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Journal of Educational Research and Reviews
Research Article | Published August 2019 | Volume 7, Issue 8, pp. 169-174.
 doi: https://doi.org/10.33495/jerr_v7i8.19.125

 

Management of Secondary Education in Nigeria for National Cohesion and Global Competitiveness

 

 

 

Ada Mary Juliana*
Ushie Mary Ibene
Andeshi Wendy Alorye
Ikwun Theresa

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  Department of Educational Administration and Planning, University of Calabar, Nigeria.

 

 

 

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 Citation: Juliana AM, Ibene UM, Alorye AW, Theresa I (2019). Management of Secondary Education in Nigeria for National Cohesion and Global Competitiveness. J. Edu. Res. Rev. 7(8): 169-174.
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The aim of educational reforms and restructuring including modernization is successful integration into the global environment with the expectations that schools will produce the required manpower, proactive leadership and enlightened citizenry who is flexible enough to adapt to variations of religion, language and ethnicity. This paper aimed at examining the management of secondary education in Nigeria for national cohesion. A country cannot be ascribed globally competitive when it is fraught with constant recurrence of violence, rivalry and hostility; the paper thus presents the key challenges plaguing the secondary’s school strategic development with a focus of secondary educational management of civic education. The paper adopted the use of content analysis, evaluations of experts and government archives, it also highlights the imperatives of national cohesion and global competitiveness with the belief that fixing the country’s educational system for national cohesion requires pragmatic approaches targeted at the tapping the huge untapped potentials of the Nigerian secondary educational system.

 

Keywords  National cohesion   competitiveness   management   education 

 

 

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