History of Education in NigeriaOriginally published in 1974, a comprehensive history of Nigerian Education, from early times right through to the time of publication, had long been needed by all concerned with Education in Nigeria, students, teachers and educational administrators. No one was better qualified than Professor Fafunwa to provide such a book, and in doing so he gave due emphasis to the beginnings of Education in its three main stages of indigenous, Muslim and Christian Education. Nigerian Education had been considered all too often as a comparatively recent phenomenon, but this book points out from the start that ‘Education is as old as Man himself in Africa’ and that both Islam and Christianity were comparative newcomers in the field. A historical treatment of these three strands which have combined to make up the modern Educational system was vital to a clear understanding of what was needed for the future, and most of the first half of the book is concerned with these Educational beginnings. The imposing of a foreign colonial system on this framework did not always lead to a happy fusion of the systems, and the successes and the failures are examined in detail. There was no shortage of documentary evidence in the form of reports and statistics during the decades prior to publication, but this evidence was frequently scattered and inaccessible to the student, so that the author’s careful selection of key evidence and reports, often drawn from his own personal experience, will be invaluable for those wishing to trace the development of Education in Nigeria up to the early 1970s. A knowledge of the history and development of the Nigerian Education system, of the numerous and intensely varied personalities and beliefs which have combined and often conflicted to shape it, is indispensable to all students in colleges and universities studying to become teachers. It is this knowledge that Professor Fafunwa set out to provide, drawing on his wide experience as teacher writer and educationalist. |
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Other works that have proved most helpful to me include especially N. A. Fadipe, The Sociology of the Yoruba, and S. F. Nadel, A Black Byzantium_ The Kingdom of Nupe in Nigeria. I am most grateful to them and to the other authors and ...
... 32–35 years 61 years and above Other ethnic groups adopt age-grading systems based on intervals of two years, etc. Age-grouping is more common among certain Nigerian ethnic groups than others. For instance the Nupe and the Ekiti, ...
... many other Nigerian ethnic groups: among the Ibos, Yoruba and the Nupe, adolescents were taught to avoid heterosexual activities, to shun acts of immodesty, masturbation, aggressive behaviour,7 and to refrain from divulging secrets.
In any situation the man extends the same physical gestures to male and female elders; the woman does the same. Among the Nupe, men crouch and women kneel. While Nupe men of the same age-group crouch simultaneously for each other, ...
Hausa pattern is similar in many ways to the Nupe. In both cases the exchange of verbal greetings lasts for several minutes, during which time the two parties remain in a crouched position in the case of male and female peers.
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Contents
Past and Present | |
The Coming of the Missionaries | |
The Beginnings of Modern Education 18821929 | |
Educational Expansion 19301950 | |
The Era of SelfDetermination in Education 19511970 | |
The Nigerian Educational System | |
Representative sample of posts | |
Contemporary Issues | |
1948 and b List of Voluntary Agencies Running Schools in 1964 | |
Negotiating Council for Teachers | |
Tables showing Primary School Secondary School Technical and Vocational | |
Bibliography | |