THE ISSUES OF IDEOLOGIES AND POLICIES ON EDUCATION.
1.1 INTRODUCTION To start with, development of any nation and its outstanding achievements is subject to the planning and the effective implementation of education policy. Most governments all over the world are said to give prominence to educational policies as instruments of national development. This is not the case in Nigeria as the education policy ever since its inception in 1982 is suffering of negligence under the unfavorably political climate of the country, as well as the selfishness of the political leaders. As such, the trajectory of Nigeria National Education Policy can not be study without paying attention to some details. According to Umo (2005), worldwide, education has been recognized as a catalyst for achieving socio-economic, scientific and technological development. For clarity, the FGN in 2004 announced that education is an instrument par excellence for achieving national development. However, the growth and development of a country is usually an outgrowth o...