Nigeria's oil revenues are financing a variety of development projects including those in education. The current plan for the education system is highlighted along with the implications for American higher education. Commentaries by Raymond A. Ehrle, Jenny K. Johnson, and Ezra A. Naughton are included. (JMF)

Universal primary education is suggested to improve, but not equalize, access to educational services as long as inequality exists in the larger society and in individual abilities. The implications of study of the relationship between school, educational input, environmental variables, and basic educational expansion on future government are…

Problems in the Nigerian Universal Primary Education scheme including a high dropout rate and early formal school termination indicate that career education should be built into the program. A sequence for and advantages of introducing career education into primary and secondary schools are outlined. (JMF)

The effects on students' vocational aspirations because of the ecological differences that exist between urban and rural areas in developing countries are discussed. The results of a study of secondary students showed rural students were inferior in their levels of vocational aspiration, found job information more difficult to get, etc.…

Highlights the role that innovative rural public library services can play in the development process of Nigeria to improve rural users' literacy and education and enhance their ability to use practical information relevant to their daily lives. Discusses information needs in rural Nigeria and the role of the rural librarian. (Author/LRW)

The genesis of a formal gifted education program in Nigeria is traced from the period of the articulation of a national policy on education, through the pioneer magnet school approach, to the establishment of an academy for gifted children in 1987. Issues and problems besetting gifted education are recounted. (Author/CR)

Compares social studies education in Malawi, Nigeria, and Kenya, focusing on the content of the curriculum, instructional materials utilized, and courses offered. Examines the problems each country faces in developing and implementing its curriculum. Includes the historical, political, and economic factors influencing the social studies…

Attempts to identify the master stigma, that characteristic of an individual that he believes to have the strongest negative effects on interactions with others, as perceived by students from four developing nations. Racial background was the master stigma only for the Nigerian students and being a foreigner was for the Iranian, Taiwanese, and…

Describes a survey of student patrons of a Nigerian academic library that sought to assess user needs and examine student attitudes toward the library. Findings discussed include prior library experience, effectiveness of library orientation programs, actual use of the library, student relationships with library staff, and student reactions to…

Examines the role of Nigerian library schools in teaching and conducting research and the problems encountered in this process. Topics covered include research curriculum designs, descriptions of student and faculty research projects, and the identification of aspects of Nigerian libraries that need to be researched. (9 references) (Author/CLB)

This paper examines the tension between linguistic unification and language rights in Nigeria and assesses the nature, causes, and implications of the tension against the backgrounds of the country's history, political development, and language situation. (Contains 116 references.) (MDM)

Examines the current status of in-service teacher education in Nigeria, indicating three approaches: the central office approach; the long vacation program; and the Associateship Certificate in Education distance learning approach. Recommendations for planning and implementing in-service teacher education programs in Nigeria are noted. (SM)

This volume contains papers on strategies and mechanisms for developing, maintaining, and expanding the flow of students into the universities and polytechnics of the British Commonwealth's developing nations and for the extension of exchange between all Commonwealth developing nations. Part 1 contains introductory papers. Part 2 contains papers…

A study examined the competence of English teachers in an Anglophone country (Nigeria) and the types of classroom interaction in a Nigerian university. Subjects, 240 randomly selected first-year undergraduates who registered for a Use of English course, were divided into an experimental and a control group. The experimental group was taught by two…

The paper describes a model developed through a 4-year linkage between West Virginia University and Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria. The American university saw its role as coordinating, brainstorming, and cooperatively responding to initiatives and identified needs of the African university. Program organization at the American university…