An early Morning Musing about Nigeria.
It's just before 4am, and the relentless barking from the street dog outside had woken me up,I tried hard to go back to sleep but ,it didn't work cause this "stupid dog" would not stop barking.
So I grabbed a head phone to listen to some light music to drown out the barking to help me fall at sleep again, in the process I watch this video below and just could help to think about the state our educational system in Nigeria finds its self today. notes (video not mine)
Indeed since "none serious minded people" most often, unfortunately run public institutions like the ministries of education.
They never really prepared for reopening of school,but like everything Nigerian they just recently Ordered! reopening of "exit classes" with about a week's notice - after so much dilly dallying about WAEC or no WAEC Examination the secondary school final year exams taken by schools in West Africa.
As for public higher education, especially Universities,hmmm 😔😣 those ones are shut up,locked down and locked up like Jericho,while Higher Education progressed seamlessly online in most developed nation when the Corona Virus pandemic hit,for our " beloved Nigeria" The public Universities students were already at home due to a strike action,then came Covid-19 to move the situation from the frying pan right smack into the🔥fire & added Polytechnics/Colleges of higher learning students to the seat at home & do nothing with your life list.
Nobody wants to say it but we know, as govt continues to bury their head in the sand chasing looted and re looted public funds like it's a reality TV show, public higher education students in Nigeria are most likely to lose one full academic year ,no thanks to ASSU strike,Covid Unleashed and you guessed it,an "Unserious Minded" Govt.
Make you ask the question, why are Public institution of higher learning in Nigeria still largely analog with almost zero digital capabilities?
From managing student records ,to access of online resources/ materials/library for students & to even delivery of online lectures- there's been zero investment & so the Corona situation brought the "chicken home to roost "but will government learn, Nope! all we hear are alligations & counter alligations of public/govt officials helping themselves to public funds and then fainting, collapsing, or wearing neck braces,when questioned to account for missing public funds - oh Nigeria who shall save you from these "broads of viper's" ,Yes we complain about the rot,and carry on but I do believe there's an answers ,there's hope. If the answers will not come from my generation,hopefully with children like in this video -,theres answers nestling in coming generation to fight & end this rot in all sphere of government.
Update- so it's 7:30 am.
I posted this video on my WhatsApp status just to share - but obviously not everyone saw it from my angle - so it started the chat below ,between me and well,even though we ain't seen or talked in years, let's just say a Uni,friend from way back when we both studied at the same University in the UK.
I leave bits of our WhatsApp conversation here..
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