Identifies the major problems facing engineering education in Nigeria. (Author/KHR)

Describes a study that illustrates the lack of bibliographic control of scientific research in Nigeria and discusses the causes underlying this situation. The formation of a national bibliographic association to coordinate bibliographic activities in Nigeria and solicit funding from international organizations is suggested. (CLB)

Compares attempts at community development in Nigeria under English and French colonialism with postcolonial grass-roots efforts up to the post-cold war era. Suggests the need to rethink the structure and role of the state in society. (SK)

It is 40 years since Coombs (1967) first drew attention to the World Education Crisis, and specifically problems in the educational systems of countries in the developing world. Today, many of these problems remain, and are most visible in the educational systems of countries in sub-Saharan Africa. A large number of children remain out of school…

Nigeria is a developing country with problem of curriculum development and implementation. Her contact with colonial masters and their educational system is responsible for that state. It is felt that children are being educated outside their culture rather than in their own environment. The paper touches on the tasks faced by the curriculum…

Science and Technology have been widely recognized as the most important potent tools for socio-economic development. This paper begins with a brief critical and evaluative review of the status of science and technology education in developing countries in Africa. The conceptual framework and the major features of a functional and qualitative…

The author compares syllabus outlines for the 5-year grammar school course (Grades 8-12 equivalent) in West Africa, Nigeria, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and concludes that a national directive on history syllabus similar to that of Britain and the U.S. is needed including aims of history teaching in Nigeria. (JT)

Machine Readable Cataloging (MARC) is proposed as a means of expanding and improving library services in Nigeria. (PF)

Elementary technology, the study of technical objects, will provide a basis for development in Nigeria. Students will develop new capacities for harnessing local resources and for controlling the environment for human benefits. (Author/PG)

Despite huge investments in general education in most developing countries such as Nigeria, education of the handicapped has hitherto been left in the hands of voluntary organizations, owing to a general negative attitude toward disability in communities characterized by mass illiteracy. Current special education needs in developing countries…

The first section of this summary report is directed to an examination of the nature of the functions of inspection in the six countries examined--Algeria, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Venezuela, and Zambia--and consideration of the content of effective monitoring of and advising on the work of teachers and schools. Conditions that make it possible…

Describes the schematics, inputs, and outputs of a story hour program; and the background and environment, organization, and response and observations of the Aradina Media Resource Centre Experience in developing story hour sessions. Discussion of observations include indications of popularity, problems which emerged, and some suggested solutions.…

Outlines the philosophical basis of the innovative Nigerian Secondary School Science Project, its educational objectives, the structure of its objectives, and the nature of the curriculum activities and plans of the program. (MD)

Underscores the need for a guiding ideology for educational planning in Nigeria, finding the Nigerian National Policy on Education and the Third National Development Plan too abstract and unattainable. Advocates the process of systematic forward planning, whereby education is conceptualized as a "system process orientation." (DMM)