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Title: | Private Proprietorship of Schools in Western Nigeria: 1950-1965 |
Author: | Fagbulu, Amiel M. |
Year: | 1967 |
Periodical: | Africa Today |
Volume: | 14 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 25-27 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subjects: | private education Education and Oral Traditions |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/4184762 |
Abstract: | Private effort has been always significant in educational development in Western Nigeria. The missions have been prominent, with or without government assistance, especially at the primary level. Evangelization was their stimulus. The communities, on the other hand, also have participated in the development of education, encouraged by the government. Although the importance of individual efforts cannot be denied this sort of interest in education cannot be reconciled with the facts: poor provisions in terms of buildings and teacher-service. As long as political instability and shifting loyalties influence the situation in Western Nigeria the private proprietors of schools will increase and thereby reduce the number of effective school places available to children. This is discussed in this article: Preamble (historical survey) - Nationalism, politics and education, 1951-1955 - Development, 1955-1960 - Post-independence year, 1960-1965 - Conclusion. |