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16 Factors that Killed the Nigerian Educational System at the Primary and Secondary Level

 16 Factors that Killed the Nigerian Educational System at the Primary and Secondary Level By Emeka Esogbue Teacher: (To one of his male students) Why are you so rough? Why do you behave like this? Tell me, is this how you behave at home? Student: No, Aunty, my father will 'kill' me if I behave like this at home Teacher; (Looking surprised) Then, why did you choose the school to behave like this?  Student: (Talking with boldness) Aunty, it is because you, people don't flog us here. My comment: One of the worst things that happened to the Nigerian education system in recent times, is the entreant of the private schools, uncontrolled by the government. It helped to bury the primary and secondary school system.  School ownership turned schools to businesses - a profit-making venture to the detriment of impartation of discipline The Factors 1. School owners prefer students to teachers. Teachers are nothing and students being money are everything 2. Children are no longer to b...