Federal Republic of Nigeria: Report on Major Trends in Education.

Institution	Federal Ministry of Education, Lagos (Nigeria).
Titel	Federal Republic of Nigeria: Report on Major Trends in Education.
Quelle	(1977), (15 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Colonialism; Community Development; Comparative Education; Developing Nations; Educational Development; Educational History; Educational Needs; Educational Objectives; Educational Policy; Educational Practices; Educational Trends; Elementary Secondary Education; Government Role; Higher Education; Illiteracy; Political Influences; Reports; Socioeconomic Influences; Teacher Education; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Kolonialismus; Community; Development; Entwicklung; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Bildungsentwicklung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungspraxis; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Analphabetismus; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Abschlussbericht; Berichten; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung
Abstract	Recent educational developments in Nigeria reflect an attempt to replace British colonial influences with a system more suited to the needs of the Nigerian people. In accordance with the objectives of redefining educational values and practices, a new national educational policy was established in 1973 to emphasize lifelong learning, community needs, modern instructional techniques, and work/study programs. To implement these programs, financial allocations for education have been increased each year since 1972 and are distributed by the Federal Ministry of Education in such a way as to insure uniformity of standards and conditions in all areas and on all levels. The six-year primary education program is free and universal from the age of six and is expected to be compulsory by 1979. The five-year secondary system, two-year advanced secondary program, and university programs are being broadened to ensure equality of access for all students. Teacher education has been given high priority since 1974, at which time an emergency teacher training program was instituted to produce 163,000 additional teachers to meet universal primary education goals. A shortage of trained teachers, however, remains one of Nigeria's major educational problems, along with widespread illiteracy, structural imbalance between primary and secondary levels, and dearth of vocational and special education programs. (Author/DB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC