Chief Obafemi Awolowo was the pioneer of free education in Nigeria. Most people can testify to the fact that if it was not for that offer they might never have seen the four walls of education. So the question is why should the government keep promising free education without fulfilling it? The government should be honest with the feasibility of free education and if not they should look for other means of subsidizing the fee.
The cost of education is very high and most parents cannot afford it. Therefore, they enrol their children in learning trading such as carpentry, plumbing, hairdressing and so on. This is a good initiative as it would keep the children busy rather than roam about the street causing trouble. It is however deficient as the children lack basic knowledge of education.
Government can help these children by reducing the fees of the public schools and universities, award scholarship to brilliant students.
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