A popular saying accredited to Altvin Tufler from his book, the third
wave is:
‘’the illiterate of the 21st
century are not those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot lear,n
unlearn and relearn’’.
Knowing this, every edupreneur, mainly edupreneurs in Nigeria EdupreneurNg in the 21st century must come
to terms that the system of education of the country is changing at the speed of
60 seconds per minute. The edupreneur in Nigeria EdupreneurNg of the now generation must understand
that the way school business was conducted in the days of the Athens and in the
medieval era has changed and it is only those who can come to terms with the changes that will survive the competition.
Hence, this is to give at a glance view of the changes that has occurred
over the years, which the edupreneur must take note of and adapt to.
There is a new paradigm, and it is the duty of the schools and edupreneur in Nigeria Edupreneurng to understand these paradigm shifts,
because the school business can’t be as traditional as usual because to every generation, there is a
new approach:
s/n
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OLD
SCHOOL
|
NEW
SCHOOL
|
1
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Focus
on facts and skills
|
The
new is anchored on thinking about principles and problems
|
2
|
Authority
of the printed words
|
Analysis
of the printed word: challenging the status quo
|
3.
|
Production
of machines
|
Changes
in technology and information driven
|
4.
|
Read,
write and arithmetic
|
Learn,
unlearn and relearn
|
5.
|
Verse
pool of knowledge
|
Focus
on applied knowledge
|
6
|
Knowledge
is power
|
Only
applied knowledge is power
|
THE BIG PICTURE FOR THE EDUPRENEUR
The Nigeria school system is many decades behind. For instance, the
school system started with:
radio, television, video, computer based training, Now the world is at the edge of the internet
and the web2.0.
The Nigeria schools today are still struggling with understanding the
introduction of computer training to schools and NOT the use of the computers in the schools.
They have neither started the introduction and use of internet nor the
introduction and use of web2.0
EdupreneurNg solution
The knowledge of all the aforementioned is the basis for the content
strategy. The new edupreneurng that runs a school in nigeria must therefore:
-
know what
a SCHOOL really is and what it takes to make one work
-
Create a
system-dependent school not a people dependent school
-
Learn to
run a school system that teaches not how to just teach
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Learn to
work on his /her school not in it
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Focus
your schools existence on providing the needs of the new school
The resultant effect will make the school:
I. become sensitive and adapt to the changes
ii. have a competitive advantage over the
other competitors
iii. create a business in the process of
educating the younger generation by creating more options.
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