August 17, 2013

Teacher Can't Read Own Certificate

When the  late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti sang his popular number, Teacher, Don't Teach Me Nonsense, many thought it was just a song but the song had become a reality in time.
It was sometime in 2011, when Governor Adams Oshiomhole paid an unscheduled visit to a primary school in Edo North senatorial district of the state that he found out the rot which has pervaded the Universal Basic Education in the state.
For someone who has embarked on massive construction and rehabilitation of schools in the country of course, he must be concerned with the quality of teachers in these schools. Oshiomhole beckoned on a teacher in the school and asked him what are his workings hours. The teacher could not answer and said I don't know and later murmured "7am to 4pm Sir".
A visibly shocked Oshiomhole now called a pupil and asked, "where is your teacher? The teacher standing beside him replied on behalf of the pupil "na me". That was when the governor knew that he has a serious problem in the educational sector.
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