Nigeria, March 17 -- For Ndidi Godwin, switching her children's education from a private to a public school has turned out to be a huge mistake. The Methodist Primary School, Ewu-Tuntun, which her two daughters attend has gradually - but steadily - become a shadow of itself over the past years. And there seems to be no succour in sight.

"I removed them from private school and brought them here because I know what I got in a public school," said Mrs Godwin, who runs a shop near the primary school.

"It's public school I went to in Lagos State. For primary, I went to Ajubiliee Primary school, secondary is Bolade Grammar School, then Lagos State Polytechnic, have I not achieved?"

But the current state of Methodist Primary School, Ewu Tuntu...