A photo showcasing how education was free to Nigerians in 1965 has set tongues wagging in the social space amongst netizens.
The picture that was posted on the microblogging platform, Twitter by @NaijaHistoryGrp, captured a permit card issued by the Western Region government in 1965 given to people for free education.
The card which was not paid for entailed that whoever owns one has the right and freedom to a 6-year primary education without paying a dime.
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“No money should be paid for this card, This card entitles the holder to receive from 22nd January 1965 his or her complete 6-year course of primary education free of charge,” the card read.
In an explanation by the Twitter user who shared this, the card was issued free of charge to enable holders of the card a free education.
“The Free Education card was issued and signed by the Chief Akintola-led government. It had been introduced ten years earlier in 1955 by Chief. Awolowo, to great acclaim, and its outcome was greater educational competitiveness.
“For people from the region. Its only drawback was that it wasn’t made compulsory. Opposition areas like Ibadan and its districts who were politically conned not to embrace it in 1955, still suffered a relative educational disadvantage well into the 1980s,” the narration read.
Reactions: Good old days
The photo had many social media users talking and dragging the governments. See some comments below;
@ayinde773: And now our government can’t even build class rooms
@uchennabinigwe: Good old days
@Oludipe1: Yet the progressives want to take that away in the name of pay “cost reflective fees”.
@onasanyaleke: The people whose parents and grand parents enjoyed free education in the old western region of Nigeria,are now telling us that “education is not for the poor”.
@GbenroAdegbola: One simple policy that looked like genius. One simple policy that developed generational multipliers. One simple policy that changed trajectories. Yet a mere few generations down the line, the belief in education as a social transformer seems to have lost much currency.
@adebiiretoms: This era was the best educational quality Nigeria ever offered but dumb folks here expect me to believe higher fees translate to quality.
@adunke_: My aunt was able to write her WAEC because of this policy. Her form was ₦50 at the time
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