By Ayodele
Seun
Sociologists
argued that functionality of the social system in any human society depend on
the functional connectivity of the entire system (economic, political,
education, religion etc.). But dyfunctionalism of one social institution will
also affect the entire system due to interconnectivity and interrelationship of
the social system.
Nigerians
has felt the dyfunctionalism of political system on the entire social order and
value in our society. Education system is badly affected to the level that we can’t
boast of functional and qualitative education in Nigeria. More than 80% of our
public schools are in comatose state in terms of structures, lack of facility, unavailability
of instructional materials, poor welfare of teachers and almost empty
laboratories.
Nigeria
public higher institutions had been close down severally due to lack of welfare
of the lecturers and study facilities in our schools. Many states in Nigeria own
teachers up to 5months salaries. Our leaders send their children abroad to
study in prestigious university but neglect our schools that need serious
reform both in structures and system. In spite of this some of these state
offer students scholarship to study abroad yet their state own university is at
the mercy of collapse which is a testament that they are fully aware of the
problems confronting our state of education.
Nigeria
polytechnic and monotechnic went on strike for almost a year, Academic Staff
Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) has accuses federal government of abandoning
polytechnic education. Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has been
synonymous to strike in Nigeria all because of neglect of our leaders both at
federal and state government; Education is on concurrent list which is the
responsibility of both federal and state government to make our education
functional and qualitative.
The new
Administration of people’s General should start genuine change in our education
sector, president-elect should allocate 27% of our budget to education sector
and more emphasis should be place on welfare, training and retraining of
teachers because they are the super structure that will drive the
infrastructures of the schools. Free education is attainable at primary and
post primary level but is unsustainable at higher education level. Nigeria
government should stop selling bad product for Nigerians cheaper because
Nigerians end up losing for buying the bad product, which testify to Nigeria
graduates not unemployable argument. Abraham lincoln says “if you say education
is expensive try ignorance”. Scholarship should be given more to indigent
students to alleviate the less privilege.
Education is
the only legacy that will propel Nigeria for greater future and put army of
super structures on ground to maintain and sustain our infrastructures.
Nigeria
president-elect General Muhammadu Buhari, should make education his first priority
and effect positive change in education sector if he really want to leave a
legacy that even generation unborn will remember him for. Like the yorubas in
all generation do proud of Chief Obafemi Awolowo for his feet of making Yoruba
people the most educated in Nigeria through his education policy in old western
region of Nigeria.
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