JOURNAL OF CHILDHOOD AND PRIMARY EDUCATION

Rebranding vocational business education towards acquisition of skills for self-reliance to the Nigerian child

Chikwuo Sussan UDU — 2024-03-31

Business Education is an integral aspect of Vocational Education. Graduates of business education are unemployed because they lack entrepreneurial knowledge required for self-reliance. This paper examines the importance of rebranding vocational business education towards skill acquisition so as to impart into Nigerian child the skills that will enable him to be self-employed if not employed. The paper recommends among -others that much emphasis should be placed on entrepreneurial education so as to impart these skills early in Nigerian child. The paper also recommends that National Policy on Education should be reviewed at least once every two years so as to be relevant in this fast changing world of technology.

MODALITIES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PRE-PRIMARY AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS

L.U. ONYEKWELU — 2023-10-23

This paper discusses the importance of pre-primary and primary education. The general requirement for the establishment of a pre-primary and primary school is in line with the Federal Ministry of Education. It also highlighted other human and material resources needed for the initial take-off of pre-primary and primary schools. It looked at how the schools could be financed and the procedures to be used in the registration of this category of schools.

Counseling to safeguard the future of Nigerian child

C.U. Mbachu — 2023-08-16

The paper examined counseling to safeguard the future of Nigerian child. Based on research and experience, the authors x-rayed the common challenges faced by the Nigerian child to include among others: insecurity, lack of basic needs for life, family crisis, forced labour, forced marriage, child trafficking and lack of quality education, prostitution, hunger and poverty. Also the paper explained the meaning of counseling and counseling services to safeguard the future of the Nigerian child to include, educational, social, economic and technological changes. Counseling to safeguard the right of the Nigerian child against maltreatment like child marriage, force prostitution, child trafficking, force labour, child labour, child abduction and discrimination was discussed. The benefits of counseling to safeguard the future of the Nigerian child that will help to modify problems like restlessness, aggressive behavior, quarreling, truancy, bullying and anxiety were discussed. Conclusion and recommendation was also made

Importance and challenges of fine art education on Nigerian child

Vivian Val OKPALUBA — 2023-08-16

This paper explores the meaning of art. It expresses the breakdown of the importance of art to the Nigerian child. It points out key facts of how Fine art education is influential to the life of the Nigerian child. Studies show that art plays vital role in the development of the child. Development of artistic skills is debated as essential to the natural development of children, which helps them properly to be better in the society. A number of challenges face by the art subjects in the schools, lack of professional teachers and materials. The idea of using improvised materials was also encouraged. Some recommendations were made such as; The Nigerian government has to play a vital role in ensuring the importance of fine art to the Nigerian child, make adequate provision of professional teachers and resources.

Primary Education as a Vital Tool for Achieving Sustainable National Development

Nonye N NWANKWO — 2024-03-31

This paper highlights primary education as a vital tool for achieving sustainable national development. It discussed concepts of primary education and its objectives; concept of sustainable national development, relationship between primary education and sustainable national development. The paper also looked into the challenges of Primary Education in Nigeria which include: Inadequate teaching staff, inadequate infrastructure, Lack of instructional materials, Inadequate funding, etc. The following were recommended: Government should employ more qualified teachers, adequate fund should be provided for primary education and all funds mapped out for primary education should be judiciously used for the purpose of achieving sustainable national development; there is need for teaching and learning to be done in a conducive environment therefore, dilapidated buildings and structures must be improved by government and even well-meaning individuals in society.

REGGIO EMILIA APPROACH

L.U. ONYEKWELU — 2023-10-23

Reggio Emilia's approach to curriculum implementation and the problem of the Nigerian child are all interwoven. Today 21st century child and national development are essential components of the seven points agenda of the present administration, which if solved will help to develop the economy and make Nigeria one of the 20th largest economies by the year 2030. It will help to reposition Nigeria among the committees of Nations. For the nation to move out of the present social doldrums, the position of the 21st-century child needs to be re-addressed to attain the anticipated sustainable development goals. This can be done by using Reggio Emilia of curriculum implementation in teaching and learning in pre-primary schools. In this direction, this paper had a look at the situation now, the interference between Reggio Emilia's approach of curriculum implementation and the 21st-century child and strategies for closing the gap.

CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND SOCIETAL PROBLEMS

Chukwuemeka Kingsley OKEKE — 2023-10-23

Today, Childhood Education and societal problems are at the centre of Nigerian discourse. If given, good attention will help to reposition Nigeria in the global market. This paper had a crucial look at the position of the Nigerian child; and what should be done to make it better if the cry for a better tomorrow will be a reality.

Improving the education of a Nigerian child through discipline in primary schools

Felicia Ngozi C AMADI — 2023-08-16

This paper discussed the improvement of education of a Nigerian child through discipline in primary schools. It also discussed the goals of primary education in Nigeria, concept of discipline-teaching students to observe school laws and regulations and respect to authorities, types of discipline in school, ways to improve discipline in schools, the goals of discipline to children. The paper also discussed the concept of indiscipline: lack of control in the behavior of a person, causes of indiscipline in primary schools, appropriate way to discipline children by parents. Finally, conclusion and recommendations were made.

Nigerian child and the challenges of the social media

Cecilia Uzoamaka OKEKE — 2023-08-16

Social media is a group of internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0 and allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content. While the social media have been gaining wide attraction among young people, there is concern over the adverse consequences of exposing children to the excessive social media usage. This paper explored some challenges of the social media to the Nigerian child. Using documentary sources, the paper identified some of the undesirable influences of the social media; employed the Bandura’s social learning theory to explain the possibility of the Nigerian child imitating some of the unwanted contents of the social media; and canvasses for a way out of the social media negative influence on the Nigerian child. Among others, the paper advocates for parental censorship of social media use among children as well as due consideration by relevant authorities for the contents flowing online.