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- Title
Julius Nyerere's Philosophy of Education: Implication for Nigeria's Educational System Reforms.
- Authors
Ibanga, Francis Diana-Abasi
- Abstract
Julius K. Nyerere's philosophy of education is one of the most influential and widely studied theories of education. Policy-makers have continued to draw from it for policy reengineering. In this paper, the Nigerian educational system is examined in the light of the philosophy. This approach is predicated on the informed belief that there are social and historical commonalities between Nigeria and the society of Nyerere's philosophy. To this end, it is argued that the philosophy holds some important lessons for Nigeria's education. For this reason, there is need to inject some doses of its principles in the body polity of education in Nigeria. Therefore, the paper identifies three areas where the principles of the philosophy can be practically invaluable for Nigeria, i.e., school financing, curricula development and entrepreneurial education, in and an the final analysis, the paper identifies the linkage between national philosophy of education and national developmental ideology; and argues that a national philosophy of education of any country must be embedded in the national development ideology which the country's philosophy of education must drive.
- Subjects
NIGERIA; NYERERE, Julius K. (Julius Kambarage), 1922-1999; EDUCATION; PHILOSOPHY of education; CURRICULUM; PHILOSOPHY
- Publication
Journal of Pan African Studies, 2016, Vol 9, Issue 3, p109
- ISSN
0888-6601
- Publication type
Article