PATRISTIC EDUCATION AND DIGITALIZATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

Abstract

The paper is meant to explore how Patristic education and digitalization can be harnessed for better management of higher education set not only on teaching knowledge and skills but on the comprehensive educational project that seeks to inform, form and transform learners who will, in turn, become valuable assets for social reengineering and transformation of the society technologically. This paper thus advocated for a blend of the noble qualities of digitalization and the great values and perspectives of patristic education in creating a new horizon to guide the management of higher education in Nigeria. It is hoped that such a new horizon will help higher education management benefit from the wisdom of the ancient while at the same time enjoying the numerous opportunities that modern innovations offers. The major preoccupation of this paper is with the management of these institutions towards greater efficiency and effectiveness in the realization of the goals of higher education. Digitalization has proving to be of notable assistance in this regard but it has its downsides that competes with notable perspective of eternal relevance