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WHEN learning FAILS THE LEARNERS.

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Poem – November 2025

What else can I say?

Our education system is one of the strongest—
One that could build paradise on earth,
One that could employ millions in a single day,
One that could turn war into peace.
But one thing remains a nightmare—
The Mismanagement of the System.


What else can I say?
Pupils learn in unprofessional spaces.
The classroom is but the shade of a tree
That keeps shifting from west to east.
When storms come, lessons end abruptly;
When the sky rains, the school shuts down for the day.
One thing remains a nightmare—
The Mismanagement of the System.

What else can I say?
Low-salaried professionals are abandoned.
While the unqualified steer the wheel through the dark.
They endure to deliver, yet ahead lies a deep pit.
What a tragedy! What a loss of life and purpose!
One thing remains a nightmare—
The Mismanagement of the System.

What else can I say?
Despite all commitments,
Pens still dribble freely in the open.
The test of the oblongata bolded in the circle of media—
The study chords meant only to pass.
The power of knowledge and skill neglected from the start.
One thing remains a nightmare—
The Mismanagement of the System.

What else can I say?
Unless the system is strengthened,
The power of knowledge will remain impaled.
Only when control is rightly redirected,
And the true foundation approached with wisdom,
Will education rise beyond paper and promise?
Until then, one thing remains a nightmare—
The Mismanagement of the System.

What else can I say?
A clear bell is rung—its sound too loud.
A survivor to testify:
We are being driven by the weak.
Endangered by the injured head.
One thing remains a nightmare—
The Mismanagement of the System.

Pay our teachers well.
Pay them on time.
Motivate them now—
To manage the system.

Supervise all schools.
Redraw the scheme of examinations.
End the culture of studying only to pass.
Open the ground for a “Study to Know” era.
Make entry exams a must for all basic service institutions.
Protect the nation.


 By Abunerry, Ayella

Poet, Writer, Critic, and Teacher. 

4-11-2025

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