NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

UNIVERSITY VILLAGE, PLOT 91, CASDASTRAL ZONE, NNAMDI AZIKIWE EXPRESS WAY, JABI, ABUJA.
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2014 EXAMINATION

COURSE CODE:                                                                              EDU714                                                                             

COURSE TITLE:                                                                             History of Education in Nigeria

DURATION:                                                                                     2 Hours

INSTRUCTIONS:                                                                            Answer Question 1 and three other questions

1a.                   Explain five basic characteristics of traditional education in Nigeria. (10 Marks)

1b.                   List and explain five methods of traditional medicine in Nigeria.  (10 Marks)

1c.       Briefly discuss Qur’anic system of Education in Nigeria.   (5 Marks)

2a.       Discuss the reasons for European penetration into Nigeria in the 19th century   (10 Marks)

2b.       Explain five provisions in the Education Ordinance of 1882 the colonial government’s first formal document at the control of education by government.  (5 Marks)

3a.       Explain five factors that led to the establishment of higher education in Nigeria.         (5 Marks)

3b.       Discuss briefly five problems that confronted Yaba Higher College.  (10 Marks)

4a.       Give five reasons that led to the criticism of the University College Ibadan by Nigerians. (10 Marks)

 4b.      Explain the five major findings of Ashby Commission.  (5 Marks)

5a.       Explain the rationale for setting up the National Curriculum Conference by the Federal Government of Nigeria in 1969.  (5 Marks)

 b.        Give five importance of the National Policy on Education (1977) in Nigeria.               (10 Marks)