By Precious Onwumelu
Eight months at home, again! Lecture halls locked, hostels empty, and 2 million students learning “hustle” from Instagram instead of calculus.
Aproko Mataz isn’t here to bash lecturers or government. We’ve done that for 20 years and we’re still here. Today, let’s talk about solutions, because the strike will end, but the learning gap will remain unless we fill it ourselves.
Community learning hubs in churches and town halls, free Coursera and YouTube courses with data bundles, parents teaching trade skills: tailoring, coding, catering. Libraries lending tablets.
Education is not just in four walls; it’s in the market where a 16-year-old learns accounting. It’s in the workshop where an apprentice learns engineering. It’s in the app on your phone.
We cannot wait for ASUU and FG to agree before our children grow. Resilience is also a subject, and right now, it’s the one being taught.
