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A three-story school building has collapsed in the Iyana-Ejigbo area of Lagos.
In a statement on its official Twitter account, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) confirmed that Excel College, located at 15, Ansarudeen Street, Ile-Epo Bus-Stop, Ejigbo, collapsed at 8:15am this Staurday, 19th September, 2020.
SITUATION REPORT:A COLLAPSED BUILDING AT EXCEL COLLEGE, 15, ANSARUDEEN STREET, ILE EPO BUS STOP, EJIGBO Upon arrival at the incident scene, it was observed that a 3-Storey building (Excel College)had collapsed. Distress calls established that the building collapsed8:15am.
Fortunately, nobody was trapped, and no injuries or lives have been lost in the incident.
However, the three-story building has two wings, and the wing that collapsed has affected the other wing, as visible cracks can now be seen on its walls, pillars and decking.
The three storey building has two wings conjoined, the wing that collapsed has seriously affected the second wing as visible cracks can be seen on the walls, pillars and decking. Fortunately, nobody was trapped, no injuries and no fatality has been recorded.
Schools in Lagos are scheduled to resume on Monday, 21st September 2020, and we had initially reported about it here. This collapse of this three-story school building in Ejigbo, Lagos means Excel College will most likely not open to students on Monday.
What does life look like for Gen Z Nigerians everywhere in the world? Every Friday, we ask five Gen Z Nigerian students one question in order to understand their outlook of life.
With the constant debate about the resumption of tertiary institutions in Nigeria, this week we asked five Nigerian students if they want to resume school even in the midst of all that is going on.
Here’s what they said:
Theresa (UniBen/20)
Resuming right now means sudden doom. I am not done with my mini projects and other assignments. It means constant tiredness and emotional distress because it is back to having class from 7am to 5pm. I imagine everything will be worse now because of all the time lost. I WILL BE STRESSED, and that’s not something I want.
Anita (PAU/19)
I really want to go back to school. We have online classes, but it is not the same. In school, I can be naked in my room without anyone stressing me. I will be living my best life the way I want to, without the uneasiness and stress that comes with being at home.
Eli (UniLag/21)
Resuming means I get to live on my own again. In school, I am my own boss. I choose my religion, my faith and my God. It means money that will never be enough, but will be better than not having any at all. It is running on energy drinks, caffeine while being constantly accompanied by anxiety. I get to dance with my friends by 10pm playing loud music without disturbing anyone, even though we have assignments to complete and classes in the morning. I love not answering to anyone, and not having to hide to do the things I want.
Anu (UI/18)
I do not want to go back, at least not just now. I just started a new job and moved out of my parent’s house. School means an environment with no friends, no job, and dependence on family. It means going back to classes I am barely passing and lots of drugs. School is where I find myself relapsing most.
Paul (Covenant/19)
I really want to go back to school and finish this stupid degree, but there is still a virus outside. 50,000+ cases, and pretending it is not there and opening everywhere up will not make it all go away. School is crowded and unsafe. I want to go back, but I do not want lots of people falling sick and dying.
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I dreamt that I was still in secondary school. SS3, to be precise. I was seated in class freaking out because I was about to begin my Senior Waec, an exam that, in this dream, I was not prepared for. I woke up sweating buckets.
I lay awake wondering “WTF?”, I began thinking of all the insane feats of learning that the school system expects children to achieve every day. Insane feats like:
1) Forcing students to learn everything about like 15 subjects when each subject has its own dedicated teacher.
For reference, in secondary school, I did Maths, English, Integrated Science, Introductory Technology, Home Economics, Agric, CRK, Physical Health Education, Library Science, Visual Arts and a couple of others I can’t remember right now.
These people have spent decades studying a thing but expect school kids to understand said thing in a matter of hours. And then have the nerve to get angry when they don’t. Sir/Ma’am, improve your teaching skills if you want to pull shit like that and stop stressing children out.
3) Sending boarding house kids to prep class every night and actually expecting them to read.
These children are exhausted. They wake up at 5 AM, do housework, go to class and learn all day, then you send them to a two-hour prep class at night, actually expecting them to not fall asleep. LMAO
4) Remember my first point? Now, Imagine ten of those teachers giving the students homework every day.
They go to school and learn all day, just to come back home and do MORE school work. Kilode?? And trust Nigerian teachers to not hear that the children already have too much homework. They’ll just be like “welp!” and pile their own on top.
5) Junior and Senior WAEC.
School children are really expected to know three years worth of stuff in preparation for each of these exams sha. Good God.
If you ever get stopped from entering the kingdom of heaven we are here to tell you that the number one reason would be because of all the lies you told yourself and your parents in Uni. And if you didn’t tell yourself any of these lies, are you sure you passed through Uni?
That you were going to graduate with a first class and make you and your parents proud.
Even after your CGPA hit 1.5 you were still lying to yourself.
Asked your parents for money for books or handouts that didn’t exist.
“Daddy, they said we should buy this 5k handout if not we won’t write exam”. Sound familiar?
That you will still be able to pass that test even if you just start reading for it the night before.
You’ll now start trying to read for the whole course overnight. Who overnight don epp?
Told a lecturer that your aunty, uncle, grandma or grandpa died that’s why you couldn’t do your assignment.
Do you even have the fear of God?
Told your parents that you are doing very well in school.
When you knew you had three carryovers.
That you’ll start reading for your exams before the timetable comes out.
Two weeks after it comes out you’ll still be going up and down looking for handout to photocopy.
That you’d revise what you had learned after every class.
Did you even go for the classes?
That once you enter Uni you’ll party until you drop.
Instead, you spent all your time, eating, sleeping and lying to your lecturers about why you didn’t do your assignment.
At the beginning of every semester you’ll tell yourself that it’s the semester you were going to work hard to get your 5.0 GP
But you won’t go to class or do any of your assignments.
That even though you came back from the club at 5a.m you’ll still go for that 8 a.m class.
If you actually made it for those classes you are the real MVP.
Lied to your parents when you failed a course that it was the whole class that failed because the lecturer is wicked.
When you know you are the only one who carried over the course in your class.
Told your parents that you got admission to study Medicine when it’s Microbiology they gave you.
You’ll now start lying to yourself that you’ll get a 5.0 CGPA and change to Medicine.
That studying in your room was better than studying in the library. That the library was distracting.
5 minutes into your so-called studying in your room you would have slept.
That you won’t go out on a Friday night even though all your friends are going out.
Next thing you know it’s 3 am and you are in the middle of a club giving them shaku shaku.
It might sound like Gerard, but no, it’s not somebody’s name.
2. Subject-Verb Agreement aka Concord
If you don’t remember this, you should really hide your head in shame. This topic caused so much heartache in English Language exams. The struggle to understand concord and its many rules was real.
3. Monophthong, Diphthong and Triphthong
Probably the only “thongs” you remember now are the ones they wear abi? SMH! Shame! Shame on you! Monophthong, Diphthong and Triphthongs are the three different ways of producing vowel sounds. Remember now?
4. Phrases
Noun phrases, verb phrases, adjectival phrases; back then it seemed like every thing was a phrase.
5. Clauses
Clauses made us feel almost the same way phrases made us feel and were just as, if not more confusing than them.
6. Punctuation Marks
Judging by the nonsense way people write on Facebook and Twitter, I’m pretty sure punctuation was the first thing y’all forgot as soon as WAEC was over. Shebi?
7. Prepositions
When to use “in” and “on”, “under” and “beneath”; prepositions were hard to understand even when we were being taught, talk less of now.
8. Verbs and Adverbs
A verb is an action word or a doing wordAs learned in every Nigerian primary school
If this was you defining a verb in primary school, do like this:
9. Nouns and Pronouns
Name, name, name, name; this game helped us to remember what a noun is. But I’m pretty sure y’all have forgotten.
10. Comparative and Superlative
Just add “-er” or “-est” in some cases. In others, “more” and “most”. But do you even remember which goes when?
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