idea whose time should come back? TOLA, December 9, 2011.]
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It is very apparent that students are not learning much in our universities and polytechnics these days. You will notice I did not say, “teachers are not teaching.” Having been a teacher and one who actually love the profession, I hate to pass any snide remarks on teachers but knowing how Nigeria has changed and how the most noble things have turned to dust, so to say, I often wonder these days if these “student-businessmen” have to give their lecturers “cuts” so that they can be awarded grades.
The rot in education, especially at the tertiary level in Nigeria is sending many educationists, human resources personnel and many others wondering what went wrong in Nigeria's educational sector and when it started.
A friend sent me a link today which sent me looking in my old essays on the blog and I had thought if it had not made an appearance, I'd have to post it to let my friend know that a National Youth Service Corps member (graduates of tertiary institutions) without any grasp of the language of instruction and doing business in Nigeria - English - is no phenomenon.
Here is a December 2011 blog but the essay itself was written for my weekly column in The Comet on Sunday in February '03. That's ten long years ago, and it's not surprising things have gotten worse. TOLA. April 15, 2013.