By Msonter Anzaa
If the words of the JAMB registrar are to be believed, then about three hundred and seventy thousand Nigerian children who are qualified by the UTME standard, will not have a place in any of the nation’s tertiary institutions next year. It means they would have to sit for the exams again and will continue sitting for the exams until death do them part. Nigeria ’s education system is as rotten as Nigeria itself. Once upon a time, going to school in Nigeria was not as difficult and as stressful as it has become today. Everybody knows that education in Nigeria is not what it should be. In fact, this kind of education cannot serve any useful purpose. Experts and major stakeholders believe the problem with Nigerian education borders on teacher quality, infrastructure, policy inconsistency and general neglect. As someone who has a direct interest in the education sector, it is difficult for me to write on this topic without personal sentiment. In any case, some amount of sentiment backed up with hard facts is hard to dismiss.
