Abstract:
Nigeria as a country depends majorly on the petroleum industry to meets its economic needs. It is
then essential for her indigenes to participate in this industry. The secondary education builds the
young minds and prepares them as a capable labour force to the nation. This paper investigated the
state of secondary education in Nigeria and then its impact on the future of the petroleum industry. A
survey on 428 respondents was carried out, 44 of whom were teachers, 384 of the respondents were
students from different classes ranging from senior secondary one (SS1) to three (SS3). From the
results, it was concluded that the secondary education system in Nigeria is moving down the slope of
greatness and that there would be a continuation of what the researcher term Oyibolization of the
petroleum industry. There were different recommendations by the researcher, which include that the
parents and teachers should discourage students from malpractice as this is one of the major reason
students don't study. Awareness campaigns on the disadvantage of the student not studying should
be carried out in all secondary schools in the nation. And also, an investment of funds by the
government into the secondary education sector etc.
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