Education is not a scam and can never be a scam.
Everyone is now claiming that education is a scam because after graduation you either end up working as a salary earner or searching for a job.
It is very common in the rural area; students drop out because after school, they believed they will end up searching for jobs and therefore prefer going to farm or learn  trade through apprenticeship.

Firstly, why education is not a scam is that it is a means or foundation for skill acquisition, i.e., if formal education fails, the ability to write, read, think and learn helps one to grow in business, trade and self learning.

Secondly, knowledge is power: quality education helps you to think critically, solve problems, face life challenges and enables you to take better decisions.

Thirdly, if you look beyond a job, education gives you or improves confidence, communication, and the ability to make one become a well-informed citizen.

Lastly, education can open door of opportunities; if not for education, a poor man and a rich man kids can never be seen together learning. Education will put you in the same class. You can also learn from a new environment, like those who study abroad will understand this better.

It is a poverty mindset that makes one think one must be rich after school. School is designed for us to accumulate knowledge and be intellectually rich; therefore, if one wants to be financially rich, one needs to learn a trade or business or how to invest.

Furthermore, school can be disappointing, but real education, like formal and informal education, cannot be a scam.
What you do with what you learn determines your real life results.

I am sure if not for the education, this forum (Bitcointalk) could not be designed and developed by someone who is still illiterate.

Also, the founders of Bitcoin and people that bring the idea of other means of payment rather than local currency are not illiterate. Anything you are enjoying now (Website, Digital banking, Mobile app, and so on), someone that is knowledgeable did research and initiated it.

 The foreign land that you are comparing to Nigeria. As of 2025 America is 249 years old, while the U.K. as of 2025 is 318 years old. They have good resources. So if their students drop out, it can never be like ours. Nigeria is 111 years old since Great Britain discovered us, and after independence, Nigeria is 65 years old.  

A foreign country developed and grew, and as the age of their technology, ours did not develop as theirs. I am not trying to condemn my country but just want people to stop comparing Nigeria with the U.K., U.S., or China, etc.

Corruption has affected us negatively, and our resources are misplaced and not utilised very well.

My suggestion is to think of school as a foundation, not a finished line.
What do you think of this topic?