Sunday 20 October 2013

The education laws of 1999-2004 - Part 8




(a) The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Promulgation) Decree of 1999, chapter 11, Section 18 re-states the objectives of education in Nigeria as contained in the 1979 constitution of Nigeria and the third edition of the National Policy on Education (FRG, 1998) which states the following as the objectives of Nigerian education: the inculcation of national consciousness and unity;
(b) The inculcation of the right type of values and attitudes for the survival of the individual and the Nigerian society;
(c) The training of the mind in the understanding of the world around; and
(d) The acquisition of appropriate skills and the development of mental, physical and social abilities and competencies as equipment for the individual to live in and contribute to the development of his society.

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