It has become a culture to see pupils and students go back to school for ‘summer lesson’ when they are supposedly on break. It takes about nine to ten months to complete an academic year which are often characterized with rigorous learning and tedious task.

At the end of a session, children look forward to a ‘relax’ from all that school represents, but these days, the norm has been to see children bundled back to school for ‘summer lesson’

The question is should children be allowed to stay out of school, choose whatever way they want to spend their summer holiday, or they should be pushed back to school?

Argument for in school

• Summer school prepares children ahead of the new academic year
• Some teachers have argued that children who attended summer school scored higher grade than children who did not.
• The children are quick to settle back to school and learn
• Some summer schools teach their students skills such as bead making, art &raft, cookery, and many more.

Argument for out of school

• Children who spent their summer outside of the classrooms feel thrilled and look forward to a new academic year, while children who were in school are bored with routines.
• A child can still catch up and do well with the grades even if he was out of summer school
• After a stressed session shouldn’t children rest and play? ‘All works no play makes jack a dull boy’
• Being out of school allow children to explore and become creative in whatever their hands find doing.


What’s your opinion? Should children attend the traditional summer lesson, or spend their holiday in other ways? Why?

If you have kids, tell us, how are they spending their summer?

Strongly against it.

School vacations are for rest,family get togethers and vacation, music, dancing,swimming classes . No books!!!!!!

Family bonding time and fun ONLY.

Rest! Rest! Rest!

I wake mine up by 5:15am, so that she'll catch up with the 7:15am set time, stays till almost 4pm before getting home. That goes on for almost 4 months in a term, and when it's holiday, she can't get some rest and play around?

Let the kids rest joor.

I know a teacher in a big private school (elementary). If she had a hundred Naira for each time a parent called her to ask about holiday classes (in tones suggesting they cannot wait to get these kids out of their way), she would be a double digit millionaire (if I exaggerate, it is only a little!) Many parents do not want to parent but for "Socaiti" and its pressure on people to do the matrimony, lol. Even people who do not like children are compelled to spew forth children. Why won't these people enroll their kids in holiday boarding school if those were available?

merahki:
I know a teacher in a big private school (elementary). If she had a hundred Naira for each time a parent called her to ask about holiday classes (in tones suggesting they cannot wait to get these kids out of their way), she would be a double digit millionaire (if I exaggerate, it is only a little!) Many parents do not want to parent but for "Socaiti" and its pressure on people to do the matrimony, lol. Even people who do not like children are compelled to spew forth children. Why won't this people enroll their kids in holiday boarding school if those were available?

why give birth if you can't create time for them? those parents must be high I tell you. Already wanting the children out.

memories1:
Rest! Rest! Rest!

I wake mine up by 5:15am, so that she'll catch up with the 7:15am set time, stays till almost 4pm before getting home. That goes on for almost 4 months in a term, and when it's holiday, she can't get some rest and play around?

Let the kids rest joor.

5:15am ? she needs rest truly Moor lol.