Tech Professionals, Why Are Nigerian Students Still Suffering?

I recently spent over an hour at LASUTH just to register for a doctor’s appointment. Despite all our tech talk, nurses ended up calling patient names like bus conductors, and the queue barely moved. I needed a State-of-Origin certificate to apply for Access Bank’s graduate program, only to be told I must travel to Victoria Island or my village back home. It felt like a slap in the face of every “tech guru” preaching digital solutions. Our education system forces children through 13–16 subjects, 7:45am–5pm school days, compulsory paid extra lessons and endless assignments. University lecturers, many trapped by their own pasts, continue to treat students like numbers to be failed. It’s time for tech experts to build tools that ease this suffering. Imagine a passion-driven model: in-class lessons on Mondays–Wednesdays, online sessions on Thursdays–Fridays, personalized guidance counselors, AI training, and fully digital, affordable e-materials. Let’s stop glorifying needless hardship and start using technology to empower the next generation.

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