FOREWORD I am delighted and honoured to write the foreword of this Book of Readings titled Equity and Quality in Nigerian Education: A Book of Readings in Honour of Prof. C.N. Musa. Edited by a team of highly skilled and professional members of the academia, this book of readings was painstakingly put in place for two primary reasons. First, this book project was executed by the Department of Educational Foundations of the Faculty of Education, University of Benin, to honour and celebrate a s...
Abstract Retirement is said to be a time for rest after much labour in the civil service. This seems paradoxical in the Nigerian context as pensioners labour more (instead of resting) to get their pensions. Pensions are not paid as and when due, at times for years. The scenario leaves many retired civil servants in abject poverty, frustration, depression, and ill-health that sometimes lead to the death of some of them as they await their entitlements. This paper examined the meaning of reti...
Abstract This study is a survey of principals’ awareness of the policy directives on the implementation and structure of the new Senior Secondary Education Curriculum. A total of hundred (100)school principals from hundred public and private senior secondary schools in the six Area Councils in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja were used for the study. Principals’Awareness of the Structure and Mode of Implementation of the SSEC Que...
Introduction Multiculturalism describes the existence of multiple cultural traditions within a given territory. This usually occurs through amalgamation or through immigration. A multicultural society can be described as a society in which many cultures live aside each other and each culture is respected. Multiculturalism is the acceptance of multiple ethnic cultural practices at the organizational level. This is applied to the demographic makeup of a society, where people from different reli...
