Is education still a scam to you?

The rate at which students in my school keep saying "school na scam" meaning school is a scam is so alarming. They keep saying this and I am like is this for real? Is school truly a scam? Is there no value in education again? Is education not the best legacy again? All these questions popped up in my head because of the levity hands my fellow mates and junior ones are using to handle education.

So many people out there don't have any belief in education at all here in Nigeria cos of the way our educational system is over here. They are not ready to even learn even the basics at all because so many graduates are out there jobless. They thought they don't have anything to offer if they don't have any job instead they send their children to learn handiwork without knowing what education is.

I am not saying that learning handiwork is a bad thing, not at all. In fact, it's a great thing when our children learn handiwork but it should go along with education. Handiwork without any knowledge of education is nothing to write about. I am not saying there isn't anyone out there that didn't make it without education, there is but they are few. Even the few ones, ask them what their face see before they got to that stage. They will tell you education is important and they regretted they didn't learn it.

One of Nigeria's old leaders, Obafemi Awolowo once said that " the education he brought to the western part of Nigeria, is not for fun but for them to be able to communicate with others of a different race since English is a universal language". He said this to advise them to learn it so that they won't feel cheated at all in whatever they are doing.

Many Nigerians will know a particular comedian who does go around with an Army after reporting that some set of people abuses him with lovely words. He does meet with those that don't know what education is at all, he will report to the Army that the person said " he is beautiful ", you need to come and see the way those people will be rolling on the floor begging him that they didn't say that, tears in their eyes saying they didn't say that. The begging is always massive cos of the fear of what the Army can do to them.

If they had been educated, they will know the word " beautiful " is not abuse but a compliment. He does use different words like "handsome, fine, generous" but the uneducated ones won't know all these words are good, they will start crying and begging that they didn't call him that in the presence of the Army he brought to them. With all these, many still don't see the reason to be educated, hmmm, I pity a lot of them with this mentality.

There was a story I heard about a particular man, he was not educated. He has a handiwork that provides his daily bread for him, he was so good with the work that people want to work with him. So one day, some white men came to him to help him promote his work locally and abroad. The painful part was that he couldn't communicate back to them in English, unfortunately for him, his apprentice was a bit educated and he knows about the work too. This man called his apprentice to talk to the white men which he did but the other way round. The apprentice told them he is a co-owner of the work and he is ready to do what they said. By the time the white men left, he told his boss that they are not serious, they just came to waste their time. Since his boss doesn't understand all that they said, he ignored them and move on.

The apprentice went behind and arrange with the white men and before his boss could know what was happening, he already planned the deal with the white men and left the country. All this happened because the boss wasn't educated and couldn't understand all that they are saying. This is the reason why one should be educated even if it's just the basics because a time will come when it will be needed. Education is never a scam even though the economy is not appreciating it in Nigeria. The word is evolving and it require everyone to be educated.

With this little, I think I am able to convince you that education is the best property you can get and give to your child also. Change your notion about education and school as a whole, it's what you need most in life.

Thanks for reading and God bless us all 🥰🥰🥰.