NSOM Randol ANKIA

How do you change a system that doesn't want to change?

You grew up inside it. You noticed something is wrong, but can't name it yet. You get older.
The teachers change. The buildings change.
The textbooks get new covers. But the content?
The same. The approach? The same. The priorities? Still the same.

People try to reform it. Committees are formed. Seminars are held. Reports are written. And then, nothing. The system absorbs every attempt at change and stays exactly what it was.

Ige been sitting with this question for a while now, particularly thinking about education I'm Cameroon, and honestly, across most of Africa.

We have an educational system that was not built to liberate. It was built to produce. To certify. And somewhere along the way, it became something worse; a business. A structure where the child's future is secondary to the institution's profit. Where embezzlement quietly eats what was meant for classrooms.
Where the people running the system have accepted it so deeply that refoms feels like a threat to them, not a gift.

And then a new generation arrives.

What do we tell them? Study hard? Get your certificate? Then what? Go abroad to access what education was always supposed to give you here?

That's the uncomfortable truth many of us do mt say out loud.

Change is possible. But it won't come from the top of a system that benefits from staying broken. It will come from 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 who decides to teach differently. From 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 who demand more. From young people who refuse to mistake a diploma for an education. From individuals who understand that the system produces what is eas designed to produce, and choose to build something different inside it, around it and in spite of it.

I don't have all the answers. But I think the first step is refusing to stop asking the question.

What will cause change? Maybe it's already started, with people who can't stop wondering why things are the way they are.

Happy International Labour Day 🌍

Today, we celebrate work in all forms, the skills we’ve learned, the jobs we do, and the opportunities we’ve created for ourselves and others. From office spaces to workshops, from digital platforms to handcrafted trades, every effort counts. Every role matters.

But today, I want to shine a special light on a group that makes all of this possible: teachers.

Behind every profession, every innovation, every success story, there is a teacher.
Teachers shape minds, build confidence, and open doors. They educate across boundaries, age, gender, nationality, and race, helping to create societies where people from different fields and backgrounds can grow and thrive together.

Education is more than classrooms.
It is in our daily lives, our experiences, and our interactions.
It is the foundation of progress. The key to opportunity. The bridge to unity.

So today, as we celebrate labour, let’s also celebrate those who make labour meaningfut, the educators who prepare us for it.

👏 Take a moment to appreciate a teacher who impacted your journey.
💬 Drop a comment and share one lesson that stayed with you.
🔁 Pass this message forward to remind others of the value of education.

Because when we value education, we strengthen the future.

Real talk — the classroom gave me a lot. But it didn't give me a map.
And I know I'm not alone in that.
So many of us leave school full of knowledge but unsure how to turn it into something real — an opportunity, a career, a life that actually reflects what we're capable of.
That's not failure. That's a gap. And gaps can be closed.
This page is about doing exactly that — together.

Tag someone who needed to hear this today. 👇🏾

______

Franchement, l'école m'a beaucoup apporté. Mais elle ne m'a pas donné de feuille de route.
Et je sais que je ne suis pas le seul dans ce cas. Nous sommes si nombreux à quitter l'école avec des connaissances, mais sans savoir comment les concrétiser : une opportunité, une carrière, une vie qui reflète vraiment notre potentiel.
Ce n'est pas un échec. C'est un manque. Et les manques peuvent être comblés. Cette page a justement pour but de faire cela ensemble.

Identifiez une personne qui avait besoin d'entendre ça aujourd'hui.
👇🏾