Home training, hand works like hairdressing, fashion designing, carpentry and a host of others are all categorize under the informal education, however informal they seem, these people are substances that Nigeria needs.
Can a developing country like Nigeria survive without the implementation of an informal education? It is a point of fact that Nigeria as a society places more emphasis on a fulfilled life through the formal education making the informal education less important in the development of the country. Education has been given a lot of definition but the most fascinating one is “education is an opportunity of a lifetime”. This exceptional definition of education shows that the importance of education can not be underrated and overemphasized in the development of a nation. However, many a person interpret the definition as an opportunity gotten from a formal education only.
The world is changing, and with it, the perspective of people on the true advantage of an informal education to the growth of the country, the society, the family and also the individual. An informal education is a type of education gotten outside the school setting making this type of education a bit difficult and interesting. Informal Education looks to create or deepens situation where people can learn, explore and enlarge experience, and make changes. On the one hand, an individual should strive to be successful in both education. On the other hand, an individual who finds it difficult in acquiring one should move to the other.
A lot of young people today see the formal type of education as tiring and view it with obscurity, while some see it as a drive to success. However, many a young person would rather learn a hand work than sit in a classroom with the teacher’s ceaseless cane but their interest has been overshadowed by their future telling parents who want their kids to be ‘future Leaders”. Little wonder how some young persons never succeeded in acquiring Western education but are known as great individuals in their respective fields.
Home training, hand works like hairdressing, fashion designing, carpentry and a host of others are all categorize under the informal education, however informal they seem, these people are substances that Nigeria needs. Has the government ever thought of the increase in unemployment rate, crime scenes and so on, these individuals can be reshaped through both formal and informal education.
Education is not limited to the classroom and the two types of education should be in equal proportion. Nigeria is a society that places much emphasis on formal education than the informal education, however, the formal education system of the country has made Nigerians have a rethink about the true meaning of a formal education. The country has become an abode of unemployed citizens and a host of criminal activities. How can the country survive?
The nation will survive if family, society and individuals give equal respect to both type of education and allow people choose whatever they feel it’s best for them.
Agiri Taibat Blessing
English Education,
Lagos State University.