Education in Nigeria Part1

"Sir I believe it is suppose to be 'She had already gone to the bathroom before they got in the car.' and not'She had already went to the bathroom before they got in the car.' "the student said...
"Get out of my class, go kneel down outside. You want to tell me you know more than me" The teacher replied
This is the conversation between a student and a teacher.

When a person is not able to express his/herself without being punished for it it tends to give that individual a low self esteem. Now although this is not the entire problem this constitute a large percentage of the problem in Nigeria Educational Sector. Now I believe it constitutes a lot to a students self esteem. That same student may never be able to address a wrong situation anymore even if it is not to the same teacher.

A student's self-esteem has a significant impact on almost everything she does on the way she engages in activities, deals with challenges, and interacts with others. Self-esteem also can have a marked effect on academic performance. Low self-esteem can lessen a student's desire to learn, her ability to focus, and her willingness to take risks. Positive self-esteem, on the other hand, is one of the building blocks of school success; it provides a firm foundation for learning.

The challenge in working with children with low self-esteem is to restore their belief in themselves, so they persevere in the face of academic challenges. You do not need a formal program to promote self-esteem, however. Educators shape self-esteem every day, in the normal course of interacting with their students.

Although you cannot teach a student to feel good about herself, you can nurture her self-esteem through a continual process of encouragement and support. At its most basic, that means showing appreciation for the things she does well, expressing confidence that she will improve in the areas in which she doesn't do well, and adapting instruction so she can experience success.

In Africa teachers are more concerned about their reputation rather their students Education. For instance in my next article , i will give an example of a friend who is a teacher when he was to compute for the students result, the owner of his school called him a told him not to give any student below a particular score just to help the reputation of his school. that not doing any justice to the other students who work hard. His job is even threatened if he decides not to do it.
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I hope you show some support i will be giving the next part of the article soon
source: "https://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/shore/shore059.shtml"