Students are not left out of this race. In fact, it is now more important for learners to know how to cope with the many things that confront and compete for their attention almost at the same time these days.
Today, many students are found to be lagging behind in term of time management as it is seriously affecting their learning outcome. Now, an average student or pupil has his studies, domestic chores, own personal challenges, contributing in raising family finance among other things to contend with. This is unavoidably so due to the prevailing socio-economic challenges.
In the past centuries, students received priority and were less stressed but, the reverse is the order now as they have to struggle with adults for everything- opportunities, benefits... in their society. Since the social order has changed to the model that makes students become so vulnerable, it is necessary that a sane society would provide them support that will help them to survive the myriad of demands on their time. Many have been adversely affected academically and otherwise by the non-availability of this support system.
Effective time management is a basic and necessary survival skill. It is not enough to just gloss over it. The required techniques should be taught to students to enable them allocate their time judiciously in order to make the best out of it. Every student has same twenty-four hours of a day as adults.
Teaching of time management to students is not just the responsibility of schools only. Every family member- parent, guardian, aunt, uncle... should be involved.
The first setback to this idea is the general poor attitude to time. Most people lack the right culture to time management. Schools should be more organized or articulate in the presentation of the teaching of this subject matter.
Festus O. Odeyale
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