Education and National Development in Nigeria: A Philosophical Perspective

Abstract

The paper examines the key words: culture and development, and in the process attempts to bring out their relationship to education in a developing country like Nigeria. It further states that investment in education is sine-qua-non with national development. Hence this paper sees education as an important tool for national development. The paper finally asserts that democratization process in Nigeria is saddled with limited access to education and struggle with the task of making it available to all citizens.