EDUCATION FOR SELF-RELIANCE: IMPERATIVES FOR SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

This study examined education as an instrument for self-reliance in Nigeria in line with sustainable national development. The country is faced with the problem of high unemployment and under employment rate, especially now that the country is trying hard to provide equal educational opportunities for all. The objectives of the study are to find out the relevance of education in actualizing self-reliance in Nigeria and the challenges of education in Nigeria. The study on the relevance of education in actualizing self-reliance in Nigeria revealed that education is a means through which the citizens are liberated from ignorance and equipped with the needed economic, political, social, and entrepreneurial...