About Education in Africa

Yes education is a number one tool for development. Proper education will even fast track development faster than a  democracy without good governance.                                       However we got it really wrong in Africa when we all left our traditional educational systems which was very practical and hands on. The fathers sang ise agbe ni se ile wa,, Eni ko sise ama jale. Iwe kiko laisi oko ati ada ko ipe o, ko ipe o. That song stressed the importance of acquiring profitable skills along side our paper certificates. We must rethink and rejig our educational system if millions of our graduate youths will not remain jobless and turn to crimes.

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