perhaps i should tell you
right away
straight away
right upfront right now
that
i really
don’t know the current prevailing state of things
regarding
this practice
as at today MARCH 2025
and
perhaps currently available technology
like the Internet
.. and Google Search in particular ..
may be able to help us
if
we want to get an update on this issue
however
sometimes
some things don’t seem to change here in Nigeria
and
sometimes it seems
to be
an ever perennial re-cycling
of old issues
all the time
whether it is
for example
THE LACK
OF
AFFORDABLE CONSISTENT REGULAR RELIABLE
ELECTRICITY
365/366 DAYS A YEAR
52 WEEKS A YEAR
12 MONTHS A YEAR
YEAR IN YEAR OUT
EVERY YEAR
THE FLOODING OF PARTS OF NIGERIA
DURING
THE RAINY SEASON
AND
THE SPILLING OVER OF WATER
FROM THE RIVERS
e.g the River Niger
LEADING TO
A FLOODING OF
THE LANDS NEAR THE RIVERS
AND
THE HAPPENSTANCE OF
INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
OCCASIONED BY
THE FLOODING
LINKED TO THE RIVERS
THE DISPLAYS
OF
DANGEROUS
AND
SOMETIMES VIOLENT
ETHNIC
TRIBAL
XENOPHOBIC
SLANTS
TO AND IN
THE POLITICAL PROCESS
so i guess
perhaps
things are still the same
in regards to this issue
and that
we really should do get an update
as to
the exact current state of things
as at date today MARCH 2025.
however,
the circumstance that
we should get some indicator
as to what it is today
does not change the reality of back in the day
and
that reality was that
for a period of time
perhaps
1974? to 1980?
1980? to 1990 ?
and
perhaps
earlier or later
if
a little child ( male or female )
of
about
9 years old
10 years old
11 years old
and
thereabouts
from
THE SOUTH EAST STATES
and also
THE SOUTH WEST STATES
wanted to go to Secondary School
in furtherance of his/her education
having completed the Primary School Years
and
such a little kid wanted to attend a
NIGERIA FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL
i.e
a
NIGERIA FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COLLEGE
that little kid would need to score very high marks
AT LEAST AN AVERAGE OF 70%
( .. and sometimes HIGHER )
to be admitted into
THE SAME CLASS
WITH SOMEONE FROM ANOTHER STATE
IN THE SAME COUNTRY NIGERIA
WHO NEED ONLY SCORE 40% or 50%
TO GET ADMITTED INTO THAT SAME SCHOOL
Cherokee D Ass aezeegboh ohbee nm ( ezigbo obim ),
i guess at this juncture
it may be helpful
for us to mention
for the purposes of folks who are not very familiar with Nigeria
that
NIGERIA CAN GENERALLY BE DIVIDED
INTO :
(1) NORTHERN NIGERIA
and
SOUTHERN NIGERIA
(2) NORTHERN NIGERIA STATES
and
SOUTHERN NIGERIA STATES
(3) NORTH EAST STATES,
NORTH CENTRAL STATES,
NORTH WEST STATES
and
SOUTH EAST STATES,
SOUTH SOUTH STATES,
SOUTH WEST STATES
and that
the little kids from all of these states
DID NOT HAVE THE SAME CUT-OFF MARKS FOR ADMISSION
INTO NIGERIA FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SHOOLS
in the
1974?A.D to 1980?A.D PERIOD
1980?A.D to 1990?A.D PERIOD
with the resultant reality
being that
in the
1974?A.D to 1980?A.D PERIOD
1980?A.D to 1990?A.D PERIOD
A LITTLE CHILD FROM ONE STATE COULD SCORE 50%
AND
GET ADMITTED
BUT
A CHILD FROM SAY OGUN STATE IN YORUBALAND SOUTH WEST NIGERIA
AND
A CHILD FROM SAY ANAMBRA STATE IN IGBOLAND SOUTH EAST NIGERIA
WHO SCORED THE SAME 50%
COULD NOT
AND
WOULD NOT
GET ADMITTED INTO THE SAME SCHOOL
AND NEEDED TO SCORE HIGHER
.. AT LEAST 70% OR MORE
TO GET ADMITTED INTO THE SAME SCHOOL
we probably need to
take a look
at
HISTORY HERE
take a look
at
HOW DIFFERENT PARTS OF NIGERIA
RESPONDED TO
THE EDUCATION INTRODUCED TO NIGERIA BY THE BRITISH
take a look
at
THE ACTUAL YEARS IN HISTORY
IN WHICH
SECONDARY SCHOOLS WERE BUILT IN
THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF NIGERIA
and
then see
how
and/or
if
this realities had any linkage
to the emergence of the terminologies
EDUCATIONALLY ADVANTAGED STATES
EDUCATIONALLY DIS-ADVANTAGED STATES
Cherokee D Ass nnkeh nm,
in this regards
perhaps it may be of some relevance
if
we take a look at
(1) THE RESPONSE OF NORTHERN NIGERIA
TO
THE EDUCATION INTRODUCED INTO NIGERIA
BY THE BRITISH
(2) THE RESPONSE OF SOUTH WESTERN NIGERIA
TO
THE EDUCATION INTRODUCED INTO NIGERIA
BY THE BRITISH
(3) THE RESPONSE OF SOUTH SOUTH NIGERIA
TO
THE EDUCATION INTRODUCED INTO NIGERIA
BY THE BRITISH
(4) THE RESPONSE OF SOUTH EASTERN NIGERIA
TO
THE EDUCATION INTRODUCED INTO NIGERIA
BY THE BRITISH
[ TO BE CONTINUED ]
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