Closure of Schools for Voters Registration

We usually place importance on what we value most,and since we have decided to close our schools for the purpose of voters registration, I think the reasons are clear - what we value most. In the first instance, should the children in our secondary and primary schools pay for voters registration? I don't think so. Over the weekend,I discovered that there are other places that can be used for registration.As a matter of fact,many of our villages are not making use of schools for the registration. I may not have done enough research but I have never heard it done anywhere -that schools are closed for voters registration. Holidays could be given for elections but in a situation when  we have to close schools for voters registration,I think we are WRONG.

For years,there has been several reforms in the educational sector. Despite the reforms,things get worse. The educational sector is now a big business where anything goes. Instead of impacting and imparting knowledge, those who are saddled with these responsibilities have become business men and women. Our children are fed with what cannot sustain them let alone sustain a nation. No one can easily determine the extent of these unwholesome activities until sometime has elapsed. In our own case,the results have come to stay. We see the quality of graduates produced by our citadels of learning and how they have impacted negatively on the society.

There's no way to tell the world that the we are serious with reforms in the educational sector if we can't show them through simple demonstration of commitment to good and stable academic calendar. Time is precious, and if I am not mistaken, Africa is the worst in terms of keeping to time. Even our president usually come late to meetings. I have seen people who spent seven years to run a program of five years all in the name of  strike. 

We need to get it right now or never. The world is on the fast lane, and we can't afford to delay any longer. It's time to do total rebirth of our educational sector. Government should stop paying lip services to reforms and embrace practical steps towards achieving sustainable growth in this important sector.