GRADUAL DECAY OF OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND BOARDINGHOUSE IN NIGERIA: LIABILITY TO THE ALUMNI AND THE ENTIRE NATION, CAUSES, EFFECTS, AND REMEDIES

Abstract

The gradual decay of old grammar school and boardinghouse in our educational system in Nigeria is a great liability to the entire alumni and the whole nation. The characteristic conceptualization and institutionalization of "secondary education" in Nigeria and attempt made in this paper is to bring into focus those causes, effects and remedies to the problems, through a systematic plan of procedure. The paper discusses the epoch and historical trajectory of secondary education in Nigeria; issues and challenges faced by the school administrators in carrying out their duties in the face of harsh and unfavorable management situations of the daily growing population of students and need to cater for wastage in education. The paper then concludes by emphasising the need for federal government, state and local governments, stakeholders, philanthropists and volunteers, individuals and interested persons to rise to the aid of the once successful pyramid of grammar school/boardinghouse in Nigeria.