Ekaka14:

The point about Law and Medical Admissions here in the U.S. is correct and clearly NOT a secret ( Same holds for Canada). By the way, my son is in Yale law school, New Haven Conneticut so i know the system. However, that your argument will not make sense in Nigeria as you're only cut pasting without looking at the real issues be-deviling Nigeria.
Where are all the vocational curriculum we used to have in Secondary school gone (carpentry, sewing, baking, typing etc) ??
Answer: same government removed them from Secondary schools.
Where are all the Technical / vocational Secondary schools we used to have? They're all gone!!!
Where are the teacher training colleges? Gone!!
Even the polytechnic colleges are now clamouring for degree programmes because they're segregated and not properly placed in the labour market and down playing their certificates...
You have to treat issues on a case by case basis when it comes to Nigeria and the rest of the world...
Nigeria needs to be specially studied when it comes to policy submersualts....we're up there 🙄
Imagine, how many times that country has changed educational curricula just because some government official had a brain wave or was bored or wanted to steal money ....etc
If we can research enough and stick to what will work fir majority with few exceptions or at least provide options to University education and create jobs...create jobs!!! and create jobs!!!! then that will help.
Your last argument about graduating at 19 or 20 and becoming miserably unemployed does not hold water because even if the individual graduates at 23, 24 or 30 etc in the current Nigerian situation there still will not be hope unless there's a massive political and strategic change in policies all round ...i'm out!🤔

thanks for your elaborate way of agreeing with me- happy weekend!

just4fun:


You do have a valid point but, my concern is usually how many years it will take a student to finish a four year course looking at this our epileptic educational system where ASUU will down tools at the slightest provocation?

Employers keep asking for graduates of 22yrs with Masters degree while some are just gaining admission at that age..

I feel our educational system needs a total overhaul..

next time when employers ask for masters degree at 13 years of age, please enrol your unfertilized sperm into kg 1 so you can satisfy them

instead of you to push for legislation to stop the practice of asking unrealistic employment terms in Nigeria - are busy trying to have your kids graduate at 11 years of age from a university and they end up being empty skulls lacking maturity to face the real world