tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post116245740887442702..comments2014-08-13T13:14:14.054+01:00Jeremy[email protected]Blogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1162488517705312682006-11-02T18:28:00.000+01:002006-11-02T18:28:00.000+01:00Hmmm...1981? I was not even born. What is the Minister of Eductaion doing? <BR/>There will be no change(significant one,anyway) if there is no drastic shake-up in our eductaional system cos quality education is the first step to development.Anonymous[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1162483576643654202006-11-02T17:06:00.000+01:002006-11-02T17:06:00.000+01:00"who's to say constant change is a great thing...even if they could do what theyve been doing since 1981 well I'd have no complaints. Change for change sake is pointless"<BR/><BR/>I agree that change for its sake isn't necessarily a good thing. However, is there evidence that there are systems in place to ensure regular comprehensive reviews? I lean towards the line of thought that this state of affairs is as a result of negligence not design.ade[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1162480828832595282006-11-02T16:20:00.000+01:002006-11-02T16:20:00.000+01:00Jeremy:<BR/><BR/>You mean learning the same things, such as Mathematics, Reading, and Writing? I guess I don't understand your outrage, if it's that. Change simply for change's sake isn't good.<BR/><BR/>As we Americans say: if it ain't broke, don't "fix" it.<BR/><BR/>UPDATE: As I was going to post this, I read what anonymous said at 11:51! Well, someone else who thinks as I! What are the odds?Shangohttp://ifconfig.blogspot.com[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1162470192442530142006-11-02T13:23:00.000+01:002006-11-02T13:23:00.000+01:00The wonderful thing about Nigeria is how the incredulous seems normal. Any right thinking person would be shocked and appalled by this, but I'm not in the least bit suprised.Nkemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16179240558587295386[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1162468274500441442006-11-02T12:51:00.000+01:002006-11-02T12:51:00.000+01:00who's to say constant change is a great thing...even if they could do what theyve been doing since 1981 well I'd have no complaints. Change for change sake is pointless.Anonymous[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1162463517836762122006-11-02T11:31:00.000+01:002006-11-02T11:31:00.000+01:00That was the year I left secondary school.<BR/><BR/>So what were all those professors who became ministers of Education doing, including the one who was once the Education minister and who is now the Aviation minister?<BR/><BR/>It is a travesty that the current and future competitiveness of Nigeria is put in such great peril.<BR/><BR/>And with the Sino-Nigerian relations promising technology transfer mentioned in <A HREF="http://africanshirts.blogspot.com/2006/11/sino-african-love-in.html" REL="nofollow">African Shirts</A>, how can you transfer technology when there is no fundamental knowledge to interface with?<BR/><BR/>I do worry, I do really worry.Akinhttp://akin.blog-city.com[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1162457497607073812006-11-02T09:51:00.000+01:002006-11-02T09:51:00.000+01:00It was 1981. For the past 25 years, Nigerian schoolkids have been learning exactly the same thing..Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07506241936615649754[email protected]