MANAGING ETHICAL ISSUES IN BASIC EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

Abstract

This paper is concerned withmanaging ethical issues in basic education for sustainable national development in Nigeria.  Ethical issues in education contain basic principles, procedures and behavior pattern based on commitment to core value that are deeply rooted in evaluation. The therefore conceptualized basic education in relation to the provision of National Policy on Education 2013 (NPE); brief history of the establishment of universal basic education was discussed. The objectives of basic education were clearly articulated as contained in the NPE, the relevance of basic education to national development were further discussed. The concept of ethics was brought to bear and the common Ethical Issues in Basic Education identified and discussed, the need to Manage Ethical Issues in Basic Education schools for Sustainable National Development in Nigeria was well captured. In order to continue to improve on the existing basic education in Nigeria, the need to advance strategies and ways for quality service delivery and to reduce the incidence of re-occurrence these unethical challenges or practices, this paper has discussed few things that could serve as way forward for an improved basic education in Nigeria.  The paper concluded that when ethical issues commonly noticed in our education system are critically analyzed will assist not only our educational planners but those to implement or run the management of the education system to achieve its desired goals.