Nigeria is a middle income country, with a mixed economy and emerging market, It is ranked 26th in the world in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) and is the largest economy in Africa following the rebased figures announced in April 2014, with an ambition to become one of the 20 largest economies in the world by 2020. Currently, Nigeria is underperforming in the manufacturing sector however, produces a large proportion of goods and services for the West African region.
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Current Economic and Political Dispensation and Teacher Education Programs in Niger Delta Region: Means of Enhancing Teacher Education
Nwachukwu Prince Ololube (Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Nigeria), Nanighe Baldwin Major (Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Nigeria), and
Peter James Kpolovie (University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria)
Copyright: © 2015
|Pages: 14
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8162-0.ch021
Abstract
In this chapter we highlighted the impact of the current economic and political dispensation in Nigeria and its impact on teacher education programs and the means of enhancing teacher education in the Niger Delta region. This paper is a conceptual and methodological breakthrough in Nigeria's academic landscape where qualitative and quantitative experiences highlight issues that are pertinent to teacher education program in the Niger Delta. The chapter proposed that the Niger Delta region's and the entire Nigeria's teacher education programs would be advanced if the component parts of the current economic and political disposition are resolved. This chapter contends that the Niger Delta region has the potential to address the challenges currently faced in the region such as social disruption (violence threat), poverty, hunger, disease, conflict, marginalization, and the achievement and improvement for effective teacher education programs. This chapter is of the immense judgment that successfully addressing the challenges currently faced in the Niger Delta region, teacher education programs will greatly improve qualitatively and quantitatively.