Nigeria: Social and Spiritual Capitals of Private Schools

Social investors in private schools in Nigeria especially at the primary and secondary levels are the most hated, vilified, yet they remain superlatively indispensable and formidably strategic for national prosperity. Private contribution in education in Nigeria is not new: it is as old as the history of modern Nigeria.

Indeed, it was a private organisation that started the first educational facility in Nigeria. Just like the colonial masters were dodging the education of their conquered peoples, the independent country of Nigeria also maintained a placid stance in the education of their citizens. Going by the 1999 Constitution in Chapter two (18) section 3(a-d), we exposed to the hypocrisy of the constitution on the very important subject of education in Nigeria.

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