Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Today's Quote

Oga Chidi,

I felt so depressed when i read the news yesterday too. And the excuse is that the cut-off must reflect the falling standard of education in Nigeria; a silly excuse if you ask me. It does appear that if we must address the concern you have raised, there is a need for a total overhaul of the educational system in Nigeria, starting from the National Policy on Education (NPE) down to the Ministry of Education and other educational structures and institutions like the NERDC. For instance, i have had to fight with the school my children are attending because of a proper lack of attention to the textbooks recommended to the students; textbooks riddled with grammatical and factual errors that the teachers and the management of the school take for granted. 

Unfortunately, i doubt we are even near any such comprehensive reform of the education system. Ergo, the cut off will continue its downward spiral. I see the day when the cut off for the universities is lowered to 80. 

 

Adeshina Afolayan, PhD
Department of Philosophy
University of Ibadan

+23480-3928-8429

On Wednesday, August 23, 2017 9:47 AM, Chidi Anthony Opara <chidi.opara@gmail.com> wrote:

Instead of increasing, Nigeria is lowering university admission cutoff mark! Must everybody have a degree? Must one have a degree to be useful to his/her society? Must one have a degree to be "educated"? Must one have a degree to be successful in life? Those who can, should have degrees and those who cannot, should have what they can!

CAO.

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