Abstract
Several studies have emerged on education being adequately challenged in Nigeria, yet little is known in the literature on the social analysis of moral decadence that has become a common feature of the nation’s education system and spread to other institutions like an harmattan fire. Therefore, this article uses data from descriptive source to build upon previous studies in order to address this gap in knowledge. It delves with factors responsible for the prevailing moral dilemma in the nation’s education system and also illustrates ways in which the scourge manifests in many spheres of life. Employing a core Sociological paradigm (Functionalism) to diagnose this problem, the study highlights areas of defects and suggests the way forward for the nation’s education sector. This lies in the teaching of moral education, rooted in cultural ethics and ethos at all level of education, coupled with godly doctrines. These will not only help to produce pragmatic leaders to bail the nation’s education sector out of the current state of oblivion; they will also ensure national development in all areas of human endeavours. The paper therefore, recommends the enforcement of ethics education rooted in the traditional values of Africa in high schools and universities to enhance lost of moral character in Nigeria.
Highlights
Education is a key component of personal development [1,2,3]
The backwardness of Nigeria is not rooted in the education per se; it is located in the endemic moral decadence behind its operations and it serves as the basis for the present article
Nigeria is currently being challenged by backwardness not because there are no resources to ensure her greatness but largely because of moral decadence among the elite class
Summary
Education is a key component of personal development [1,2,3] It is the process of becoming the best people can be in life [4]. Educated persons are more successful in life than illiterates This is because the skills learnt in institutions of learning make them relevant in work organizations and businesses than illiterates. It is not unreasonable to note that good character that was in existence in higher institutions, prior to military incursion into politics, turned into bad character due to poor funding of education, poor remunerations and conditions of service for members of staff. The education system is of little or no effect in handling day-to-day challenges of life, bringing to bear the view of [36] on Nigeria being rich but poor; has oil but imports the same at higher price to the detriment of poor masses [37]; blessed with vast arable lands but imports her most basic foodstuff and her huge oil resources are being misappropriated, wasted and looted by the elite class [38,39,40,41]
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