Is Education Important?
by Shally A. Recently, I have been reading about education in Nigeria and I discovered that 40% of children aged 6-11 have never attended primary school. It is so perturbing that lots of children do not have the privilege of education, which is an essential ingredient for development. Another disturbing fact is that education does not seem to achieve its purpose in this part of the world. Education has been reduced to mere cramming and certificate craze . The goal of education is to stimulate the mind and harness talents of students to enable them solve communal problems. Education is suppose to open your mind to possibilities, to teach values, and enhance your creative ability. Good education is the one of Nigeria's major problems. I am tempted to go on and on about the problem of education in Nigeria but my focus is not to analyze the problem, instead I want to share some quotes with you: Seven sins of life: Politics without principle, Com...