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A Brief Perspective of the Sustainable Development Goals

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WRITTEN BY: Asanya Boluwatife Ndidi The unanimous agreement of the 193 member states of the United Nations General Assembly to the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development in 2015 produced one of the most ambitious and inclusive global aspirations in history. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a collection of 17 interlinked global goals designed to be a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. Targeted at committing members states to ensure greater inclusivity, end poverty and push the world to a more sustainable path. The SDGs are broad and interdependent thus begetting the question as to how well these broad global aspirations are likely to result in implementable developments especially in developing countries. The inclusion of so many goals without a hierarchy of priority and without reference to inherent contradictions that are likely to result in conflict between the goals may have unintended negative consequences which may inhibit the timely/e...
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MERITS OF POST COLONIAL WESTERN EDUCATION OVER PRECOLONIAL TRADITIONAL EDUCATION

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MERITS OF POST COLONIAL WESTERN EDUCATION OVER PRECOLONIAL TRADITIONAL EDUCATION Africa is made up of many cultural activities such as obtaining spiritual and moral values, carrying out social responsibility, language and so on. Have you ever stopped to think of how some these cultures were passed from our ancestors done to these present generation? Right from the time before African countries were colonized, cultures were passed down through folktales, moonlights stories and home training from parents. Unfortunately, these were done orally because African countries never had a written means of communication before colonization. Even though Africans today still practice some of these cultures, it is important to note that most of them have been lost. This is why western education is vital because it has broadened the mind of Africans. Regardless of the fact stated above, It has also played a great role in Africa which has partially overshadowed her traditional education for...
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Colonialism and Education: How has it played out?

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Colonialism and Education: How has it played out?   In Africa, Colonialism cannot be totally separated from Education, as there is what we call informal education and formal education. Informal education was in existence in Africa in the precolonial era, as it was in the form of apprenticeship, where children and or younger members of each household mostly learned from older members of their household, and community. In most cases, each household member learned more than one skill in addition to learning the values, socialization, and norms of the community/household.  Some of the skills learned in Precolonial Africa include; Cooking, farming, wine making, dancing and in some cases selected people learnt how to practice herbal medicine, how to carve stools, how to carve masks and other furniture.  History was also taught in this era as Parents, older m...
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THE ROLE AND IMPACT OF PRE-COLONIAL EDUCATION ON THE NIGERIA SOCIETY

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THE ROLE AND IMPACT OF PRE-COLONIAL EDUCATION ON THE NIGERIA SOCIETY  INTRODUCTION Prior to the advent of the British Colonial masters in Nigeria, formal and informal forms of education through the transmission of indigenous knowledge have been existence in the Nigerian society. The Nigerian child was brought up by his immediate family and community and educated in the culture and traditions of the community.  The curriculum of the traditional form of education during the pre-colonial period consisted of traditions, history, legends and tales and the procedures and knowledge associated with communal practices which were handed down orally from generation to generation within each ethnic group. In addition, these forms of learning were integrated with social, cultural, artistic and religious life of the indigenous people.  Studies shows that the pre-colonial forms of education which existed was instrumental in reinforcing morality, the acquisition and applicati...
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The Current State of the Traditional Forms of Education in Africa

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The Current State of the Traditional Forms of Education in Africa By Maame Ama Bainson Traditional African education was an integral feature of most African communities in pre-colonial times, as it was used to preserve a people's identity and culture in various forms. Traditional African education, which was passed from one generation to another, was usually by word-of-mouth and cultural rituals. After achieving political independence, most African countries maintained the indigenous practice of instilling moral and ethical values in learners and directing education to meet the communal and social needs of the society. However, these efforts to Africanize the curriculum did not result in long-term benefits for the people of Africa (Omolewa,2007). As a result, traditional African education has gradually declined, though it still exists in various forms today. According to Adeyemi & Adeyinka (2002), parents administer the traditional form African education directly or...
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NEGATIVE IMPACT OF COLONIZATION IN AFRICA EDUCATION: CAUSES AND EFFECT

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NEGATIVE IMPACT OF COLONIZATION IN AFRICA EDUCATION: CAUSES AND EFFECT CAUSES OF COLONIZATION OF AFRICA   The major reasons for the colonization of Africa by the Europeans are the search for new markets, the need to obtain raw materials, the desire to invest surplus capital outside Europe, and the claim that Africans needed to be civilized through western education and religion. You will find all the reasons for European colonization of Africa shortly. But first, it is important that we begin with a definition of colonialism.   WHAT IS COLONIZATION?  Colonialism refers to a process by which a foreign power annexes and creates dependencies whose economic, political and cultural systems are restructured and made to serve the foreign power’s interes   Cause of colonization of Africa  1. The Europeans were searching for markets for their surplus manufactures as a result of the industrial revolution of the 18th century. 2. They also needed raw materials t...
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How African Education Fared Post-colonialism

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How African Education fared post-colonialism  Education is defined as facts, skills, and ideas that have been learned, either formally or informally. (By Oxford dictionary) Given the above definition, it is clear that it takes education to become anything one aspires to be, education in simple terms is the act of learning ( whether - good or evil ) it is paramount then to have government, private firms, and individuals invest in education in other to produce, sustainable environment, sound minds, and better economy. “Among the many problems of Africa there is none that has attracted more discussion, and indeed more controversy, than that of the type of education which should be given to the African.” Thus stated William  Malcolm Hailey From the above, it's seen that education is more discussed since the break from colonial rule in Africa, yet one may argue that the talks yield little or nothing as regards personal growth, national development, and environmental sus...
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The present state of education in Africa and evaluation of what the future holds for Africans.

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The present state of education in Africa and evaluation of what the future holds for Africans. Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” -W.B Yeats Education opens one to light- to a greater and deeper understanding about things that surround a man. Through education, one's dream can be achieved. Consequently, education seems not to be fully active in Africa. Africa is one of the continents with the youngest population and if only education is fully utilized well, will be among the continents with the largest capable human capital available.  Education came into existence in Africa through missionaries and seems to have started from Egypt, where it spread to all parts of Africa. Egyptians could do so many things as a result of the knowledge they gained from being educated (such as gathering and storing information on papyrus).  It is a sad thing to note that up till today, Africa remains one of the countries with the least educated citize...
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THE AFRICAN SOCIAL PROBLEM ON IMPROVING LITERACY IN AFRICA

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Africa Social Problem on Improving Literacy in Africa Africa is the largest continent across the globe that has most of its individuals succumbed to illiteracy. It is vital to point out at the outset that reading is a perquisite to literacy but most Africans, especially children find it difficult to flip and dribble within the pages. A study cited by Global Citizens stated that over half the world’s 10- years-olds could be unable to read by the end of 2021, with Africa’s children in particular set to struggle a lot. The study went to dissect that if measures are not put in place to enhance global literacy, by 2030, a whooping amount of 750 million will fall victim to illiteracy with sub-Saharan Africa securing a percentage of 40, which in fact, would contradict the moral and rationale of the well-crafted Agenda 2063 of African Union and Sustainable Development Goals number 4.  That said, at this juncture, it is healthy I introduce in the discourse some of the social pro...
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AFRICAN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY: The difference between pre-colonial and postcolonial education in Africa.

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The Difference Between Pre-colonial and Post-colonial Education in Africa By Maame Ama Bainson The state of education in Africa is a buzzing topic in our world today. However, it is impossible to discuss the history of African education without mentioning colonization. The history of education in Africa can be separated into two periods: pre-colonial and post-colonial. The colonization of Africa by the seven western European powers took place between 1881 and 1914. What then was the state of education in Africa before this period, during this period and after this period? Pre-colonial Africa was mostly made up of tribes who often migrated depending on seasons, availability of fertile soil or political circumstances. Individuals and households, within that period, were to some extent economically self-sufficient. This is in the sense that they produced their own food and were responsible for their own shelter and security and hence had no need for the scope of knowledge that...
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THE IMPACTS AND IMPORTANCE OF WESTERN EDUCATION IN AFRICA

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THE IMPACTS AND IMPORTANCE OF WESTERN EDUCATION IN AFRICA Africa is known as a dark continent because it lacked a great sense of globalization and education which was prominent in most continents. Ignorance is a disease that this continent suffered from for so long. Nevertheless, Africa is a home endowed with resources and amazing cultural activities. The westerners were aware of this fact and that was why they slyly moved into this continent not to improve the use of her resources for her people but to gain from these resources. They devised so many means which included trading their goods to African countries, bringing in their own religion which they presumed was best and colonization. Yes, colonization. This dealt a great blow on African countries.  THE IMPACTS : Africans were people that couldn’t be defended physically. Having known this, the westerners decided to use them mentally. Thinking that the westerners; colonizers were doing them a great favor was the bigg...
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