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Nigeria Rethinks Education on Nigerian Children’s Day
The 6th of June was Children’s Day in Nigeria. The event was viewed as a chance for all Nigerians to take stock of the future of their children and their children’s education and literacy in particular. Analyst Chijioke Asuoha reflects on what school was like when he was in primary and high school and what is now needed to move Nigeria back to that place:In my primary and secondary school days, we were proudly addressed as “the leaders of tomorrow”. We enjoyed government sponsorship in the name of Universal Free Primary Education (U.P.E). Education was free to an extent. In some states, school children were fed during classes; free furniture, text books and stationery were provided in such states. Renovation of school buildings by government and community was regular. U.P.E. was so widespread that those of us who were in Eastern Nigeria, where free government services were seen as an aberration, enjoyed that civil benevolence at least for once.
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