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INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS
JUNE 2011
VOL 3, NO 2
THE CONSEQUENCE OF SOCIAL FACTORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
EDUCATIONAL POLICY IN NIGERIA
Mukhtar Alhaji Liman
Department of Education
University of Maiduguri
Borno-state, Nigeria
Abstract
Yusuf Isma’il
Centre for Distance Learning
University of Maiduguri
Borno-state, Nigeria
The paper examines two fundamental issues of human existence; one, is the concept of social
change and educational policy and the second, is how social factors affect the development of
educational policies in Nigeria. The paper also highlighted on the concept of education from
Islamic perspective, the global trend on the educational policy, the implication of the social factors
such as, political, economical, socio-cultural, environmental, religious, and technological factors to
the realization of the objectives of the Nigerian educational policy. Based on the literatures
reviewed revealed that, the delivery of education in Nigeria has suffered from years of neglect,
and compounded by numerous challenges which include: inadequate attention to policy
frameworks; unqualified teaching staff; acute shortages of infrastructure and facilities at all levels;
access to basic education is inhibited by gender issues and socio-cultural beliefs and practices;
emphasis on theoretical knowledge at the expense of technical, vocational, and entrepreneurial
education. The authors argue that, for an effective educational policy to prevailed in Nigeria there
should be commitment to the policy execution by the government; commitment to
professionalism; upward review of schools curricula to make it relevant and practice oriented
more especially in the area of information and communication technology, there is also need for
adequate funding of educational system in Nigeria to meet the minimum UNESCO’s bench-mark
of 26% per capital annual budget.
Keywords: Social change; Social factors; Educational policy
1. INTRODUCTION
Social change is a transitional adaptation of culture, beliefs and values of people in a given society.
These changes have a multi-dimensional effect which ranges from social, educational to the
burden of economic global trend which is infiltrated by the advent of industrial and technological
development or globalization. Societal changed usually result in a change in people’s ways of
lives , thinking and values system. (EncyclopediBritannica)
In addition to that, social change also involves change in social structure of the people in the
society. There are many factors that might have come into play in the social change; this might
include the social institutions, the social behavior, and the people inter-societal relations etc. What
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