The philosophy of the nation that state that Nigerians should live in unity and

harmony as one indivisible, indissoluble democratic and sovereign nation founded

on the principles of freedom, quality and justice has not been able to be achieved.
We live in a country where there is divergence ethnic groups. There is also
different socio cultural beliefs, the Hausa’s did not see the Yoruba as their
brothers and Igbo community did not see the Hausa’s as their brothers thereby
causing sectionalism,nepotism,favouritism in governance.
There is always killings in other tribes ,especially in the northern parts of Nigerian
while we suppose to see ourselves as one Nigerian. Taking southern Kaduna as a
case study where they kill the people that they believe that are not of their origin
and the Christian Yoruba community living there.
Tribalism is also one of the problems that cause disunity.
The political office holders appoint citizens from their tribes in top political offices
at the detriment of the federal character structure thereby causing disunity in
Nigeria. In the area of justice delivery, the rich elites that committed grievous
crimes and commit financial fraud are allowed to walk free without been
prosecuted while the poor citizens at the grassroots that committed a minor
offence are been put behind the bar.
Another objective of education is provision of equal access to
qualitative educational opportunities of all citizens at all level of education, within
and outside the formal school system. This objective of education has not been
able to be materialized in the sense that there is high level of illiteracy and out of
school children in the northern parts of Nigeria. Education is very costly and most
Nigerian citizens cannot afford it. Lack of competency teachers in government
schools is a major setback in education advancement in Nigeria. There is
inequality in accessing education, the rich top class member of the country send
their oversees to receive quality education while the commoners are allowed to
attend poorly funded schools in Nigeria.
The objective of education in Nigeria that has not been achieved is
qualitative education delivery. Most schools don’t have conducive environment
for learning. Most classroom are dilapidated and in a bad state. The school
libraries are not well equipped to global standard .The government contribute
little towards the development of education in Nigeria. The Nigerian educational
objective that states that there will be acquisition of functional skills and
competence for self reliance has not been able to be achieved. Skills like textiles
making,catering,craft,bakery carpentry that are supposed to be the bedrock for
self employment and sustainability has been abandoned. Entrepreneur skills that
are now been taught in schools is not adequately funded fir students .Take off
grants and loans are not been provided. The government has done little in the
area of skills acquisition and self reliance, that is why there is rural urban drift of
youths for white collar jobs.
Nigeria education system that is supposed to be oriented towards
making every child to be taught in their mother’s tongue of language of their
immediate society for the first four years of basic education and that every child
shall learn one Nigerian language is not achievable. Nigerian private schools teach
their pupils in non Standard English language instead of them to teach with their
mother’s tongue to facilitate teaching learning process. This have adverse effects
in the pupils communication as they cannot speak the standard English language
fluently and they cannot also perform better in their mother’s tongue thereby
leading to poor performance in English language and their studies generally.
Nigerian education objectives is to provide shared responsibility for
the common good of the society, but this objective has not come to stay. It is
supposed to be a collective responsibility in the area of security of life and
properties but it is not so. The herdsmen killing people are Nigerian, the cattle
rustlers are Nigerian and most of these criminal live within the society. The
people failed to fish them out and report them to the Nigerian police to arrest
them and take drastic action against them. The education goal has not been able
to cater for the needs of shared responsibility for the common good of the
society. Educational activities that is supposed to be
learner centered for maximum self development and self fulfillment is not so in
the sense that teacher most times do the teaching in the classroom and thereby
making the learner passive. This is a bad teaching model and it should be
discourage in the teaching learning process.
Another objective of Nigeria
education is that all tiers of government shall promote the establishment and
support of reading clubs in schools,communities,libraries and other such
resources that will enhance learning. Reading culture is diminishing. Government
fails to set up this clubs to enhance reading. A reading society is a developing
society, as it is what people read that they will use to solve their problems.
Inability of students to read has led to poor performance in waec and tertiary
institutions in Nigeria. Nigerian libraries are occupied with outdated study
materials that cannot match with the global standards.
Teaching objectives was meant
to be practical, activity based,experiental and IT supported. Nigerian schools lack
modern laboratory equipment. There is no hands on experience in schools. The IT
in few schools is only utilized by teachers. There is no much research in our
schools laboratories. The government did not fund the schools in area of research
and this has cause technological backwardness in Nigeria, Nigeria laboratories is
not updated to the latest global laboratories. All these have adverse negative
impact in our education system in Nigeria as the goals of education are swinging
to the pendulum of destruction. The education objectives
states that there will be special provision and incentives to the study of science at
each level of education system but the reverse is the case. her is no adequate
scholarship that supposed to boost the morale of the student that perform
excellently in the science department in our schools. Scholars that perform
brilliantly are not celebrated in Nigeria. Most science graduates are unemployed
and this is one major reason that this educational objectives has not been able to
be achieved. The objective of Nigeria
education is that there should be periodic review, effectiveness and relevance of
the curriculum at all levels to meet the needs of the society and the world of work
but it has not been fully implemented because the last time it was reviewed was
2013.The education goal was suitable for Nigeria but it has not been implemented
to the level that it will have significant impact on Nigeria economy at large. Most
of the education policy is not in practice in Nigeria. The objectives was well
drafted but it has solve societal needs of Nigerians.
Nigeria philosophy of
education that is based on instruments of national development and social
change but the level of development in Nigeria is too low. In fact since 1960
Nigeria is still a developing countries, This mean that the philosophy is yet to be
fully activated as expected.