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This paper analysed education, politics and leadership and tried to explore their interrelations. This is against the backdrop that they are commendatory concepts and enjoy wide usage by members of the public being very central to governance of the day from home to the larger society. It was established that they are all mutually linked and are therefore needed to facilitate day to day functions in the society. Several abuses were observed to be perpetuated in their application; that is why we continue to experience vices in different forms in the society. It was recommended among others that functional education would help in neutralizing this tension, because if members of the populace become functionally literate, then they will be able to follow up and analyze government programmes. And if there are cases of abuse(s), they would rise to the occasion.

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This paper examined that entrepreneurship education is a panacea to existing unemployment, insecurity and economic problems that are menacing our society. It also argued that successful implementation of entrepreneurship education has the potentials of changing the mindset of teeming graduates towards becoming self-employed and self-reliant so as to be job creators than job seekers. Lastly, the paper recommended that lip-service to security issues by security personnel, government officials and its representatives must be stopped as it is synonymous to sitting on a time-bomb which may soon explode anytime. It also suggests that government should stop all institutions and face the issue squarely once and for all as these crises require swift and comprehensive action.

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The objective of the study is to examine educating strategies and economic viable of help self in the 21^st century. The research method adopted for this study was logical reasoning. The study maintained that as a nation we ought to move beyond asking whether students can reproduce what they learned in school. The question should be how creatively students can use what they know, and whether they can extrapolate from it and apply their knowledge in another context. UNICEF statistics on Education in Nigeria has it that “Nigeria’s population growth has put pressure on the country’s resources, public services, and infrastructure”. With children under 15 years of age accounting for 45% of the 211,772,942 million populations, the burden on education has become overwhelming with about 70%, Nigeria now has 13.2 million out of school children the world’s highest number. 60% of those children are in northern Nigeria. The finding revealed that to fulfill their human potential and lead their communities and economies, students must not only master a foundation of facts and concepts, but also be able to apply, extend, and expand on that knowledge. They must develop 21st century, transversal skills that enable them to work independently as self-driven, life-long learners and innovators. The study recommend that increase alignment with workforce needs, including an increase in entrepreneurial skills and skills that drive innovation and new job development for the knowledge economy. Inclusion, The only rational course for the nation is to turn to educating self for economic viability and revisit the purpose of education in nation building.

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This paper seeks to discuss the relevant of pastoral education program and its impact on Nigerian economy. Nigeria as a nation in Africa have been struggle to improve pastoral education program which was linked to her education system as a step forward towards improving sustainable economy and as well as to improve literacy rate among pastoralists population nationwide. Pastoralists are category of people which their occupation does not make them to be stable in one place rather they move from one place to another for their livelihood. Pastoralists are mostly Fulani herdsmen which were left behind in Atlantics race of education. Despite several intervention by the federal government on pastoral education,  there are many factors sounding the implementation of pastoral education comprises attitudes of the pastoralists, under funding of pastoralists education program and activities, poor infrastructural facilities, lack of qualify teachers, low enrolment and low literacy rate among others.. This article suggested the way forward towards improving pastoral education program which include proper orientation, public enlightenment, proper funding, qualify teachers and review of basic curriculum among other that would help in improving education of nomad/pastoralists population in Nigeria.

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The consideration of ASUU industrial demonstration in Nigeria in recent times generated a lot of controversies and attempts to discuss it objectively  incised the debate into two extreme positions and neither of it carries universal consent among lecturers, students, federal government and the general public. In one, the motive is socio-political and the other is educationally inclined. In between is a position of political factor which seemed more consistent with the federal government’s views. Contrary, this paper with the aid of philosophical analytical method interrogated the motive and found out that right from when the entreaty turned into “a struggle” the common goal of ASUU remained essentially consistent; that there are various interpretations from different administrations about “the struggle” and the goals for the struggle are compatible with other universities globally. It was based on these that recommendations were made. That the motive for “the struggle” should be devoid of emotionally driven interpretations since it will be difficult to discourse it rationally. There is a great deal of confusion over the concept “struggle”, but in the case of ASUU’s struggle, the rationale and motive should override the confusion; nature of the struggle and the global university standard be regarded as a guardrail to check the struggle for fear of excess.

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Education in the real sense of the concept is expected to aid and assist in the art of good governance through production of ideal leadership style. However, mis-education seems to have over shadowed the good qualities of an educated man among Nigerian leaders, hence, the bane of politics and leadership style. The study therefore employed philosophical research method to critically examine the major concepts as affected governance and leadership style. Thus, conceptual analysis of education, mis-education, politics, governance and leadership style were given in the study to provide an in-depth understanding of the concepts as they address the major themes in the study. The conceptual analysis paved way for recommendations on the way forward to solving or ameliorating the negative influence of mis-education on governance and administration on human and non-human resources. Among the recommendations given was that educators should not shy away from their responsibility of providing necessary guidance and education whenever the opportunity beckon on them through public lectures, seminars, actual teaching and learning as well as research works.

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This study examined the leadership adoptation of quota system of admission policy into Nigerian higher institutions.  The study is a survey research design using two objectives and a null hypothesis as a guide for the study.  Simple random sampling was used to select a sample size of three hundred and fifty (350) entrance board members of the faculties and senior staff members of admission units of the south east Nigerian higher institutions.  Two major instruments were used to collect data, on factors militating against leadership adoption of quota system of admission policy with a reliability index .81 and nature of quota system of admission with reliability index of .79. T-test hypothesis was used to test the study at 0.05 alpha level of significance.  The study revealed that University admission based on quota system policy decreases the quality of education and encourages ethnicity and nepotism in admission of students, it also gives room for admission of incompetent and unqualified persons into different institutions of higher learning and thereby leading to lowered educational standards, among others.

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This paper ascertained the strategies for improving pupils reading achievement through innovative digital language games. It employed a qualitative approach. Concepts such as pupils, reading, achievement, pupils reading achievement and innovative digital language games were fully discussed. Equally, the paper looked into the related sub-headings like factors that are responsible for pupils reading achievement, innovative digital language games and their benefits as well the strategies for improving pupils reading achievement through innovative digital language games. Based on the literature reviewed, it is obvious that irrespective of the fact that reading is a fundamental skill for academic success of learners, a lot of learners especially at the beginning level find reading in English language difficult since it is a second language in Nigeria. The paper disclosed that reading difficulties are the most frequent learning problem among pupils and the main reason for such oddity has been traced to the conventional strategies and approaches used in teaching reading. This informed the need for a novel and pragmatic workable strategy for teaching reading so as to improve pupils reading skills and achievement such as innovative digital language games.

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Abstract Insecurity appears to be the biggest problem Nigeria is currently facing apart from poverty and corruption. All over the country, the insecurity level is very alarming. Unfortunately, all the promises by successive governments in the country to end insecurity appear to be mere lip talks as nobody seems to be safe anymore. Just as in Thomas Hobbes state of nature where man was in constant fear of his fellow man, the situation in the country is not much different. Consequently, we have cases of insurgency, terrorism, ritualism, armed robbery, killer herdsmen, agitation, etc.  Many lives have been lost, businesses affected, some schools shut down and education has been affected terribly in the process. Education, being the light without which a nation’s citizens will be in darkness, cannot thrive in an insecure environment. It is education that produces right manpower which helps to drive development in any society. The absence of this makes the nation deficient in manpower that can assist in building the country.  In view of these, the paper analytically attempts to elucidate the meaning and relevance of security in any society as well as causes and implications of insecurity; especially to the Nigerian education sector. The paper has also been strengthened by Thomas Hobbes Theory on the State of Nature. A major suggestion thus postulated is that every effort should be channelled toward securing our education at all levels in the country. For instance, federal government should partner with all state governments in the country to tackle insecurity. Also, state governments should have a blue, print of their own in handling insecurity. Equally, there should be adequate security parameters in all our schools. Likewise, school administrators and heads should be security conscious and ensure that their security measures are constantly updated.

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Abstract Education remains an essential tool in the development of homo-sapiens and nations in general. Through it, people develop their abilities, attitudes and other forms of behaviour which elicit positive value to the society they live in. Thus, in order to actualize education in people, different modes of learning have been brought to the fore; one of which is online education. Interestingly, online education has been in existence for almost two centuries, but has not been well known in Nigeria and other developing countries of the world. Being a mode of education that is practiced online, through the use of Information and Communication Technology and internet, which brings both the teacher and learners from different places together, without any physical boundary/contact (at least 75%), it has helped immensely in human development in countries where it has been practiced. Especially in times like this, where mobility of persons from one place to another has become cumbersome; coupled with different security and economic challenges, this mode of education needs to be seriously considered. It is also a welcome development owing to its essential benefits such as exposure to digital learning, having access to unending works of great philosophers and educationists such as Socrates, Plato and Aristotle among others; and the facilitation of uninterrupted learning for class promotion and graduation of students. Developing the learners all round is part of human development which helps in developing the nation. These and many more are some benefits online education offers, which makes it very relevant in our contemporary society.

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