Dear Undergraduate There's not much to be proud of about your school The beloved school you call 'king' is one-eyed

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Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Charles Soludo
(Daily Post)

I’ll tell you. There’s some truth in it.

Most computer science students still can’t write a line of code in programming, and even when they can, it’s most likely written on paper. Many physics students have never been in the same room with a spectroscope before. 

A Nigerian science student, for example, will most likely graduate as a student of fiction; he’s never seen any of the things he spent years studying. 

But dear undergraduate, it’s hard to blame you. Many people before you experienced the same thing. You’re a victim of a system that has refused to move with the times and evolve. 

There’s one thing you’ll be held responsible for, maybe not now, but definitely in the future. You’ll be held responsible for not trying to beat the system trying to beat you down. 

How, you ask? By getting better. By knowing that your school work might earn you a degree, but the extra skills you learn will earn you a life. What are students like you doing everywhere else around the world? What are they building? Leverage the one power you have — the internet. 

Find ways to get better, not just as school, but outside school. This way, you’ll truly have something worth being proud of — yourself.

The Nigerian Tertiary School system is broken. This one one is for every student who doesn't want to end up under the rubble.

My brother was having lectures one day for his Post-graduate program in Finance at one of Nigeria’s oldest universities. 

The first thing that really struck him, was the fact that the lecturer felt the need to dictate from a note. This was class filled with many working class people immersed in respect fields of the Finance industry. 

The subject on this particular day was “History of Banking”, and the moment that drove him nuts was when the lecturer read:

“Bank mergers aren’t common in this part of the world.”

For context, this tragedy of a lecture happened less than four years ago. In a country that has seen more bank mergers than democratic Presidents. 

Makes you ask, “for how long has this man used these notes?”

In a recent survey of over 150 working class people, 77% percent of them said their tertiary degrees didn’t equip them enough for the jobs they currently have.

They had to re-learn. 

You’re probably thinking if Prof. Charles Soludo right when he said in 2008 that “60% of Nigerian graduates are unemployable”? (ThisDay)

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Charles Soludo
(Daily Post)

I’ll tell you. There’s some truth in it.

Most computer science students still can’t write a line of code in programming, and even when they can, it’s most likely written on paper. Many physics students have never been in the same room with a spectroscope before. 

A Nigerian science student, for example, will most likely graduate as a student of fiction; he’s never seen any of the things he spent years studying. 

But dear undergraduate, it’s hard to blame you. Many people before you experienced the same thing. You’re a victim of a system that has refused to move with the times and evolve. 

There’s one thing you’ll be held responsible for, maybe not now, but definitely in the future. You’ll be held responsible for not trying to beat the system trying to beat you down. 

How, you ask? By getting better. By knowing that your school work might earn you a degree, but the extra skills you learn will earn you a life. What are students like you doing everywhere else around the world? What are they building? Leverage the one power you have — the internet. 

Find ways to get better, not just as school, but outside school. This way, you’ll truly have something worth being proud of — yourself.