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MY DREAM OF THE IDEAL SCHOOL SYSTEM

 I dream of a time when schools especially the public schools are given the attention they deserve, I dream of a school without broken chairs and leaking roofs, a school where nobody has to sit on the floor or sit with so many other children on an uncomfortable chair. Nobody gets to report a bad chair spoiling their uniforms and injuring them.

I dream of a school where the health care facility is solid and ready to attend to children and health facilities within the schools that are befitting for the next generation of Nigerians. No one has to be sent home when they are feeling ill because the school does not have the proper health facility to handle simple ailments but yet there are almost two thousand children who come to these schools every day.  I dream of a school where the children are not placed on the cold floor with an iron spoon in their mouths when they are convulsing.

Agnes Onyekwere with her pupils on the field
I dream of a school where the children are seen in the true light of who they are...the future! They are provided with all they need to learn, a conducive learning environment with working air condition systems, and great state-of-the-art technology embedded in every classroom.

I dream of a school where the qualifications for entry as a tutor are so high that those who get in are seen as capable and very qualified. A school where the system organizes a compulsory retirement for those who are found to meet certain standard requirements for teaching our next generation of Nigerians.

I dream of a time when teachers will be paid the kind of salaries they deserve, the type that makes the work really worth ones all in all. When there are no delays in salaries for many months and teachers get their pay as soon as the month ends. I dream of a time when teachers are properly supervised and trained on a weekly basis to keep up with current trends in education.

I dream of a time when the blame game between the government and teachers ends, a time when the government does its part and the teachers do their own to ensure the system works properly. I dream of a Nigeria where education is taken seriously and no slacks are allowed.

 

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