There’s a very funny unfortunate norm currently on going in the recent basic school curricula that should worry most parents.
Before i delve into the “holiday/summer lesson” abracadabra.
Which summer in Nigeria….? That’s to show you that’s all borrowed identify they are using to confuse innocent parents.
Most schools engage the kids after school, they enter into another different classes they call “lesson“.
After school LESSON which makes the kids return home by evening most times unlike 1pm for primary and 2pm for secondary in our days…..
“Biko”…, what is it that the teachers teach our kids after school that they wouldn’t teach them during school period?
Mind you, parents pay extra fees for those extra-lesson after school hours aside the normal school fees.
“Just, checkigodu this thing…” (try and reason it)!
So unfortunate…
Painfully enough, these kids would close the session to Embark on holiday… These same schools would organize another summer holiday classes again which brings same children back to school again for more lessons.
My people…. What time again do these kids have to relax.. Play and interact with even parents…?
“Ife a, ọ́dirọ́ gị egwu? (ain’t you surprised?)”
In my days, holidays as the name depicts means a period of relaxation of which kids travel to visit relatives, change environment, learn new things after which they return back to start school so fresh and renewed. We looked forward to Holidays…
Nowadays… There are too many “oversabis” extorting money from parents and further disturbing the poor innocent kids with suffocation.
Below are what another person wrote regarding this issue… :
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Most of you will make your kids go to school till they become useless. You took them to school at age 3 and abandon them there. During long vacation you still send them to school.
To do what?
Can’t you spend time to bond with your kids? What exactly are they going to achieve in school during vacation? Vacation lesson only favour school owners, not you. Allow kids rest for God’s sake.
If you should engage kids during long vacation then teach them skills. Enrol your kids in centres that they can learn practical computer usage, coding, programming, painting and decoration, catering, musical instruments. Let them learn martial art, how to shot guns, how to wrestle. Teach them something beyond pure academics.
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If a school should organize long vacation class then it should gear towards extra curricula activities – debate, modelling, music concert, science fair, mini project. How would you call kids back to school during holiday to learn Math, English, Chemistry, Social studies, accounting, by same teachers that taught them during school period. What is the difference? If these teachers knew what to teach why didn’t they do it during normal school session.
Education is beyond memorizing facts. Give your kids opportunity to develop and be better prepare for life.
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