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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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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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THE ROLE OF LITERACY IN THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC GROWTH OF NIGERIA

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THE ROLE OF LITERACY IN THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC GROWTH OF NIGERIA  INTRODUCTION The world today is witnessing rapid changes in all spheres of life, ranging from education, governance, economic, social, cultural and information technology. Education, formal or informal is considered an instrumental and powerful tool for the socio-economic advancement of any nation. The role of literacy in the development of Nigeria cannot be overemphasized. Arguably, the concept of literacy and economic development are intertwined and fundamental to sustainable economic development.  The socio-economic growth of Nigeria is bedeviled by poor infrastructure facility, weak industrial capacity, low literacy level among others. These problems continue to hinder the economic growth and development of Nigeria therefore resulting to stunted human growth and development and the overall well-being of Nigerians.  This paper examines literacy as an indispensable tool for the achievement of the ...
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LITERACY: IT’S IMPORTANCE ON EARLY CHILD TRAINING 

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LITERACY: IT’S IMPORTANCE ON EARLY CHILD TRAINING   By Omeye Adanna   Childhood comes along with curiosity. I would use my cousin as an instance. As a child, she always asked questions. “Sis, what is this? Is this a book? How can I write A?, she asked. Having spent so much time with her, I found some of her questions funny and some annoying because she never stopped. But surprisingly, on my birthday, she wrote “THANK YOU ANUTY, I LOVE YOU”. I never knew she could write those words because of her age.   Why the short story? Children always have the desire to know the things around them. I must add that they do that probably because they are new to their environment and get surprised about everything that cross their path. And in a way to express what they’ve learnt, they write regardless of whether you understand or not. They just want to write. This is how eventually they become literates. Rome wasn’t built in one day so, been able to read and...
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AFRICA'S SOCIAL PROBLEMS: CAUSE AND EFFECT ON EDUCATION

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Africa Social problems: Cause and Effect on Education By Ojeyinka Iyanuoluwa Social problems are undesirable conditions that people believe should be corrected. Social problem can be seen as the general condition that can be adversely affects the society (Best 2013). They include all sort of anti-social behaviour, drug-abuse, insecurity, poverty, economic deprivation, unemployment, sexual abuse, teenage pregnancy and female gentile mutilation. There are conditions in the society that cause material or psychological suffering for a significant number of people. They prevent members of he society from developing and using their full potential. Which is most applicable to African especially the sub-Saharan part of Africa. Looking at the current state of Africa, the major social problems are as follows; -Unemployment -Poverty -Insecurity -Hunger -Poor Education -Religious conflict -Bribery and corruption Every social problems are connected to each other in one way or the order....
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SOCIAL PROBLEMS THAT AFFECT AFRICAN NATIONS

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SOCIAL PROBLEMS THAT AFFECT AFRICAN NATIONS. Social problems as its name suggests are defects or difficulties that affect a community or society. A social problem is any condition or behavior that has negative consequences for a large number of people and is generally recognized as a condition or behavior that needs to be addressed (Open.lib.umn.edu). Social problems are also known as social ill, it would be used interchangeably. Africa and indeed Africans have suffered many social problems that have affected all sectors, contributing to social degradation and economic breakdown.  Unemployment, the large number of displaced persons, and, religion are some of the numerous ills faced by African nations and are further discussed below. Religion — Over 195.9 million (Worldbank, the year 2018) people in Nigeria, and over 90% of that number are ardent followers or believers of the major religious belief - Christianity and Islam. Little wonder why leaders of these sects are ...
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The Challenges Associated with the Promotion of Literacy in Africa.

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The Challenges Associated with the Promotion of Literacy in Africa. By Maame Ama Bainson As the fourth Sustainable Development Goal, the drive to ensure that quality education is accessed by every single child in Africa and the world at large today remains a major priority. Improving the literacy status in Africa is very crucial to the development of Africa because literacy transforms individuals and gives them the ability to actively participate in the improvement of both their social and personal environment. Although the quest to achieve higher literacy rates was started a while ago, there have been significant hurdles that have hampered its progress to date. One of the earliest and most evident difficulties affecting the endeavor to enhance literacy in Africa is the situation of rapid demographic growth combined with economic decline. In the 1990s, the percentage of primary-school-aged children who were not in school began to climb. With a growing population, it had rea...
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THE AFRICAN EDUCATIONAL EVOLUTION

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EVOLUTION OF AFRICA EDUCATION  If we want to find reasons for Africa’s poor performance in education, we need to look at our history. It is important to know that formal education – children going to school and to university–began only quite recently on this continent.  In Ancient Egypt (between 2500 and 500 BCE), men were formally taught to become scribes and administrators, that is, people who could write and people who could govern. But in those early days most other African societies lived just above subsistence levels, which means that they produced little more than the basic goods they needed for daily life and their economy did not advance. So they had very little need for education.  Generation after generation, children in Africa learned their skills and gathered their knowledge from their parents and relatives and their community. These skills were mostly to do with farming, and the knowledge was mostly about their environment and their socia...
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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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