Re: U16 Tournament - Nigeria (0) vs Netherlands (1) - In Japan
Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2023 8:25 am
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Yep, that is undeniable. But again, that was back in “the good old days”Gotti wrote: ↑Fri Jun 02, 2023 8:31 pmGovernments gave/give out scholarships (domestic and foreign), bursaries, grants, etc.Damunk wrote: ↑Fri Jun 02, 2023 5:58 pmI might be wrong but I always thought the onus for coach development falls on the individual, not the government, the Sports Ministry or the NFF.
None of us relied on the government to send us for advanced studies in our chosen professions.
Why should the coaching profession be any different?
Not to mention that medical school education (such as yours) in Nigeria was/is HEAVILY-SUBSIDIZED!
Even in the UK, those of us who went to public schools and can afford Oxbridge fees still received grants…
In the US, there are government-GUARANTEED loan programs (with some forgiveness, and mass forgiveness now in discourse).
I don’t think the likes of Amuneke, Keshi, Siasia, Oliseh etc were waiting for anyone to give them a scholarship before they sought to acquire higher qualifications.Depends on whether government thinks skilled indigenous (and thus residual) manpower a ‘PUBLIC good’ to invest in…
Or conversely to continue to SHORTSIGHTEDLY AND CLUELESSLY throw scare forex at often MEDIOCRE foreign mercenaries.
The Federal Scholarship Board still gives out hundreds of scholarships…Damunk wrote: ↑Sat Jun 03, 2023 8:49 amYep, that is undeniable. But again, that was back in “the good old days”
Even then, there were very few government scholarships available and I struggle to think of one student in my large circle of peers that was a beneficiary.
What was quite common were student loans and bursaries, some federal, some state.
And of course, higher education was probably subsidised.
I doubt much of this is available nowadays or has been for a long time.
I do know the NFF have a coaching programme which is certified and standardised. How high it goes, I don’t know.
But beyond a certain point, it is down to the individual.
First, several indigenous Nigerian coaches continue to seek/acquire higher coaching qualifications (Boboye, Green, etc)…I don’t think the likes of Amuneke, Keshi, Siasia, Oliseh etc were waiting for anyone to give them a scholarship before they sought to acquire higher qualifications.
You can rightly blame “the government” as much as you like, but you need to also question the personal ambition (or lack of) of those who should have achieved much higher skills in far greater numbers than we have at the moment.
Undeniably, we are basically scraping the barrel for a decent local national coach.
Government or no government, Nigerians should by now have dozens if not hundreds of Keshis and Amunekes and among them, a few Cissés, Vieras and Regragruis in the making.