Education and ethics: reorienting values in Nigerian tertiary institutions

Abstract

Moral growth is a sign of human progress, and it must come before other elements of development in any country because otherwise, people' immorality would block the path of development. In a similar vein, a morally bankrupt education is incomplete, pointless, and detrimental to both the students who get it and the society in which they live. Therefore, the purpose of this essay is to critically analyse the place of ethics or morality in education. The research finds that moral probity is now lacking in our educational system via the use of historical and analytical methodologies. It then calls for reintroducing moral education to the teaching curricula of all higher institutions in Nigeria in order to reorient values in our tertiary institutions. According to the document, Nigeria should set the appropriate priorities by giving morality top priority in its educational and socioeconomic initiatives. Moral growth is a sign of human progress, and it must come before other elements of development in any country because otherwise, people' immorality would block the path of development. In a similar vein, a morally bankrupt education is incomplete, pointless, and detrimental to both the students who get it and the society in which they live. Therefore, the purpose of this essay is to critically analyse the place of ethics or morality in education. The research finds that moral probity is now lacking in our educational system via the use of historical and analytical methodologies. It then calls for reintroducing moral education to the teaching curricula of all higher institutions in Nigeria in order to reorient values in our tertiary institutions. According to the document, Nigeria should set the appropriate priorities by giving morality top priority in its educational and socioeconomic initiatives.