GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

                                                                               ABSTRACT

“History is to people what memory is to the individual. A people with no knowledge of their past would suffer from collective amnesia, groping blindly into the future without guideposts of precedence to shape their course. For possible educational reform, reflection on previous events and policies will assist considerably in playing any future course of action” (Fafunwa, 2018:1). In this Chapter, a range of issues are discussed which will form a contextual basis for the study and understanding of the Nigerian Educational Context. The Nigerian context and issues bordering on Nigeria’s educational system and related issues are discussed in relation to early childhood education. The history, demography, and political structures of both Nigeria and Akwa Ibom state are discussed in this chapter as well. These will help the reader to have a better understanding of contexts regarding education in Nigeria.

KEYWORD: Nigeria, Educational and System