It’s
so sad to know that most of the young adults who have access to a smart-phone
can’t operate a computer basically, while it is never too late for anyone to
learn any new skill as long as the individual is interested in learning, it is
actually a form of setback for any society or country not to prioritize
computer studies for young kids in this 21st century that we are. The
educational system that we run in Nigeria is so poor that computer is so alien
to young kids especially those who come from humble backgrounds they don’t
really know the basic uses of a computer device. Yet we claim we are
progressing or let me use the word developing, whereas there can be no
development in the world today without the extensive use of computer.
The
world we live in today is so immersed in the usefulness of technology we can
hardly do anything without making use of any technological gadget, the world
that lies ahead of us is not going to be technological alone, it is going to be
heavily dependent on artificial intelligence yet we are teaching our children
to live a very crude life. also we all know that the educational upbringing in
the western world is different from ours ,because looking at the curriculum been taught in our schools which are mostly abut repetition of what has been
taught for the last 20-30 years ago which is a major setback. Even farming in the
developed world is not in the crude phase any more, as long as we are not going
to make our children wake up to the life that lies ahead of them they will
always be treated as third world citizens.
It
is not the end of the world that most Nigerian parents are crude when it comes
to the world of technology, but rarely will you find a household in Nigeria
that doesn’t have a young adult who can help the younger ones in the right path
where these kids can learn how to maximize and at least catch up with the rest
of the world .The sad thing about this is that most people who want to give
their children computing awareness can’t afford it but that is not enough so far we have a strong resolve to improve our
children intellectual .Technology has so many conventional and unconventional
advantages in this century .As much as we need
government to provide conducive technological learning environment and
facilities for our kids, I strongly believe this revolution starts from our individual
families as to me early exposure to knowledge brings about vast Improvement and
enlightenment.
My advice to all parent or
guardian is to ensure that their children get engage in computing ,let teach
our young ones the basics of technology ,let advice and guide them into making good
use of the provided gadget with them and not just wait for the government to do
things for us . parents or guardians should strategize and make sure that our younger ones get early exposure on what
going on and not to depend too much on school curriculum but rather we keep them
enlightened on various technological skills and also computing skills they can
acquire.
Source:www.naijastable.com.ng
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