Abstract
The paper examines the role of deconstruction in the Nigerian educational system vis-à-vis its functionality to the growing needs and challenges be devilling the nation. Arguably, the content of the system has been commonly viewed sometimes as dysfunctional, tilted toward the needs of the colonial agenda. This phenomenon did only leave the endeavour handicapped but also totally reliant on foreign ideology; a system that estranged the people. The paper adopts hermeneutical, historical, and critical approaches to the phenomenon. From a biblical perspective, while searching for relevance, there has been the need to decolonize certain aspects which otherwise have alienated the people, with the aim of targeting functionality and acceptability among Africans. The need to contextualize a foreign curriculum that will bring about a total overhauling of the system to achieve a vibrant curriculum remains a necessity in order to service the needs of the people. As in the decolonisation exercise among biblical scholars, chances are that we can achieve a great feat in our nation’s education sector. It concludes by resounding that the present educational system is deconstructed with the aim of removing dysfunctional elements; with full integration of a rich indigenous knowledge base that serves the people’s uniqueness amidst conflicting curriculum, the government should be proud to introduce into the educational system a fresh idea that meets the needs as posited by biblical scholars.
Highlights
Domestic violence depicts gender as a social construction of the power between men and women regarding their identities, roles, responsibilities, and values which are socially constructed to trigger violence (Ngutu, Iteyo, & Kassilly, 2018)
This study examines how the social and legal structures permit perpetrators of domestic violence to get away with the crime despite there being clear-cut legal provisions against the social vice
The analysis of the finding is based on the report generated by the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), which gives the summary of the statistics of the finding carried out before in the year 2016
Summary
Domestic violence depicts gender as a social construction of the power between men and women regarding their identities, roles, responsibilities, and values which are socially constructed to trigger violence (Ngutu, Iteyo, & Kassilly, 2018). All forms of abuse that characterise domestic violence are normally perpetrated to gain power and control over the victims. It has become increasingly difficult for data regarding the prevalence of domestic violence to be collected in Kenya, largely because the vice is still accepted as a cultural practice or considered a private affair that should not be reported to the authorities (Otolo, 2020).
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