EQUALITY IN EDUCATION; THE MYTHS AND IDEALS

By Habibu Gente
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The mantra of equality in education at is were from reception,  is a yet another political tricks used as valuable tool by the leaders on the minds of the masses. It is this very ideal concept that successfully deleted the doubt that would have been casted on the hearts of the followers, and since the tool achieve it purpose of manipulation of minds and psychological subjugation, thereafter the followers end up being programed to praise the misdeeds of their leaders and  ignorantly commending their insincere political execution.
        Now let look what is education and what  taste of 'equality' does it have in it, I'm sure by the end of the read you will believe with me that the concept equality is falsely misconstrued.  Another major element that promote the concept is the misleading word 'patrioticism' you will equally see how patrioticism was falsely used to take advantage of the masses to believe in their misdeeds. These words and concepts for so long misguided the masses to adhere to the tenets of their oppressors' false political ideology, and which built  immeasurable love,  obedience and royalty they have for their oppressors.
Education is the art of  imparting knowledge, skills and  judgement.  Or education is a gradual process of acquiring knowledge. And this can be of two type,  there is informal way of education.  Which is facts and ideas that are learned from home with parents as the custodian. Thus a child learned facts like; there is world, life, illness, health, poor class and rich class, male and female,  love and hatred, and that humans are born and eventually the end journey is death  there are humans as well as animals and plants living alongside each other on earth. Child learned skills like; eating, drinking,  talking, mode of dressing,  etc. Formal way of education this is acquired from a formal settings like schools.  A child acquired knowledge and ideas for self improvement and teachers as the instructors. Thus child learned ideas like; the concept of universe, nature, God, life and death,  moral codes,  and a formal  skills like;  reading and writing,  speaking of the official language of the education system,  reality of world through its philosophy,  psychology, sociology, laws of the land, science and lot more.
            The concern for this exercise is the formal education.  Now let look at what is equality  and how scholars and philosophers over time defined the concept, and how it served as the  tenet to  every philosopher foundation for their philosophical treatise.
Worldweb defined equality as the quality of being the same in quantity, measure, value or status. Thomas Acquinas said justice and equality means "a firm and constant will to give to each one his due and be absolutely treated same"
The republic Plato said " Everything or person had its proper sphere of justice and equality and that equality meant conforming to that sphere".
Guided by these philosophers' views and other numerous similar views of many other scholars, it is safe to say the concept of equality in our educational system is far better away from justice and equality it's seek to achieve by bringing together individuals of different angles of lives with different backgrounds, experience, class, and challenges in a single platform called school. It goes without the philosophical question about equality that;   "is treating unequals equally a tantamountto justice? ".
TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.