Emerging Issues in Nomadic Education in Nigeria: Challenges of the 21st Century

Abstract

This paper examines emerging issues in Nomadic Education in 21st century Nigeria. The challenges facing the education of nomads were identified, which include, among others proper integration of nomads into the mainstream society, inadequate or unqualified teachers, inadequate materials and teaching methods. Thus, the current provision of this kind of education, by Federal Government, through the National Commission for Nomadic Education is only a start but not the final panacea to the serious problems facing contemporary nomadic education in the present era of global development. There is the need, the paper argues, to improve the means of teaching and communication today. The paper agitates for equality and fair economic opportunities. It proffers solutions to the problems, which include; the suggestion that the government should assume full responsibility for making nomadic education a national issue in the 21s1 century Nigeria and that government should introduce a satellite tracking system to locate the nomads easily and to facilitate communication with them both within and outside our national borders.