How Some Nigerian Universities Derailed

You wonder why some universities are no more what they used to be in the 80s and 90s? A lot of water has passed under the bridge without filter, and this has caused a great damage which a dam has no where-withal to hold the influx. Whenever we look deep into the system, a thought that comes to mind is that the highest authority should have the enormous power to curtail the excesses in the university government, but the reverse is the case.

In recent times, most of the members of the authority are gunning after the unseen, like being heads of the confraternity, laying down sentimental rules for the acceptance of students, which originally should be based on merit, placing money above primary assignment, especially the ones that come with bribe,  appreciation of immoral dealings, which mostly come as scratching of backs to get high grades, and so on.

It is quiet embarrassing when your wards/children come back home with certain cultures imbibed from school, without any strict measure put in place by the authority to shun such indictment of modern day schooling. The system is majorly focused on the business aspect of the education sector, thereby ignoring whatever vices that may be attached. Most students have however resulted to lecturer-student relationship in order not to be an outcast in a class, eventhough it may come with certain price. Sentiment has eaten deep into the system that preference has set in while awarding scores, and has made it so difficult to spot those who merit the upper grades from those that are judged by sentiment.

The university system of the old had certain hiccups, but not as noticeable as the modern day system, where backlogs of students who ought to have graduated rest in a file till some dates the certificate would have been forgotten by the students affected.  The lecturers should think back to the past, if they were groomed the way they operate now, or it's a new norm to be celebrated.

Weighing our options,  should university system continue this way, dropouts will be uncountable, and most parents will prefer to use their hard earned money to set a business for their wards and children instead of pumping it into a system where the certificate will be useless, couple with the immorality that their children will be exposed to. Moreover, entrepreneurship is encouraged, and white collar jobs are scarcely available.  The authority in the universities should have a rethink if eventually they wouldn't be affected by this social menace that has brought about moral decadence to the system. This has however given students a wide space to practice the unthinkable we hear and see in recent days, and the security put in place is handicapped to succumb the pressure being mounted on the university system that has turned into a den of robbers, prostitutes, and cheats.

What Momma Never Taught Me...

In every home, there is always a place for tutors. The place of a mother as a great tutor cannot be replaced, but despite all the tutorials gotten from a little tiny beginning, there is one thing mother forgot to teach me. Right from birth, she taught me how to suckle on her breast, she pressed her nipple to my mouth for me to get the little drop of milk to quench my thirst. After four months, she cushioned the chair for me to learn how to sit by myself. I thought to myself, could she have been tired of carrying me to and from the house? No! She just wanted me to learn.

Her curiosity wouldn't end at that, but she continued to teach me how to crawl, and sometimes she forgot she was not a four legged creature, all in the name of teaching me how to start a beautiful beginning.  The furniture helped my happy feet to stand, and momma held my two hands to keep them walking. Fortunately! that little baby has started walking, courtesy, momma the tutor. She never stopped being a tutor, because her zeal to keep my head up high remained. She taught me my assignment to a stage i grew to inquire from colleagues and leacturers on how to deal with difficult tasks/assignment, and this added a feather to her cap because I am now a university graduate.

A kitchen they say, belongs to a woman, but this saying could not have been applicable to me if mother never taught me her cooking skills. I learnt how to do the boiling, frying, grilling,  and the whole kitchen magic from the ever relentless woman. She never underestimated the roles of moral and etiquette as she passed that down as well. How to clean up the gabbage, the sitting and dinning rooms, the kitchen, the scrubbing of the bathroom and toilet, and never to ignore, my personal room became my hobby. Above all, she created a personal altar where I learnt to make all my supplications and also to pray fervently.

Indeed momma has tried a great deal! But she never taught me something. This thing in question is something some primary school pupils have known even when their parents are boldly assure of their innocence.  And the thing is 'Love Making" which most people refer to as SEX. Have you ever wondered how your kids got to know how to have SEX without you teaching them? Have you ever been caught in bed with daddy in a compromising position by your kids? Or your usual habit of caressing and french kissing while your kid is standing must have given him/ her a clue? Have you ever thought that your maids must have been trying out something silly with your boy or girl? Or her teacher has not been keeping an eye on the pupils that they have tried something romantically new amongst themselves? Did you ever think that the next door neighbour coming as a friend has a mission? Maybe your kid is a victim of rape already? All these questions are advisable for parents to ask themselves, especially mothers.

Frankly speaking,  momma taught me so many things, but she never taught me how to have "SEX", so how did I know it? KEEP YOUR KIDS AWAY FROM THE THINGS THEY SHOULDN'T KNOW UNTIL THE RIGHT TIME...IT'S AN ABUSE WHEN THEY GET EXPOSED TO IT BEFORE THE RIGHT TIME.