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Educational Policy in Nigeria from the Colonial Era to the Post-Independence Period

TitleEducational Policy in Nigeria from the Colonial Era to the Post-Independence Period
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2012
AuthorsImam H
Secondary TitleITALIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION
Volume4
Issue1
Pagination181-204
Date Published02/2012
PublisherPadova University Press
Place PublishedPadova, IT
ISSN Number2035-4983
Keywordscolonial era, Educational policy, Federal Republic of Nigeria, post independence period
Abstract

There is a widened western educational gap between the north and south of Nigeria with the predominantly Muslim areas of the north lagging behind due to some historical antecedents. In the colonial era the British educational policy did not address the aspirations of the people leading to a clamour for change in the post-independence era resulting in the first indigenous National Policy on Education in 1977. Changes have resulted in three revised editions of the national educational policy. This paper reviews the educational policy in the Federal Republic of Nigeria since 1944, highlighting specific issues on the disparity between educational policy and the implementation in context of the wider socio-economic and political development process. This is a case study of the peculiarity of educational policy development in a pluralistic society and developing country, with unity and developmental concerns.

URLhttp://ijse.padovauniversitypress.it/2012/1/8
DOI10.14658/pupj-ijse-2012-1-8
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