I believe 99% of Nigerians you ask this question
will go for the former. I can also bet that they
will be at a loss as to why one "in his right
senses" will ask such a question.
I remember attending a seminar in school last
year, where one Mr. Smart Alozie spoke at length
about our damning educational system. He
outlined that the negatives greatly surpass the
positives. I remember him saying;"I have come
to annoy students",he had said this to prompt us
towards positive awakening of our inner
potentials and gifts that have been long
colonised and butchered by our excessive
overzealousness towards school. Before I
proceed,allow me to differentiate between school
and education,as I believe that this difference is
what we Nigerians have failed to recognise.
School is a formal establishment where people
come to learn one thing or the other. I know you
were expecting the cliche line;"from the
Longman dictionary,'School' is...." naah,quite
frankly I don't care much for such unnecessary
formality. Education is the all-round
INTELLECTUAL development of a person usually
through a series of spontaneous and/or induced
experiences. Its also the process of imparting
knowledge,skill and judgement to a person. If
you were not so hindered by your basic Nigerian
ideology, you might see the difference.
However,I will point it out all the same. In
school,you learn lots of things,in theory and
practical. But what I really despise about school
is the pressure they put on you,the degree of
urgency they give to everything and their
(officials) incredible show of lack of direction.
Before I stray,lemme go back and address the
difference between school and education. In
school you are trained to be "proficient" in a
certain field, therefore,you only get partial or
unbalanced education. But education itself like I
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