Abstract:
Governments in sub-Saharan Africa have, over the years,
acknowledged school education as the driver through which the
achievement of their countries’ development goals can be
accelerated. Indeed, as Amaele (2004) puts it in the Nigerian
context, ‘education has ranked as the best legacy any conscious
leader, government or parent could leave for his/her people … the
quality of education given to a people determines the standard of
growth achieved’. Thus, education is seen as key to the
development needs of the region.
