Benue State University, Makurdi

VALUE REORIENTATION AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: THE ROLE OF ART EDUCATION

Juliet Bih Denen
Department of Fine and Applied Arts, College of Education, Katsina –Ala, Benue State, Nigeria

Abstract

For any society to experience positive and sustainable growth, positive values must be upheld and encouraged. Where social values have decayed, underdevelopment sets in hence the need for reorientation of values. The focus of this paper is on the need for value reorientation in Nigeria as a vehicle for sustainable national development. Emphasis is laid on the role of Art Education. The paper believes that using the educational approach to the enhancement of value reorientation is the best to ensure growth and development. It recommends that deliberate primary and post primary school curricula should embrace values that will build the attitudes and behavioral pattern of the learners to instil consciousness in their positive behaviours.

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