NIGERIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM

International Development and Education Development in a Country with Lower Income

- A Case Study of Nigeria



International Development and Education Development in a Country with Lower Income

- A Case Study of Nigeria

Introduction

Education plays a significant role in the economic development, political stability and social progress of a nation. There is no free education in the country, in fact university education is highly expensive in Nigeria, politics and corruption is pretty much involved in education and the rate of unemployment is also very high. Along with that there are multiple systems of education in the country, the examination system is poor, the curriculam is very outdated, there is lack of research based education and a big deficiency of highly educated professional teachers. This research will provide an overview of the current situation of Education sector of Nigeria and how it can be developed with limited resources with emphasis on the poor. The research will also explore policy concerns relevant to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in education.

The Rationale and Focus of the Research

Background

Within the borders of modern Nigeria survive some of the oldest educational and artistic traditions of West Africa that have joined the influences of British colonial rule and European missionary education system. The postcolonial Nigeria has also developed an equally rich artistic tradition which features painters, sculptors and metal workers and a strong film and television industry. Modern literature is particularly rich Nigeria, during the 1970s, a federal government increasingly sought self rapid modernization of Nigeria, through a Western education, funding for which has been made ??possible by oil revenues (Okpara, 2006, pp. 67-123).

There has been an ancient spread across northern Koranic schools, and by the 1830s the missionaries brought Western education to the coastal regions. In 1976, Nigeria was established throughout FPE, yet educational facilities are inadequate and the literacy rate is 70.7 percent. In 1994, about 16.2 million students attended primary schools. The new education system was introduced in 1982 called as the primary school, which is officially compulsory. The primary education is completed in nine years, while secondary education is organized in two successive phases of three years each, with an enrollment ratio in 2002 - 2003 of 36%. Western-style education, which began in 1948 with the founding of the University of Ibadan, has spread throughout the country. In the early 1990s, there were 31 universities with over 160,000 students (Taiwo, 2008, pp. 57-78).

Progress of Nigeria in achieving the MDGs is accelerating. The continent continues to make steady progress towards most objectives and although it is unlikely to reach all targets by 2015, the pace of progress under different indicators (enrollment in primary schools, parity between girls and boys in primary education) is on the rise. The number of students has increased in the primary, but it takes more effort to prevent them from dropping out of school. The primary net enrollment rate in Nigeria recorded a remarkable increase, exceeding 90 percent in many of them ...