BY GODSON DA-CLARKE
From childhood I read and heard Nigeria’s educational structure was 6-3-3-4 meaning six years of primary education, three years each of junior and senior secondary education, and another four years or more of tertiary education. Right now the ‘6-3’ half of it constitutes basic education, and in general, this structure runs on a five-days-a-week pattern from Monday to Friday and classes typically run from eight a.m. to four p.m. (or sometimes six p.m. if you add after-school lessons). Primary and secondary school students use school uniforms (presumably a branding strategy for the school) and then endure gruelling holiday lessons, and the certificate obtained at the end of tertiary education is assumed to be the ticket to good jobs and the good life. I think that about sums up Nigeria’s educational structure, doesn’t it?