Nobody is passing judgment, but I remember 20 years ago in JSS1, my French teacher called Madam Oni punished a classmate called Ikenna Onwumere by wiping the chalkboard with the duster and then dusting his face with it.
Ikenna was asthmatic. And she knew.
Ikenna was asthmatic. And she knew.
She then made him walk from the classroom to the sick bay by himself while he started having an attack, and we could only sit and watch it happen.
Madam Oni was never prosecuted, fired or even reprimanded by the school. She died last year and I was seeing flowery condolences.
Madam Oni was never prosecuted, fired or even reprimanded by the school. She died last year and I was seeing flowery condolences.
My point?
Even expensive schools in Nigeria have extremely problematic ideas about child rights, school bullying and assault. They are expensive, but they are operated and staffed by Nigerians nonetheless.
If a school like Dowen is culpable, they will never admit it.
Even expensive schools in Nigeria have extremely problematic ideas about child rights, school bullying and assault. They are expensive, but they are operated and staffed by Nigerians nonetheless.
If a school like Dowen is culpable, they will never admit it.
And we saw this play out with the Chrisland saga where the school spent years disgracefully arguing that statutory rape was not in fact, statutory rape.
We have a child rights problem in Nigeria, which is a subset of our larger human rights problem.
We have a child rights problem in Nigeria, which is a subset of our larger human rights problem.
NB: The following year, the son of a Babangida-era military General accidentally cracked open the skull of one of his classmates while demonstrating a choke slam from WWE in class.
He was suspended and it was the victim who ended up leaving the school.
Yes, these things happen.
He was suspended and it was the victim who ended up leaving the school.
Yes, these things happen.
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