Rural Education for What? A Critical Analysis of Schooling in Some Rural Communities in Nigeria

Autor/in	Umar, Abdurrahman
Titel	Rural Education for What? A Critical Analysis of Schooling in Some Rural Communities in Nigeria
Quelle	In: Education in Rural Australia, 15 (2005) 1, S.65-75 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1036-0026
Schlagwörter	Access to Education; Teacher Effectiveness; Elementary Education; Teaching Methods; Rural Areas; Rural Education; Foreign Countries; Criticism; Social Class; National Curriculum; Rural Urban Differences; Equal Education; Educational Quality; Teacher Supply and Demand; Social Differences; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Elementarunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Ausland; Kritik; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Lehrerbedarf; Sozialer Unterschied
Abstract	One of the most enduring concerns of government and educational planners in developing countries is how to reduce rural-urban inequalities in educational provision. The aim is to ensure that all children have equal access to education of good quality irrespective of region, ethnicity and social class. This paper critically examines the provision of primary education in some rural communities in Nigeria. It analyses the teaching of the four core subjects of the National Curriculum in terms of teacher quality and supply, the availability of adequate teaching and learning facilities and the quality of the teaching-learning process; and demonstrates that, despite the quantitative expansion of the school system in rural areas, rural-urban inequalities in education still persist, particularly in terms of the quality of educational provision. The paper's major claim is that, in underdeveloped nations like Nigeria, rural schooling, despite its rhetoric of intent, is a veritable tool for the reproduction of social inequalities in the wider political economy. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia. P.O. Box 659, Wembly, Western Australia 6913. Tel: +08-9285-0626; e-mail: admin@spera.asn.au; Web site: http://www.spera.asn.au/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10