History of education in Nigeria

This course requires you to spend a lot of time to read. The content of this material is very comprehensive and you are expected to spend time to study. I would also advise you to avail yourself the opportunity of attending the tutorial sessions where you would have the opportunity of comparing knowledge with our colleagues.

TABLE OF CONTENT

1. 1887 AND 1916 EDUCATION ORDINANCES
2. Characteristics of Traditional Education
3. EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA BETWEEN 1925 TO 1939 - New!
4. HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN NIGERIA
5. Method of Teaching
6. 1925 Memorandum on Education in British Colonial Territories
7. Major Advantages of the Ordinance
8. Possible Factors that Delayed Early Establishment of Secondary Schools in Nigeria
9. Advantages/Disadvantages of Traditional Education
10. Aims of Islamic education
11. Basic Importance of the 1882 Ordinance
12. Contributions of Africans to Secondary Education - New!
13. EDUCATIONAL SITUATION IN NORTHERN NIGERIA (PROVINCE)
14. Eric Hussey and the Amalgamation of the Education Department of Nigeria, 1929-1936 - New!
15. HIGHER EDUCATION IN NIGERIA - New!
16. HIGHER EDUCATION IN TRADITIONAL SOCIETY
17. History of education in Nigeria - New!
18. ISLAMIC EDUCATION IN NIGERIA
19. Introduction of Islamic Education in Nigeria
20. Lugard and Educational Development in Northern Nigeria/The Contributions of Dr. H. R. S. Miller to the Educational Development in the North
21. Major Achievements of the 1916 Ordinance and Code
22. Sir Hugh Clifford and Educational Development (1926) - New!
23. THE EARLY MISSIONARIES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION IN NIGERIA
24. THE IMPACT OF PHELPS-STOKES COMMISSION ON EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
25. The Activities of the Early Missionaries in Nigeria
26. The Role of the Commissions in the Development of Education in Nigeria - New!
27. Types of Higher Education in Traditional Society
28. Vischer proposed a number of cardinal principles of education for the Northern protectorate - New!
29. WHY THE BRITISH COLONIAL GOVERNMENT DID NOT INTERVENE EARLY IN THE EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

FURTHER READINGS AND OTHER RESOURCES

Bamanja, R. B. (2000). Universal Basic Education: Issues and Problems. The Counsellor, 18 (1), 61-67. 

Federal Ministry of Education, FME (2008). Teachers’ Handbook for the 9-year Basic Education Curriculum. Lagos: NERDC Printing Press. 

Federal Republic of Nigeria, FRN (2004). National Policy on Education. Lagos: NERDC Printing Press. 

NOUN (2003). Learner Support Services of NOUN. Retrieved on September 6, 2012 from 

http://www.nou.edu.ng/noun/NOUN-DLSS/My%20Web20sites/index.html. 

S. (2003) A Study Guide on History and Policy of Education in 

Nigeria. Ilorin: INDEMAC (Nigeria Publishers) Ltd. 

Osokoya, I. O. (1995) History and Policy of Nigerian Education in World 

Perspective. Ibadan: AMD Publishers. 

Ukeje, B. O. (1984) Foundations of Education. Benin City: Ethipe Publishing Corporation