A free and qualitative education should be
enjoyed by every children. The children of the rich ain't the only one to have
access to a good education. The poor should also have access because it's their
basic fundamental rights.
We have been separated by so many things.Religion
has separated us, race has divided us, politics has disconnected us. Will
education also differentiate us? We should not allow this because we have our
children who are the future to protect.
A book holds a house of gold. But without
the ability to read and learn how can we see that golden house? Also, a drop of
ink may make a million think. But if we don't know how to use the ink, how
would we impact and impart our world? This is why education is important for
everyone.
What has school turned to?
Growing up, our fathers told us the
importance of education in their days. We were told that school was where the
rich kids and poor kids meet. They made it known to us that they were treated
as one because education was free and was at its best.
Today, education has separated us and has
labelled us as "rich and poor". It has created a damaged bridge
between the rich and poor. Our fathers slept and didn't know when poor
education became a fact of life in our generation.
Corruption has eaten our leaders up that we
can no longer see their faces let alone their bodies. The goodies they enjoyed
aren't there for us to enjoy. They swallowed our money and are now
wallowing in meriments with their
families, leaving the poor to grimace in abject poverty.
The children of the poor struggle to study
because they couldn't pay their tuition fees. Most federal universities now go
on strike. To avoid strike, you'll have to be in a private school which tuition
fees you can't pay even in your dreams.
A poor parent who understands the value of
education has no choice than to allow his children go to substandard schools
because he'll pay less. He believes, a bird in hand worth two in a bush.
The rich dads send their children abroad
because they can afford the fees and avoid poor learning here in their father
land. They understand that education is the best legacy but will never help the
poor to get that same best legacy. Those who doesn't travel abroad, go to
private schools where they pay fees that can swallow the monthly payment of the
poor man.
Now, how can the poor and rich come
together? Maybe it's still not rampant now. But if you should look at the
future, you'll predict what'll happen.
If only our leaders can stand, work and
make sure our educating system is back to standard; breathing and alive then
we'll be able to save those poor children who are a lost ball in the weeds.
So
that the poor and rich can come back together.
Free education is what we should all
benefit from as it is in the Nigeria's 1999 constitution, section 18 of it.
Free and quality education can bring us together. And that can go a long way in
building a greater nation, NIGERIA.
It's time for us to rise and study hard as
youths so as to become that special person to help our nation and release her
from abject poverty that has befallen her due to the corruption of our leaders.
LET EDUCATION BE FREE SO THAT THE CHILDREN
OF THE POOR OF THE POOREST WILL GO TO SCHOOL.
Written By Oladapo Timilehin Paul
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