On Sunday, 11th May, 2013, at about 7pm, the question
on this blog was
debated on CHANNELS TELEVISION in a program titled ‘Face
Off’, between
one Mr. Adegbola Johnson
(a teacher) and Mr. Idada Joachim (a parent). The
heated debate that evening
pointed accusing fingers to both parents and
teachers as the culprits
responsible for the falling standard of education in
Nigeria.
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A cross-section of students in class.
As a teacher and parent, I tried taking a more objective view. I
tend to toll
the idea of Henry Steele Commage, who
once said, "Change does not
necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change.
Education
is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and
|the ability to
satisfy them"
For me, the constant falling of the standard of
education in the country can be attributed to so
many factors, where all
stakeholders tend to blame the other party on the issue-parents
blame teachers for lack of professionalism. The teacher on
the other hand blames the parent
for not spending much time with the child. We can assert that the
system has under-
performed for sure.
The larger society accuses the government
for its inability of to provide basic infrastructure and teaching facilities
for quality education at all levels of the system.
Who says we can't cook!
However, the question that immediately arises is why is the
system failing? Who has failed
our education? Are parents responsible? Could it
be that most teachers are not
professionally qualified as teachers? Are
students themselves free from blame, or do we
conclude that it is the
government that has failed our educational system?- so much questions
to think
about.
If you have gone through this piece and you feel concerned about
this issue, kindly leave your
response on the comment box below.
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my next blog on ‘7 Natural Ways To Lose Your Belly Fat’ on
Friday, 14th June, 2013
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For me, everybody is to blame.
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