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Moral Problems In Nigerian Educational Institutions
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For over a decade, Nigerian schools, colleges, polytechnics, and
universities have been bedeviled by the actions of cultists and
criminals. Tertiary institutions especially have been scenes of
indescribable violence against students by other students. School
authorities have often attributed the problems to students’ lack of
faith, godlessness, or religious indifference. Some have turned to
religious leaders for help, and they now flock to the campuses to hold
crusades, prayer sessions, and revivals. But the problems have not been
solved.
There is no longer any clear demarcation between religious duties and academic work.
Before
the advent of colonial rule, education occurred in traditional manners
as practiced by the family units and communities. There was little
cross-fertilization between ethnic groups; self-governing communities
and very little documentation took place. While in some parts of the
country, religious schools existed, particularly in the Northern
region.Moral Problems
The obvious questions that immediately come to
mind include the following. What is knowledge? How is it gathered? How
can it be imparted from one persons to another? What are the tools and
other requirements that are needed for the process of imparting
knowledge? Who are those responsible for this process?
I wish to
answer these questions in the context of what has transpired in the
education sector in our communities and country, Nigeria over the last
52 years of Independence.Moral Problems
Western-style education came
to our shores when early European missionaries aided by the merchants
began to penetrate the lands from the Atlantic coast in the late 19th
century and early 20th century. Obviously the context of education
brought by these missionaries bore huge component of religiosity and
high emphasis on morality.Moral Problem
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