OYO STATE SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS VIEW OF THE INTRODUCTION OF RELIGION AND NATIONAL VALUES CURRICULUM IN UPPER BASIC EDUCATION

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background to the Study

A nation that dreams greatness needs to invest in the strategies inculcation of national values, and such strategic investment depends on several factors

–        The scope of the value

–        The source

–        The Nature

–        Role models and instructor

–        Institutional structure

By scope mean the reach of the value deemed national, it is unavoidably tautology to suggest that national values must be national inscope. A national value cannot be ethnic or sectarian, of course this does suggest that a value that is acceptable to one ethnic cannot be acceptable to other group. Meaning that it must be embraced by or considered us worthy of the embrace of others.