Bullying in Nigerian Modern Educational System.

Bullying in Nigerian schools, particularly secondary schools is becoming rampageous in these recent days. It has been happening from the start; many vices are happening in Nigeria like: homosexuality, cultism, rape(sexual abuse), drug abuse and bullying; but, I want to emphasize more on bullying. Such vices are learnt mostly through peer pressure and you should be careful about your choice of friendship. There is a cliché that states, "show me your friend and I will tell you who you are". 

There are hierarchical order in the school management starting from the school principal to head of departments, to class teachers and finally the school prefects to delegate authority. Powers are bestowed on each of them in order to carry out these duties in order to ensure orderliness in the school. The school prefects are being chosen from the final classes to assist others in the hierarchical order of the school. The seniors tend to misuse the power and they maltreat their juniors. They are seen as demi-gods.

In this recent news that is circulating, seniors torture or bully their juniors. The issue of bullying shouldn't be treated with levity and if a junior should report to the teachers about bullying related case, they discard it or treat the issue mildly. It is most common in boarding system where seniors subject the juniors to hunger by hijacking their groceries and maltreating them or asking them to perform impossible tasks.

It is a pity that a place where people believe that school is a citadel of learning; it is a place where barbarianism is present. We have heard about the death of the bullied victims on the news, especially the late Sylvester of Dowen College and I'm happy that many Nigerians are sympathetic towards the case. They are willing to find justice for the deceased. It is such a pity that Sylvester died such a preventable death and the suspects should be brought to book. 

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