Human rights advocate Dele Farotimi criticizes Nigeria’s educational system in a Sahara TV documentary, describing it as progressive yet essentially defective. He criticizes the curriculum as being ineffective and casts doubt on the qualifications of educated teachers. CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
Farotimi laments the inability of Nigerian engineers to construct basic infrastructure, citing foreign engineers working on projects. He attributes the country’s situation to intentional systemic choices, emphasising the need for a paradigm shift. Despite over 60 years of independence, Farotimi contends that Nigeria’s challenges are not accidental but a result of deliberate decisions impacting education and economic goals.
Farotimi said, “What about its educational system? Looks revolutionary. What is it about it that even looks contemporary, from the provision of the infrastructure to even the human resources? Literates are teaching children, and what are they even teaching them? The entire education curriculum of Nigeria is useless, as is the case with most other African countries. What are you teaching? They are graduating engineers that cannot build paved roads. Every time I see Lebanese, Syrians, and Chinese engineers on our road project, my heart bleeds. 60+ years after independence, this is where we are! It is not by accident; it’s by design. See, it is not everything you see around you that is by design; these are design choices, but we are praying; our naira will soon become parallel with the dollar; we are still praying. We should even fast. Those are systemic intentions, and those are the choices it made in order to pursue the goal.” CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
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