Nigeria, March 16 -- As challenges in Nigeria have mounted, everything the country holds dear has come under vicious attack. Family life, societal values, communal living, education, national ethics, and indeed everything the country cherishes has been mercilessly scrutinized.

Perhaps, as Nigeria has struggled to adjust to the rising dysfunction, nothing has come under more pressure than education. In these days when many people are questioning the value of education, with music artistes, many of whom are dropouts, coining hit songs to further question the place of education, the Nigerian government at different levels have continued to do embarrassingly little to reverse the ugly trend.

Without a shred of doubt, the place of children i...