Iroegbu, Anthonia (2007) EDUCATION OF THE NIGERIAN YOUTHS FOR A PROGRESSIVE FUTURE: PROSPECTS, CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS. In: ORIENTATION OF THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF THE FEDERAL SCHOOL OF DENTAL TECHNOLOGY AND THERAPY.
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Education is the knowledge in basic skills, academics, technical, discipline and citizenship. It also includes the processing of knowledge, using inspiration, visionary ambition, creativity, ability to bounce back from failure, and motivation. The problem with some educational institutions is that they don’t consider these skills. These skills are associated with understanding the value of knowledge. There is a disconnected gap which had led to some of the problems challenging the Nigerian youths education today. Achievers in life use inspiration and motivation to overcome barriers. Teaching to the test does not inspire or motivate anyone, memorizing does not inspire a love to learn, in fact, it does just the opposite, it turns off the desire to learn. Education should be a lifetime experience, not limited to the youth years. Educators these days are switching to test because there is a crisis in education of their own making and society wants measurable results. This pressure is passed on to political leaders who base political decisions on what is measurable, which is academic test and test are based on acceptance of the status quo. Natural talent and knowledge processing skills does not count. Students receiving the failure label are growing in numbers and percentage, all because the system measures selected knowledge on a one day standardized paper test. The challenges to the Nigerian youths education are thus, drug abuse, cultism, alcoholism, examination malpractices, prostitution, HIV/AIDS, thuggery and armed robbery. The key solutions that the government will embrace are technical and vocational education in its totality, integration of peace education in the school curricula, and hitherto pursue a vigorous policy on sex education.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Management and Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | miss lydia lydia |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Sep 2019 07:12 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Sep 2019 07:12 |
| URI: | http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/2184 |
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