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Amiel Fagbulu

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Feb 11, 2012, 7:21:18 PM2/11/12
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It is my fervent hope that the 17 who passed really passed because if they are from other parts of the country where the children and some of their teachers are 'smart', half of that number would have received assistance from one source or the other.

Please there are many dedicated teachers in Nigeria who bleed as you do about the sad state of education. A large percentage of those adults who populate the classrooms are referred to by the statistics of the Federal and State Governments as 'unqualified teachers'. I personally have sworn never to subscribe to that usage since 'unqualified pilots' do not fly the planes I use and 'unqualified doctors' do not minister to my family when we are sick. My little house was designed not by an 'unqualified architect' neither am I being represented by 'unqualified lawyers' in my fight against the Federal Government to stop this madness.

Any state that rejoices about the quality of the education being given to its children is in denial or coma. The problem is serious and governments have enough professional advise as to how it can be remedied.
If they go into their archives they will probably find 90% of the solutions they need. Very few new things will need to be added.

We need more than funds to be able to arrest the decay which is going on daily. If we start with teachers, their initial and continuous training, we may be half way there.

Amiel Fagbulu


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Subject: Re: NigerianID | Re: ||NaijaObserver|| Re: [NIgerianWorldForum] Re : |] Only 17 out of the 18,000 secondary school students in Gombe passed WAEC

 
IBK and Stevek,
 
IBK:  the problem of education is not that of Gombe State alone.  Some southern states may feel  ``good" because they are ``ranked higher", but the fact remains the entire education system is rubbish (you and I will never encourage our loved ones to be educated in it).  You can pump in billions into education, and you will see very little (if at all) in return.  The problem needs a complete overhaul.  The teachers (at all levels) are terribly incompetent, the teaching/learning infrasturture  is largely non-existent and everyone (parent, private sector) essentially left the business of educating the nation to the government...and the government (at all levels) is grossly corrupt and incompetent. 
 
Now back to your question:  those who stole from the State and denied the kids of Gombe access to funds for their education should be found and liquidated (I do not, as a matter of principle, support the death penalty...but there is probably no greater cause for implementing the dealth penalty than on corrupt public servants).
 
Stevek:  the problem of Nigeria is its deep-rooted culture of corruption and mediocrity.  Unless we decisively address these two issues, nothing will ever work in Nigeria.  The education system has essentially failed...the output it produces is largely garbage.  The nation needs to declare emergency on education, and complety overhaul it.  Nigeria, all of it, needs fixing.  There is no region that it doing any better than the others (in all aspects of life: education, healthcare, economy, unemployment, insecurity etc.)   I agree that the Nigerian ``elites" are largely united in their war against Nigeria and Nigerians (because they greatly enjoy the status quo, and will do pretty much anything to preserve it).  They (the ``elites") are the ones that design and sustain the culture of corruption and mediocrity in Nigeria.  Hopefully, the people will rise up against this tyranny...and as Idowu reminds us regularly, ``tyranny to the oppressors (``the elites of Nigeria") is an obedience to God".  We, men and women of conscience, have a duty to work together and spear-head a mass movement against these terrible cancers.  This is the only chance we have to build a Nigerian nation we can all be proud of.
 
 
Abba (urging the people to rise up against the perpetuators of the culture of corruption and mediocrity in Nigeria).

On 11 February 2012 12:23, AVATAR <avatar...@yahoo.com> wrote:
 
Abba and IBK,
 
Let's take this thought one stepp further.
 
The powerless people depend on their [s]elected government to do the right thing. They don't. They collect the allocated resources and go to Saudi Arabia to marry undergae girls and stop at Dubai on their way back and build mansions there and shop for expensive baubles. Then the poor people depend on their elites to correct the situation. Whossai. The elites join the corruption.
 
Then some among the people protest peacefully to the government. The government arrests their leaders and either jails them or hangs them. Then the young ones among the people finally take up arms to correct the situation. Then some of the elites jump up and dclare, 'terrorism is terrorisam'.
 
In the case of the N'Delta. it is just passive deprivation but suffocating pollution, impoverishment, and rampant diseases.
 
No sir, the elites is the problem of ALL Nigeria because the elites only criticise when it is not their own they are criticising.
 
 
As Africans, we have to learn to think or perish.
 
Stevek
Washington, DC, USA
A society of supine lambs breeds erect wolves. - Stevek
A wise man proportions his beliefs to the evidence - David Hume

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Subject: NigerianID | Re: ||NaijaObserver|| Re: [NIgerianWorldForum] Re : |] Only 17 out of the 18,000 secondary school students in Gombe passed WAEC
 
Abba,

What happened to those who are supposed to teach and educate these children?

What to you recommend for those who take the allocation for Gombe state and share it among themselves instead of using it for the purpose it is meant for!

The Northern elite is the greatest problem of the North.

Cheers.

IBK
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Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:49:27 -0600
Subject: ||NaijaObserver|| Re: [NIgerianWorldForum] Re : |] Only 17 out of the 18,000 secondary school students in Gombe passed WAEC

 
Netters,
 
This case further supports my claim that education in Nigeria is  a national security problem.  What happens to the 17,983
who did not pass the exam (and therefore have no real future)?  These are the ones who would be prone to all sorts of problems, and eventually become a menace and/or burden to the society.  The number of kids that did not pass the exams are equally staggering in other states/regions across the nation (and we must salute those who administer the WAEC exam for seemingly setting and maintaining high standards).  Even those who passed WAEC and ended up getting varsity degrees are faced with the other major hurdle of unemployment...making them (the unemployed or under-employed) susceptible to the aforementioned problems.  Besides, our degrees are largely meaningless (because the varsity system is mediocre at best)...the graduates simply do not have the quality training and preparation needed to effectively function in the job place and/or to set up and run successful entreprises that contribute to national socio-economic development (of the likes of Apple, Microsoft etc.).
 
The President should declare national emergency on education without any further delay.  The gravity of the situation necessitates this dramatic action.  We must do everything that is necessary to revamp/fix education in Nigeria...education (quality education that is) is the foundation for national development. It is something no serious nation jokes with.
Abba (equating education with national security in Nigeria)
 
On 11 February 2012 06:21, <aauwn...@aol.com> wrote:
 
Pressure government to make the education of its children (the future leaders of tomorrow) a priority by investing adequately in infrastructure, equipment, resources and teacher preparation.

A country that does not invest in the education of its children cannot expect to compete effectively in today's global economy or to rise above the poverty level for its masses.

Best
Nkechi
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Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:47:59 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [NIgerianWorldForum] Re : |] Only 17 out of the 18,000 secondary school students in Gombe passed WAEC

 
Holy Christ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Somebody must be pulling some people' legs here.

Come to think of it, where are most if not ALL of those 17 students from ?

Here, we have a reservoir of half-baked future boko haramists straight out of the decrepit nigerian public school system and into the madrassas.

What a sweet country. What a "great" country. The "giant" of the black race.   A tragedy of a nation. NIgeria is truly fucked.

Thank God, the black race is better represented by some other nations and groups of blacks than by this accursed nation called Nigeria.

Igboka.
Sometimes last 2 years, Oyo state posted a 2% pass in a WAEC exams...
The next year, the son of sam aluko conniving with the ngbati guy heading the Nigerian JAMB institution magically classified
that state as the 3rd state in the federation with the greatest number of students who scored  200 points or above right behind ...2 yoruba states of course. Followed by 3 other yoruba states and YET....another state with a substantial yoruba population; kwara.
Can anybody beat this level of BRAZEN dishonesty ? And Nigerians kept quiet.
And some fools desperate enough to get FUCKED will still consider anything the son of sam aluko says as some "honest", disinterested, selfless truth.


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The Punch
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Only 17, out of the 18,000 secondary school students who sat for WAEC, NECO in Gombe State, passed - Don
by John Alechenu, Abuja
The Chairman of the Governing Council of the Bauchi State University, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, said only 17, out of the 18,000 secondary school students who sat for the National Examination Council examinations in Gombe State, earned qualification for university admission.


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Adbullahi said this when he paid a courtesy visit to the management of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, in Abuja, on Wednesday.
He decried the poor state of secondary education, especially in northern Nigeria.
This, he said, compelled him to write a personal letter to the Minister of Education.
Abdullahi said, “I sat with the governor and we were really belly-aching about the state of secondary education and he confessed to me that they forwarded 18,000 students for NECO and WAEC examinations but only 17 got university (admission) qualification.”
Earlier, Bauchi State Governor Isa Yuguda said government and the private sector must collaborate to rescue the Nigeria education sector from collapse.
He said the burden of educating an ever increasing population was too much for government alone to bear.
This, he said, was because there were other competing needs which put a strain on government's lean resources.
The governor, who led members of the governing council of the BASU to TETFUND, said their mission was to request that the university be listed among beneficiaries of funds disbursed by the intervention agency.
Yuguda said, “The Bauchi State University is a growing concern and my administration is determined to provide it the basic infrastructure for it to stand on its feet.”

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OLADMEJI ABORISADE

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Feb 11, 2012, 11:26:37 PM2/11/12
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The result of WAEC for Gombe State 17/18000  as made public is very discouraging. However, one would like to see the overall performance in all the States of the Federation under three Classifications namely: State owned Schools, Federal Government Schools and Private Schools. There is need for an immediate  Review of   Policy on Education  in Nigeria. Gombe is just an example of a Mosquito bite, the consequece may be deadly. If 17 out 18000 students passed the WAEC, I have a very strong feeling that a high percentage of them may never return to School for a make up, therefore, the future of having  a Civil Society in Nigeria is  bleak.  This is a concern to all of us. Please, I urge the Federal Ministry of Education/ State Ministries of Education to quickly commision a Research on this and make the Report public within Four weeks. I will advice that no Class should have  more than 20 students, there may be several arms.  There are teachers available in all disciplines.  Hire more Teachers. Some states have not hired Teachers in the last 7-10 years. Retired Teachers are not replaced. There are many Teachers in Primary Schools with Masters Degrees. Several Trained Teachers with NCE are parading around  without jobs. Please borrow a leaf from the Vision of late Pa Professor Awokoya/ Pa  Awolowo  on Education. Please remember that without solid Education in vain is all effort to attain a meaningful Democracy. We are tired of thugery. Let us train these innocent children NOW. It may not all be the fault of the students to fail but majorly on poor management like:Teachers, Environment, Books, Overcroding etc
Thank you,
Professor Oladimeji Aborisade
University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
 
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