working so hard to trained them in school he would have rather paid for them to learn an and work.

A lot of awa parents had dat same mindset of sey if we go school na im be sey life don betta for dem and na why dem nor reason hand work or skills acquisition. Now, dem don know betta. I also believe sey those of us wey be parents here too go don learn wan or two from wetin dey sup with Naija and work and begin make plans how we want our children dem to be in future.

I know sey graduates full dis forum but most us nor dey work with awa certificate. Na dis industry dey grease and survive us. E com be like sey na skill wey we acquire. Wetin make awa tertiary institutions nor too make sense be sey dem nor dey teach financial literacy. Na just to read, cram and pour we dey do. The real world needs financial literacy if persin wan survive am.

As for whether education make sense? Yes, e make sense too much. If not for anything, at least to be able to read and write awa names and sabi how to calculate awa money.

[Versatile_choice]

It is only  the blind that will fail to recognise the importance of education in our society at large and I always feel sorry for students that use the slogan school is scam ,mind you dey are still in school that is to say that dey don't know what they are doing .

I support what you said, and that's why people are discrediting education because they did not see the purpose they thought it has for them, the way people they define education they very bad because they think say the only way them supposed get anything na from the school way them go, e good say those ideas done they comot for people eyes to no say another struggle they after person done comot for school.

I no say some people they use waiting those way no go school they achieve they compare am to people way go, actually one of the better things way education do for us na to teach us way of life and how we can use our initiative to do something way be say we go they close to our dreams.

[Obulis]

Education dey really important for Nigeria, no mind say as we dey do like this o, we take education seriously but the problem be say na to get work after school, na make they say make person no just depend on one thing, after make some people wey no get office work or government work, go learn skill, make you employ yourself, because government work no go reach everyone and education dey good because e go fit help u carry u go far and some kind opportunity fit reach u, make we no just dey go school because of work, na this kind mentality dey cause some say school na scam meanwhile dem no fit fill form for bank or fit write their name without person to help them.

As a graduate, getting a job fit no solve all financial problems. So even when person get job need for extra pay for one reason or another dey. Eee come be say job no dey na to learn one skill or another.

Truth be told, our school (primary, secondary, higher institution) system needs absolute rejuvenation. With the way e b now no means say e no dey important.
The value of school still dey vital and visible globally so no be our 9ja wey no need am.
Recovery is needed so that proper education can go on... It is today part of part of most higher institutions to run entrepreneurship as a compulsory course but the whole thing na avenue for stealing from the student in so many ways.

[Obulis]

Nigeria is a country that the government don't understand how to pilot the country affairs forward because they are incompetent and did not merit the offices that they are handling. This is why everything is upside down in the country, and I don't think that a youth should hope in our government for job provision for them because the government does not even know how to generate new job opportunities, what they only know how to do is to steal our funds, oppress and arrest people.

Very important point, this incompetence is also spread along New job offer in the government sector. The school management is not far from it, incompetent VCs and other management members of the academic institutions as a result of incompetent government officials appointing incapable managers in different sectors of local, state and federal offices

[Obulis]

we take education seriously but the problem be say na to get work after school

It is only  the blind that will fail to recognise the importance of education in our society at large and I always feel sorry for students that use the slogan school is scam ,mind you dey are still in school that is to say that dey don't know what they are doing .

May be to graduate and work no dey, to satisfy exorbitant lifestyle (may be person get job but e no dey enough) and many more reasons fit be the reason behind that helpless slogan "school na scam".
Because
 I just dey wonder if school na scam as them talk,
why all the countries dey run school admission every year....