Equalizing Educational Opportunities In Nigerian In The 21St Century
Abstract
The issue of equalizing educational opportunities is a vexed one worldwide. It is
even more serious now with the global economic belt-tightening which has many
implications for educational practice. This study examined the various dimensions
of providing educational service to all citizens on equal basis. First it identified
the prevailing inequalities, pointing out the respective implications of such
inequalities. Then the factors which militate against Nigeria's declared
equalitarian objectives are identified as social, geopolitical, economic and
religious. It was recommended among others solutions that very radical reforms
in our educational practices in order to ensure equal educational opportunity for
all Nigerians in the 21st century
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