WHO’S TO BLAME WHEN A CHILD FAILS

I can understand the fact that the student has a part to play in the process of learning and all that. Though I think that that role the student has to play becomes more and more influenced by external factors the lower that child falls in the socio-economic ladder.

I feel that it is unfair to blame a child who has to follow his or her parents to farm or hawk on the street three times in five school days for failing at the end of the term, especially if it is tied to that child meeting his or her survival needs like food and water.

Aishat on the international day of the girl child

The public school space is a place where the student is blamed, flogged, and castigated for failing when indeed most if not all failures within the Nigerian public school space should be shared, It should be shared because it is the responsibility of the government to provide a conducive environment for students to thrive but No! Our pupils are sitting on the floor or on worm-infested chairs just to access education. It is the responsibility of the teacher to provide a world-class learning experiences in the classrooms to improve academic and non-academic outcomes for their learners but No! They do the bearest minimum with the usual excuse of “How much is the government even paying us sef?.

Most parents come back home from work or business and instead of trying to check what their children have been doing in school or at least have someone that would be assigned that role, they give the excuse of not having enough time, or not having enough education themselves.

Later on, the child fails, and boom! Everybody raises their eyebrows at the child.

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