REPOSITIONING EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE IN NIGERIA FOR DEVELOPING MORALLY UPRIGHT CITIZENS

Issues concerning morality and moral development have become a source of concern to all and sundry in Nigeria today. Due to the high level of moral decadence in our society today, one begins to question the nature, contents, theory and practice of our education. Some scholars have established the links between what we experience in the society and what education had given to its products. Of course scholars and educationists have hinged the incidence of moral decadence on our educational practice. In line with these scholars, this paper argues that the social, economic, religious, political, cultural, technological and educational challenges in Nigeria today are essentially moral in nature. This paper therefore calls for moral development through educational practice in Nigeria and concludes that the members of the public must play their role accordingly. Especially the art industry should show concern for this national organizations, including teachers, public office holders, politicians and parents who should lead by example as studies have shown that those who grew up under a corrupt system tend to be corrupt