By Abstract The question of what ought to constitute the nature and determining ground for the relationship between politics and education has become one of the contemporary subjects bothering on most Nigerian academics. In a bid to resolve this lingering imbroglio, this paper investigated the relationship between politics and education using the descriptive research method. In …
Women Education and Political Participation: Challenges and Prospects in Nigerian Democracy by Sunday D. Osaat
Abstract This study examined the Women Education and Political Participation: Challenges and Prospects in Nigerian Democracy. The acquisition of new knowledge in the life of an individual is very crucial to the level the individual will attain in life. It is the same when it comes to the amount of education that women acquired. The …
Education and Poverty Reduction in Nigeria: A Philosophical Assessment
Abstract Researchers agree that one of the educational outcomes is economic self-reliance. This functionalist view points to the inextricable nexus between education and poverty reduction in human societies. This link appears to be among the rationales behind the tremendous increase in educational institutions in Nigeria. Yet, as educational institutions multiply, the rate of poverty has …
Assessment of the Viability of Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (Siwes) in Nigerian Tertiary Education as Panacea for Graduate Unemployment
Abstract This paper assessed the viability of the Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) in Nigerian tertiary education as a panacea for graduate unemployment. Consequent upon this, the explication of the philosophical background of Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) was done in relation to its emergence and the subsequent objectives that necessitated its emergence. …
Education and Security Challenges in Nigeria
Abstract The paper described the concepts of education, security and insecurity. It showed what education can do in order to minimise the issue of insecurity in the country. One of such things from the angle of education is called political education. Through political education much awareness will be created among the citizenry in respect of …
Digitalization in Education and Teachers’ Roles in the Twenty-First Century
Abstract This paper examined digitization in education and teachers’ roles in the 21st century. Present world realities show that education has gone beyond traditional method of teaching where the teacher uses all his energy to teach the learners through face to face classroom. A shift from traditional method of teaching to the use of digital …
The Place of Digital-Quality Education in Developing Nations’ Human Capital
Abstract What informed the discourse in this paper is the worrisome discovery that, over the years, regimes and administrations in Nigeria, a developing nation, seem preoccupied more with matters other than those that would earn the nation a commanding position in the web visibility metrics, a rank the access to which can only be attained …
PEAN 2021 Lead Paper: Education and National Security: Implications for Nigeria’s Transformation
I feel delighted to be given the priviledge and honour as the lead paper presenter for the 41st Annual National Conference/40th Anniversary of Philosophers of Education Association of Nigeria (PEAN), being held at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN). The Premier University South of the Sahara and North of the Limpopo (permit me please!). The …
A Keynote Address: Education, Economy, Security and Our Digital Response by Prof. J. Obi Oguejiofor
I am honored to stand before you as a keynote speaker. This honor is accentuated by the fact that your association: Philosophers of Education Association of Nigeria is celebrating its fortieth anniversary as well as holding its forty first annual conference. An association that has survived and fulfilled its major objectives for forty years in …