Is any education proving unproductive out there!
TEACHING A PERSON HOW TO FISH IS BETTER THAN GIVING THEM FISH, SINCE THE FORMER WAY WOULD FEED THEM FOR A LIFETIME INSTEAD OF A DAY THAT THE LATTER WILL DO.
HOWEVER, IT IS BEST TO TEACH THE APPROPRIATE FISHING THAT THE LEARNER COULD PRACTICE EFFECTIVELY AND SUSTAINABLY AFTERWARDS.
FOR EXAMPLE, KNOWLEDGE OF TRAWLER FISHING WOULD NOT BE THE BEST FOR A PROSPECTIVE CANOE FISHERMAN. NEITHER WOULD SEA FISHING TUTORIALS BE THAT BENEFICIAL TO A PROSPECTIVE RIVER FISHERMAN.
Is a better equipped but corrupt police service not rounding up more criminals only to “settle their cases” at the police stations!
BUILDING STRONG INSTITUTIONS INSTEAD STRONG MEN IS SAID TO BE THE BETTER WAY FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER, SINCE INSTITUTIONS ARE RUN BY HUMANS, IT IS BEST TO BUILD A STRONG AND RELIABLE HUMAN RESOURCE FIRST.
OTHERWISE THE STRONG/RESOURCED INSTITUTIONS WOULD RATHER FACILITATE THE EXPLOITATION OF THE PEOPLE BY A SELFISH WORKFORCE.
Considering the limited capacity of developing nations, can the appropriate social interventions be given priority as “Yêyê nea ehia wie ansa na yêayê nea êfata” (Necessities are attended to before the fashionables”).
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