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Human rights in Nigeria are protected under the current constitution of 1999. [1] While Nigeria has made major improvements in human rights under this constitution, the American Human Rights Report of 2012 notes several areas where more improvement is needed, which includes: [2] abuses by Boko Haram, killings by government forces, lack of social equality and issues with freedom of speech.
The history of university education in Nigeria can be traced to the Elliot Commission of 1943, [55] which culminated in the establishment of University College, Ibadan in 1948. [ 56 ] Five of these universities were established between 1948 and 1965, following the recommendation of the Ashby Commission set up by the British Colonial Government ...
A History of Nigerian Higher Education, Macmillan. History of Education in Nigeria, 1970. ISBN 0-04-370047-0; New Perspectives in African Education, 1967; Education in Mother Tongue: The Ife Primary Education Research Project, 1970-1978 (Editor) Up and On: A Nigerian Teacher's Odyssey, 1991. ISBN 978-153-096-0; Memoirs of a Nigerian Minister of ...
NERDC has been around since 1964, when it was named as the Nigeria Educational Research Council (NERC). The late Chief Federal Adviser on Education, Chief S.O.Awokoye, organized the National Conference on Curriculum Development from September 8 to 12, 1969, by a group of professionals from the Federal Ministry of Education.
Human rights are "rights one has simply because one is a human being." [3] These privileges and civil liberties are innate in every person without prejudice and where ethnicity, place of abode, gender, cultural origin, skin color, religious affiliation, or language including sexual orientation do not matter.
He is also the author of several books on African History, Human Rights and Peace & Conflict studies including Imperialism and Human Rights, [4] and Imperial Justice: Africans in Empire's Court, [5] and Human Rights in Africa (Cambridge University Press). [6] He is a contributor to the GIAZILO blog - a blog on "Human Rights, Social Justice and ...
The right to education has been recognized as a human right in a number of international conventions, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights which recognizes a right to free, primary education for all, an obligation to develop secondary education accessible to all with the progressive introduction of free secondary education, as well as an obligation to ...
Gender inequality in Nigeria is influenced by different cultures and beliefs. In most parts of Nigeria, women are considered subordinate to their male counterparts, especially in Northern Nigeria [1] as well as in other sectors including the Nigeria music industry, politics, and education sector. [2]