Have you been to a public school recently? If you haven't, I advise you visit one as soon as you can.
I am not born in the 60s or 70s neither did I pass through any public school as a student but I am not without knowledge of its standards in those days up to the 90s. In fact, all of my siblings are products of different public schools and if you know any, you'll know I'm proud of them. However, I feel always shattered when I see students of today's public schools in Nigeria; lacking discipline, self-esteem, confidence and integrity, above all, not competitively brilliant. I then wonder what has gone wrong today? Back in the days of our parents and even the elderly ones of our generation, we learnt and witnessed public schools winning competitions. I remember vividly, the year I was in for Cowbell National Mathematics Competition, a public school won the competition and two others in the top 10 winners list.
Today, it's a different story. The schools are getting empty yearly and the ones that seem filled, are mostly attended by those who could not afford the increasing high rates of the private schools and as a result, are almost treated as though they have no future. Oh my Nigeria, when will thou wake up from thy slumber and become the giant you really were.
Just in the UAE, by government public schools are not generally open to non-Emirati students except for a few private schools which offer a UAE Ministry of Education curriculum while in England, 90% of the English pupils are in state schools according to a recent survey. According to the National Centre for Education Statistics in the United States, total expenditures for public elementary and secondary schools amounted to $620 billion in 2012-2013 and it's no doubt, it's results are evident unlike my Nigeria where N369.6 billion was budgeted for the education and after six months, I am left asking, what is happening to our Education Sector?
To be continued...
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