Having travelled to and through rural areas in various geo-political zones of the country, the sight of education facilities in rural areas of Nigeria is disheartening, particularly in the 21 st century. Rural neglects brings negative consequences such as exodus of rural dwellers to urban areas, with resulting problems of unemployment, crimes, prostitution, child labour, insecurity, money laundering, bribery, poverty, proliferation of shanty living areas, spread of diseases, and overstretching of the facilities and infrastructures in the urban areas. Lack of development has a positive correlation with the neglect of rural areas. A view states that no serious, active, conscious, sensitive, and organized government would want to neglect rural communities. The under-development in Nigeria as a country has been linked to lack of development in the rural areas. Crude oil, limestone, coal among other resources possessed by the country are hugely deposited in rural areas.
Generally, rural areas in Nigeria are incessantly neglected by the government when it comes to development of any form, educational development inclusive.ĭespite the fact that rural dwellers in Nigeria are usually not recognized on government development activities, the nation’s wealth is derived from rural areas across the country. Nigeria is predominantly a rural society as the vast majority of her population live in rural area. It is common knowledge that majority of the population in developing countries like Nigeria live in rural areas. However, this does not reflect the situation in rural Nigeria where there is overwhelming widespread of illiteracy.Įducation in rural Nigeria is characterized with very poor infrastructure, insufficient academic staff, insecurity, and non-payment of academic staff among others. In the Nigeria’s National Policy on Education (FRN 1998), it is stated that the Federal Government has adopted education as an instrument for effecting National Development in all areas of the nation.
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