Ways Government Proposes to Pursue the Objectives of Primary Education in Nigeria

The National policy proposes that the following educational services shall be provided:

• School library; 
•  Basic health scheme; 
• Counseling; 
• Educational resources; 
• Specialist teachers of particular subjects such as mathematics, Science, Physical Education, Language Art (in relation to English, French, Sign Language and Nigeria Language), Librarian, Music, Fine Art and Home Economics. 
• Teaching shall be by practical, exploratory and experimental methods. 
• The medium of instruction in the primary school shall be the language of the environment for the first three years. During this period, English shall be taught as a subject. 
•  From the fourth, year, English shall progressively be used as a medium of instruction and the language of immediate environment and French shall be taught as subjects. 
•  For effective teaching and learning, the teacher-pupil ratio shall be 1:35. 
• Advancement from one class to another shall be based on continuous assessment. 
• The primary school leaving certificate shall be based only on continuous assessment and shall be issued locally by the head teacher of the school. 
•  With a view to correcting the imbalance between different parts of the country, with reference to the availability of educational facilities and the number of pupils receiving formal education and girls education: 

I. State government shall ensure the integration of formal basic education curriculum into koranic Islamiya School.
II. Special efforts shall be made by all appropriate agencies to encourage parents to send their daughters to school.
1. Everything possible shall be done to discourage the incidence of dropping out at the primary level of education. However, if this occurs, provision shall be made in the context of adult and non formal education to enable such early leavers to continue with their education.

2. Government welcomes the contributions of voluntary agencies, communities and private individuals in the establishment and management of primary schools alongside those provided by the state and local government as long as they meet the minimum standards laid down by the federal government.

3. In recognition of the prominent role of information and communication technology in advancing knowledge and skills necessary for effective functioning in the modern world there is urgent need to integrate information and communication technology (ICT) into education in Nigerian.

4. Government shall therefore provide basic infrastructure and training for the realization of this goal at the primary school level.

 CONCLUSION

The National Policy on education is government’s statement of idea, a plan of action with due consideration to all the interested people: the learner, parents and various researchers in education
etc in order to guide the educational practices.

 SUMMARY

In this unit your have studied about:

• Philosophy and Goals of education in Nigeria. 
• Measures taken by Government to implement the policy. 
• General objectives of primary education in Nigeria 
• Curricular activities for primary education in Nigeria. 
• Ways government proposes to pursue the Objectives of primary education in Nigeria.