THE ROLE OF PARENTS AND COMMUNITY TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION

Abstract

It is a common knowledge that in this part of the country, people rely on government for everything ranging from health care, water, roads, security, livelihood and education to mention but a few. This trend has changed in many communities in other parts of the country. Education is the only legacy that the parents and the community can give to their children to make that community alive, a community that is not educationally up to standard can be termed a backward community that is why when discussing education at National level, you find terms like back-ward state, or on a milder language disadvantage state in education been echoed. Sokoto state is often refereed to as educationally disadvantaged, while every day we produce primary, secondary and university graduates but up to now we have not reached the standard expected why? The answer is not farfetched, the answer lies in the fact that our people have relinquished their primary role of bringing up their children to government, but can government alone continue to shoulder this responsibility considering the enormous burden of public service on government and considering the financial constraints on government.