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Impact Of Formal Education On Community Development In Oredo Local Government, Edo State
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study
Education
is one parameter to see the level of the economy in a country. Education
is the most strategic element for the development of a nation (Shofwan
& Kuntoro, 2014). Education makes people more advanced in thinking
about their lives; with education, someone will obtain knowledge, skills
and attitudes that make life more empowered in society. Education is
believed to be the mother of knowledge; one is made to agree that a
well-educated society is likely to solve its problems with ease. The
role of education to humanity could not be exaggerated after all. This
is because it is believed to be connect ‟drug†that is used to head the
ailments in the society. Ashmore, M.C (1991) Postulated that Education
is seen as instrument of development in all ramification of our life.
Education
as part of the total educational system is the type of education that
involves the acquisition of skills, ideas and management abilities
necessary for job creation. Proper education can only be gotten from a
formal school. A formal school is an institution designed to provide
learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students
or pupils under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems
of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems,
students‟ progress through a series of schools. The education pathway is
divided into three categories: formal education, non-formal education
and informal education. The formal education must accept education and
use it in a useful way for teaching and influencing to achieve the
social function active insertion of the human subject (Moldovan &
Bocoş-Binţinţan, 2015).According to Bassey (2006) Formal education is a
process of acculturation through which an individual is helped to
develop his potentials and maximum activation in order to achieve
self-fulfillment and happiness. The very purpose and main function of
formal education is the development of an all-round and well-balanced
personality of an individual.
Historically, Formal education known as
western education was introduced in Nigeria in 19th century by the
Christian missionaries. Although the missionaries had aims and purpose
of introducing the education in the country. Odo, Ede and Ezike 2000’
39) cited that return of slaves felt an urge to let their relation know
of the western education they had tested while in slavery. The
missionary education had the primary objective of converting Africans to
Christianity in their religion. It was imperative for them to educate
the Africans who could carry on the world of evangelization into the
hinterland as they observed that most of the white could not do so due
to the adverse whether and mosquito bites. They deemed it necessary to
get interpreters such as catechist and people (Africans) who are capable
of representing to their people (Africans).
Several scholars and
many authors has opined that education has effected human development
and community development. Community development, in essence, is
building a community through sustainable physical and non-physical
fields.Sustainability, arguably, is one of the strongest principles of
modern life. From an environmental point of view, society is
increasingly adding value to sustainable technology, processes and
products (Vivoda & Kemp, 2019). This relates to the physical field
regarding the construction of facilities and infrastructure, such as
highways, and so on. Whereas, it is related to the non-physical fields
in the form of education, health, and economy for a better life. In
carrying out community development, it is necessary to prioritise
efforts, namely in the fields of education and the economy in improving
people's welfare. According to Sudarsana (2016), If education can be
delivered well, especially non-formal education, then it is possible
that the community will be able to improve the economy and the welfare
of society through non-formal education programs. Formal education
helped in the abrogation of slavery and slave trade in Africa as well
as, killing of twin children in the eastern Nigeria, (Manson 1992) cited
also in the work, education helped the black race in South Africa to
abolish apartheid policy in their country an obliterated colonialism in
the whole world. According to organization for economic co-operation and
development (OECD 1996), formal education has contributed in production
in Denmark by helping the people with educational qualification and
skills to produce more goods and services and enhance their knowledge of
the Danish system of innovation. In drugs and medicine production
addict countries like china, Japan, India, U.S.A etc formal education
has a great effect on them as well as production of telecommunication
equipment (Hansen, 1993). The researchers therefore want to find out how
much the same formal education has effected the community development
in Oredo Local Government, Edo State
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The broad objective of this study is to examine the impact of formal education on community development in Oredo Local Government, Edo State. The study adopted the survey descriptive research design and with the aid of convenience sampling method, the researcher purposively selected one hundred and fifty (150) participant for the study. Self- structure questionnaire was issued to the respondent of which one hundred forty-one (141) was retrieved and validated for the study. Data was analyzed usin ... Continue reading---
