IS SCHOOL A SCAM? Whilst in Residency, we had a daily routine of picking a topic at random and sharing our thoughts on same during breakfast. We would often find ourselves engaging in healthy conversations on educational issues, politics and national development, relationships and marriage, youth development and of course writing, which was that one thing that Brough us together. On one particular morning after breakfast, we zeroed in on discussion about education in Africa. One resident without mincing words blurted out;'School is a Scam! It is not exactly what our parents and society has sold to us'. He continued, 'We have been told from childhood that; Go to school, complete and get a well paying job to help set you up in life. But the reality on the ground is different. I think school is a big scam.l especially in Africa'. With these statements, the tone was set for our conversation at the dinning table. Each resident shared his views on same. We all agreed h
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