coogar:


interview a 10 yr old student in the usa and interview a 10 yr old student in nigeria and compare their level of intelligence. the difference will make you want to become a terrorist and target the education minister in nigeria and blow him up to pieces.

Natasha,,:

^^lmoa 

I really appreciate every one who has commented on this topic, but I would like to ask ''some'' of you a question are you trying to say that in the whole of Nigeria, we have no good school?

BABE!:

HAHA---Why do I find it sooooooooooo hard to believe this your miracle of a story?  Did you study for your SAT? 2-yr master in 7 days?  You couldn't spell, you couldn't write and you made a 2399 in your SAT? hmmmmm---

So the fact that "they" are not making you pee in your pants makes education in the US a joke? Errrmmm, it's a developed country you know? Think about that.

The Nigerian standard of education is high… on drugs.  
Very funny statement indeed. Someone here mentioned the fact that students in his school overseas didn’t know what BODMAS was. Like that is supposed to be a standard measure. If one went that route then how many Nigerian engineering students know what Matlab and Scilab are, softwares that have become ubiquitous with learning in other climes.  

The education curriculum especially at the university level needs to be updated and brought in line with current global realities. During my university years most, if not all, of what I was taught was from ancient notes recycled by the lecturers. Skills that are needed for most technical jobs today are hardly acquired in our universities. People have been saying all this for a long time now, education in this country is in a terrible state. One look at some people’s posts here on NL and one can see how deep the rot is.

As a doctor who tranined in Nigeria and practising in the UK, i tell you the standards were pretty good.
What we lacked in equipment, we made up for by amassing vast amounts of theoretical knowledge.
I teach medical students in the UK and some of the things i knew as a part 4 student in Ife, many final year grads here have no idea of.
Thats not to mean they wont do well, they have just left the level of you needing to know everything when there are so many specialists to help you out in your practice(specialist diabetic nurse, specialist sleep nurse, specialist asthma nurse etc).
All in all the system is good in Nigeria, it just needs tweaking and provision of the right ewuipment and learning environment.
I have met so many Nigerian consultants doing well and holding their own here in the UK health system and more than 90% of them graduated from Nigerian medical schools.
The system is good but the implementation could be so much better.

MeandSum:

He was being sarcastic

The system of education in Nigeria is mostly outdated, and lacks any kind of versatility,or homegrown developments or innovation.
I serious doubt that we have many competent teachers anymore, even. The schools find is difficult to update the curriculum, and there is little or no practical approach in our education. Technical education is as dead as Lord Lugard.

I'm looking for a school for my toddler son right now. All I hear is 'british system', 'montessori', bla bla bla. I ask simple questions like 'show me some non-classroom activity like sports and vocational education', and all i get is mumbled excuses from the schoolmarms.

All we know how to do is read read read in Nigeria. Read read read and cram cram cram. Look how we have broken the Ivy league code. Now even Harvard and MIT are holding recruitment fairs in their new gold mine, Nigeria. Nigerians can spend any amount of money on a bloody certificate.

@ SUV
U must have attended almajiri skool, One of those skools dat ve AK 47 labs instead.
D truth be said. How can u study computer science in a University without cin a computer. Naija is not dat whacked.

michylabo:

Guys, naija educational system is not that bad. Some skooled in Afghanistan and claim they also have good education, yes, probaly in al qaeda camps, I am a good product of our system, and i represent anywhere in d world i go, Education is not just abt learning in d classroom, but involves loads of research. Be it in Europe or Africa. Once u carry out a research u improve your knowledge, Look at Prof Awosika, Known worldwide for marine studies. Prof Soyinka. Prof Ayolabi. e.t.c. DR Meshida, Guys google search dis names and c pls were they all skooled and their acheivements

AjanleKoko:

The system of education in Nigeria is mostly outdated, and lacks any kind of versatility,or  homegrown developments or innovation.
I serious doubt that we have many competent teachers anymore, even. The schools find is difficult to update the curriculum, and there is little or no practical approach in our education. Technical education is as dead as Lord Lugard.

I'm looking for a school for my toddler son right now. All I hear is 'british system', 'montessori', bla bla bla. I ask simple questions like 'show me some non-classroom activity like sports and vocational education', and all i get is mumbled excuses from the schoolmarms.

All we know how to do is read read read in Nigeria. Read read read and cram cram cram. Look how we have broken the Ivy league code. Now even Harvard and MIT are holding recruitment fairs in their new gold mine, Nigeria. Nigerians can spend any amount of money on a bloody certificate.

percipi1:

Many people on Nairaland just like to talk and talk and talk.

Nigeria education is not as bad as you people seem to think

If you think it's that bad, i will advise you to be part of the change and stop running down your heritage.

Many people on Nairaland just like to talk and talk and talk.

Nigeria education is not as bad as you people seem to think

If you think it's that bad, i will advise you to be part of the change and stop running down your heritage.

i humbly disagree. . . .

nigeria's standard of education is low. education isn't only about cramming stuffs in your head and pouring it out in the exams. it goes beyond that.
no engineering student in any nigeria university has worked with a router before and you are saying our standard of education is high. . .i laugh in boko haram.

interview a 10 yr old student in the usa and interview a 10 yr old student in nigeria and compare their level of intelligence. the difference will make you want to become a terrorist and target the education minister in nigeria and blow him up to pieces.

fxtopedia:

I make bold to say the STANDARD OF EDUCATION is high in Nigeria. It is the QUALITY OF EDUCATION that is low.

For us to appreciate this, let us distinguish between the two,