Volume 07 Issue 10 October 2024
1Yaga Paul Iorfa, 2Ndemo Goerge(PhD)
1Masters Student, Department of Philosophy, Jordan University College, Morogoro, Tanzania.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7574-2540.
2Senior Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Jordan University College, P.O. Box 1878, Morogoro, Tanzania.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7971-9158.
DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijsshr/v7-i10-04Google Scholar Download Pdf
ABSTRACT
It is often contended that the system of education which the colonial masters brought to Nigeria was not entirely for the good of the citizens. It was a system of education that was meant to serve the colonialists without adding any meaning to the individual. The formulators of Nigerian Educational system, instead of formulating a unique policy of education that integrates our indigenous African educational system with essential elements from colonial education system, still continued with the structures of colonial elements which are not of great benefits to the Nigerian educational system like, the use of the English language as mode of communication in schools, the acceptance and inclusion of the Colonizers’ cultures and religion in the curriculum with the neglect of the indigenous cultures and religions, the too much emphasis on theoretical academic certification rather than merging both the theoretical and practical technical knowledge together for better development. This article presupposes the relevance of Kwame Nkrumah’s Education for Pan-Africanism in Decolonizing the Nigerian Educational System. It acknowledges the legacy of Nkrumah’s education for Pan-Africanism and contends that it can be used as a paradigm in recommending ways of decolonizing the Nigerian educational system. The article contends that with Nkrumah’s education for Pan-Africanism we can remove the colonial educational elements in the Nigerian Educational system that neither edify the indigenous educational system nor efficiently address the needs and problems of the people of Nigeria.
KEYWORDS:Education; Nkrumah; Pan-Africanism; Nigeria; Colonialism; Decolonization; Philosophy.:
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