The World 🌍 Worst Class Found in a Gold-Rich State as Student learn Under the Hot Sun Without A Roof

The World 🌍   Worst Classroom Found in a Gold-Rich State as Student learn Under the Hot Sun Without A Roof 

In a distressing scene that exposes the stark realities of inequality in Nigeria’s mineral-rich North, pupils of Day Secondary School, Bagega in Zamfara State are learning under a hot sun without a roof , sitting on bare ground without desks, chairs, or proper classrooms.

The images, first shared on Facebook by activist and content creator D English Alhaji, have triggered nationwide outrage, renewing calls for urgent government intervention in Zamfara’s failing education sector.

“This is Day Secondary School, Bagega, Zamfara State, Nigeria. This is probably the worst classroom in the country. The students don’t even have the privilege to sit properly on the floor with two walls,” the activist wrote, describing the grim situation that has since gone viral online.

In Bagega, a small mining community deep in Zamfara’s Anka Local Government Area, education has literally gone to the ground. Dozens of students gather daily under a Neem tree, balancing notebooks on their laps while their teacher stands before them in the dust.

The open-air “classroom” offers no protection from the blazing sun or the sudden downpours that mark northern Nigeria’s climate. Community residents say the school has operated this way for years after previous attempts to construct buildings were abandoned halfway.

Zamfara State is reputed to hold Nigeria’s largest deposits of gold, yet it remains one of the country’s poorest and most insecure regions. Despite its natural wealth, the state’s education, healthcare, and infrastructure sectors are in ruins.

Multiple investigations and reports have linked the state’s prolonged insecurity to illegal gold mining, allegedly controlled by networks involving top government officials, senior military officers, and foreign collaborators. Locals claim that the wave of bandit attacks and kidnappings is being used to drive residents away from resource-rich areas, creating space for illegal mining operations to thrive unchecked.

“Zamfara’s crisis is not just about banditry; it’s about greed and control,” said a civil society advocate in Gusau. “The same land that produces gold has children who can’t afford a chair to sit on in school. That is Nigeria’s greatest tragedy.”

Years of bandit attacks have forced the closure of several schools across Zamfara and neighboring states, with many teachers fleeing rural areas for safety. Even where schools remain open, they face chronic shortages of teachers, furniture, and learning materials.

According to UNICEF, more than 10.5 million Nigerian children are currently out of school — one of the highest figures in the world — with the North-West region contributing significantly to that number.

The Bagega images have sparked condemnation from rights groups and concerned citizens, who describe the scene as an “international embarrassment.” They are calling on both the Zamfara State Government and the Federal Ministry of Education to immediately intervene and ensure that the children of Bagega receive the dignity and facilities every child deserves.

“These children are Nigeria’s future, and they have been abandoned to fate,” said a youth leader from the area. “If the government can’t build a classroom in a community sitting on gold, then what hope is left for the rest of us?”

The situation in Bagega has become emblematic of Nigeria’s broader governance crisis — a nation where wealth lies buried underground while poverty defines life above it.

As global attention turns once again to the intersection of resource exploitation, insecurity, and education neglect, the story of Day Secondary School, Bagega, stands as a moral test for Nigerian leadership.

Until deliberate steps are taken to transform mineral wealth into human capital, Zamfara’s children will continue to study under trees while gold glitters beneath their feet — a haunting symbol of inequality in Africa’s largest economy.