Topic: Irrelevance of Education in Nigeria. - page 2. (Read 372 times)

Their government should really be thinking up that way rather than on hurrying up theirselves on minding about band-aid solution on developing their economy.Some might be saying that this idea is considerable or ideal but its not. Lets say that education might not be necessary on some aspects or key areas but nothing beats out if a country does have lots of literate people who could possibly
able to do jobs which might those foreign investor might able to see and might built up some business which would really be a potential for helping in terms of development.
Its just a wrong mindset or solution if they would go switch up with that speaking of irrelevance of education.

I live in a country where once, kleptomaniacs, brought the country to bankruptcy. What followed was the disintegration of the country into a little more than 10 independent republics, and high-class scientists who had previously made discoveries and developments on an international scale, traded vegetables in unofficial markets! It wasn't scary, it was terrible! The economy, education, social level were sinking. But, the presence of a good education, free access to information, did their job - people, especially young people, began to develop, receive online education, study professions of interest and demand ... And after a while, even despite the high level of corruption, our country occupied definitely a good position in the international market. No, not raw materials, as some countries do, but goods and services with high added value, formed by our people. I am absolutely sure that we are not much different, and your country, or rather its population, has the opportunity to improve its level of knowledge and skills. Moreover, the modern world allows you to work, for example, in large European or other profitable markets, remotely, from any country where there are no totalitarian regimes and total bans!

If you have a real desire to change yourself and the situation in your country, there are a lot of tools for this! I'm sure you should succeed!

Foreign helps means something, most probably they see something important in Nigeria and that’s why they are helping them. Well, unemployment rate is already part of the problem on every country, but having problem with education is something that needs to be addressed, I know the importance of education and every country should really give their best to provide quality education to its people. If the government can’t handle this, bigger problem might happen in the future.

You speak like someone who has read about the history of Nigeria. Nigeria used to be better than so many African countries but right now, the country's economy is down, and corruption has taken over her leaders, the county keeps borrowing money and the reasons are not utilized properly, so many people can't afford to eat three square meals people are suffering as a result of bad governance.

The rich keep getting richer and the poor poorer that's what is happening in Nigeria. The level of unemployment keeps rising every day and people are not willing to go to school again because they see education as a waste of time and resources. Being educated is good but how do you explain it to someone who has graduated for 5years without a job? . 

I think that Nigeria is now of interest to world politics. A country with 216 million people is the undisputed leader of the countries of the African continent. And I will not be surprised if I find out that for the location of this country some countries will fight to win over to their side. In this case, big money from foreign partners will go to Nigeria and they will help support the economy. And this is the emergence of new jobs for people, education, trade, turnover of goods. I think that in today's global crisis, Nigeria will be able to find a lot of good.

I'll like to start by asking ourselves a few questions.

1. What really is education?
2. Is education limited to classrooms?

If I were to answer these questions I'll say;
Education: is a process of learning. Now, it could be either a trade or a skill. Just like we do here on the forum. Most of us join up without knowing a thing of bitcoin except to have heard of it as a familiar term but, after being on the forum for a long time, following up on discussions, you begin to appreciate it as a means to some bitcoin and crypto education.

Limited to Classrooms: This is a big no. The forum is far from being anything like a Classroom and yet, educating is done here. Now, we take online courses and are certified at that level too.

Looking at education to be tied with schools and four walls is a shallow idea to it as education is more. Looking at the idea for which OP is developed, it presents education as a ticket to some white collar job and haven't gone through the process without securing a job successfully makes it a failed scheme. This is why the government don't do much in ensuring that schools run in accordance with established curriculums and cold go about governance without the institutions fully functional and students at home.

Yeah, it's sad that seems to be the case but, education doesn't offer you a job but, teaches you ideas, skills and all you need to survive certain conditions  presented to you in the real world. You couldn't find a job, you open a franchise. Better still, there is a serving your country scheme you enrolled in that offers tokens in fiat cash immediately after going through the process of institution educating.

There is no where that tertiary institution educating has been a guarantee for a job or something. It only provides you with an edge above the average. Haven't learned a professional course and you ain't getting a gainful employment. Should you have the finance, you could proceed to pursuing your dream by starting small. You've been provided the knowledge by education, now you get to put it to good use.

Being a student and having your school on an unprecedented strike, you could invest your time in learning a skill set that would be useful. Which ever way it turns you try to make the most of it and know that, your gaining survival skills still.

Easy to say, much harder to do, although I agree with your sentiments.

And hey, people all over the world are questioning the need for higher education--especially since it costs so much compared to its benefits to future earning potential.  Even in the US where the education you get at even state-run schools is top notch, students are regretting going to college for 4 years to earn a degree that isn't going to help them land a job in whatever it is they studied (though of course it depends very much on what your major is).

I'd argue that unless you have very specific plans for academia, have a very wealthy family, or major in a field where jobs are almost guaranteed, it's probably not worth spending tons of money on a university education.  And man, have my views changed on that over the years.  I would have said the complete opposite only a few years ago, but tuition costs have risen so much that it isn't feasible for most kids graduating high school.

It's sad but a very big problem in developing/ underdeveloped economies especially in African countries like Nigeria that how their literacy rates are damn too low and people still Live in the third world. Problem with these countries is the vicious circle actually, you have to do either of two things first, either educate your population too much so that companies come into your country to trade or bring in companies to generate employment so that people see lucrative opportunities and study. This is the reason development of human capital takes a lot of time.

For the older generations it will be hard to keep up with technology development and integration on their areas, because they are already used to another lifestyle and as people get older they tend to close their minds to new ideas, innovations and concepts. However I believe for the younger ones it's already possible to make use of internet in countries like Nigeria in a regular basis, possibly through mobile devices, at least. It's well known Nigeria is one of the biggest crypto adopters, if not the main country in Africa to adopt bitcoin. Moreover, OP is an example of that. Taking these facts into consideration I assume internet access is spreading fast in Nigeria these days, what allows those citizens to search for knowledge by themselves, without relying on local authorities to make it happens.

Maybe that would be right and ideal to have authorities caring for them, but reality isn't ideal, so we have to act accordingly to the tools we have disponible in our range.

For those who still don't have access to internet, unfortunatelly all they can do is to wait for now, until it happens. Anyway, I guess it won't take too long at this point.

I'm living in a country where the value of the education system is also worse than in other countries. However, people here especially the poor took the situation as a challenge. They're more motivated than those who could afford to study in universities and colleges. More newly graduates were mostly from poor areas. Yes, the government can't sustain us or even provide us with the quality of education that we need but if we're motivated, our financial status will never hinder us from reaching the goals that we have. I wish that Nigeria would also have the same motivation and see their situation as a challenge and not to rely everything on their government which is also incapable of sustaining them.

Nigeria will not climb out of this hole on its own. She needs financial help. Of course, all the big ones see huge problems within the country and do not want to solve their problems with their money. Although this region could have had its own good history, it is enough just to invest in this country.

It might be the case on other country like yours and mine however it's hard for individuals to grow and learn in countries where almost everyone is deprived with education and supports. We might already how things are in country like Nigeria based from our knowledge from the internet. It is hard for them to learn and research through the internet if they don't even have a computer or internet in their area and how the computer works. I hope your post does not meant to invalidate their situation.

That's very sad to see the education status in some nations and countries like Nigeria. The lack of developed education in these countries is the reason why people are having economic issues most of the time. However, the problem OP mentioned about unemployment after graduation is not something only happens in Nigeria but this happens in many other countries because of many factors, most people who study in school even if they have good majors still don't anything about how the economy actually works in real life that's something happens in most on the countries and not only the Nigeria in different levels.

Not a good idea to make yourself uneducated or doesnt really able to get some degree, even unemployment rate is high but still you cant really be just thinking on having yourself get hired typically on where you do reside.You could go opt in for other places and now that we do have internet then nothing beats out if you do have the credentials thats why its really bullshit on making yourself not to get any education
and focuses out on something which could make you income on point?

This doesnt only talk about opportunities in all scale but also nothing beats out on an individual who does have that ample or sufficient knowledge into things which could
turn out to be that your main weap on facing challenges in life.

It is a pity that educational system in Nigeria is not given the utmost importance, especially the schools owned by the government. I find this so because the situation mostly is that the children of government officials and even children of people in charge of the education in the country do not attend government owned schools in the country, and most times are flown abroad to attain their educational degree. As a result, just as our failing healthcare, education has been neglected, making it look like it is no longer important to be educated. That notion should be discouraged, regardless of how the government may have failed educated people in Nigeria in the form of no employment opportunity, making it look like schooling was a waste, schooling is only a waste when you go through school and do not get educated. Do not mistake schooling to be the same as education, someone can go through school and not get educated, education refines your thinking and equips you to be able to seek knowledge and process information in a more organized manner than one who is not educated, and school is the place to get educated.

Don't wait the government to do anything in order to fix or improve your life. Thankfully we have internet nowadays in areas where it seemed unlikely years ago, and that is all you need in order to educate yourself and find opportunities to learn and earn online. Don't waste your energy and effort in political affairs and potential changes. The society in general is doomed to the failure, because most people can't think by themselves as invidivuals and the few who do think are considered pessimistic and troublemakers. After all, you can't fight manipulation of the powerful ones who rule your country and make the maintenance of the precariousness.

In order words: you can't fix your country, so fix your own life and be happy!

I don't understand, you contradict the title of this thread by the first couple sentences of your message? Education is definitely the most powerful tool that a country has to becoming richer and more successful. The higher education you are and the people around you, the more innovative ideas are bound to sprout. If the education system is poorly designed and unable to cope with the needs of the population that is a whole other story, although I suspect there are some very good schools in Nigeria, but the majority might be underfunded or have incompetent teaching staff. Teaching is a very tough job at the best of times, but in poorer countries it is even harder as the really knowledgeable teachers are bound to flock into other professions than face the stress.

Here's what we can spend our money on! We can help the citizens of Nigeria restore some production to provide people with jobs. Nigeria has the largest oil and gas reserves in Africa, and this is a huge field for action. These industries need to be developed for the stability of the country's economy. If this country gets a little help, it will be able to provide its citizens with a good standard of living.

Since you live there, obviously the situation will be much better understood as a whole how the education system in Nigeria works. However, globally in the realm of the resource-based education system, it is a development that is adapted to each particular region. For example, increasing the growth of natural resources around by utilizing available facilities. The government is reluctant to tackle this on the same scale. This means that only certain regions are selected according to the proposal and the limited education budget.

Talking about the education system in a country, we cannot make the education system of another country a benchmark or equal. So usually they or the government in the field of education design curricula based on education units (elementary, junior high, high school, and university).

Rooted in the problem of education, we often look at it from the point of view of Finland's educational achievements. Because they are the only successful pilot country in providing education. Despite all that, I believe that every country has the same rights and obligations as other countries to get an education. It becomes constitutional and mandatory for citizens to experience the same education, teaching, and achievements and be treated in the same way to achieve the ideal educational goals.

Including Nigeria, a country that can develop in the next 20 years, depending on how the government reacts, its seriousness, or full involvement in preparing productive human resources.

Op you may have a point on what idea you wanted to push out, probably that people who are educated (class room or formal education) are mostly not placed in the jobs they are suppose to do or don't have any at all, this is understandable if you say so but if you say in your topic that education is irrelevant in Nigeria, I won't agree.

Just like some users have responded that other countries have their different challenges, you could be aggrieved that Nigeria is facing bigger challenges and that is actually caused by corruption. You are right that the education system is in shamble, all institutions shut down for close to a year, this is very bad. However, we don't have to lose hope. Education better our lives personally and not the government, so whatever means we can get it, lets not wait for the government. The private schools are there although owned by same politicians holding the youths and country to ransom.

Education is necessary and learning to read and write can never be wished away. I believe the nigerians here are able to read and write because they have some level of education. Education therefore is not irrelevant in Nigeria despite that jobs are not available now but favour is still around.