The Human Costs of Nigeria’s Failing Public School System

Without proper funding, little to nothing can be done to improve the state of public schools in Nigeria. Yet, over the years, little attention has been paid to funding these schools. It was June in 2011, and we had just finished our Junior Secondary School exams. Our idle bodies were looking for something to do, and we became the embodiment of the proverbial devil’s workshop. There were about ten of us including me, Adigun, Young Star, Jama and Jigor. I was the class captain and the bookl

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