A CRITIQUE OF THE FIVE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THEPHILOSOPHY OF NIGERIAN EDUCATION IN THE CONTEMPORARY SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL TRENDS IN THE COUNTRY

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CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

Background to Study

Universally, education is the power which destined to remove all artificial inequalities and leave the natural inequalities to find their true level, such artificial inequalities in caste rank, title, race, sex among others with nearly all the oppression, abuse, prejudice, enmity and injustice that humanity is now subjected to. For instances, we have India producing a Prime Minister from lower castle and United States of America-USA producing Henry Kissinger, the secretary of state in 1964, a child of a poor farmer in the rural area (Brinkley 2003:894). Likewise, in 2008 USA elected President Barak Obama who is a Black American. In this light, educating the electorate politically in any society will lead to reduction of ethnic and religious affiliations.

          According to Osokoya (1987:19) the findings of different educational commissions in Nigeria, together with the contributions of a number of Nigerian academics and educationists highlighted the weaknesses of the old educational system as being too academic, theoretical, inadequate and unsuitable for providing an overall development of Nigerians. Hence, there was agitation for a reevaluation of the old system and a desire or dire need for a national policy on education.

          It was an attempt to meet this demand and the 1979 Constitution which brought presidential systems of government that gave birth to 1981 revised edition of the Dynamic Views theme. Powered by ionalBlogger.policy on Education.  The five main objectives of the philosophy of Nigerian education.