Abstract:
In the recent time, there are growing agitations and calls on
developing countries
to focus their attention on economics education
in order for them to
turn around
the economic status of their various Countries.
It is against this background that
the various Nigerian governments have been placing emphasis on the
acquisition
of economic education in the
educational system. This issue
led to the
formulation of the new national policy on education.
(NPE, 2006) which seems to
place high emphasis on economics as
a
subject
.
Under the new policy economics is to be
taught right from
secondary
school.
The aim here is to inculcate in
to the secondary
school
student the basic
necessity
for the learning of economics
at the higher levels of education.
According
to the national
policy on education
(NPE
, 2006
) the aim is to provide
the students with “a sound basis
for economical and reflective thinking” (FEM,
1981 : 146). In essence, the secondary school
is considered as the foundation
upon which the future of economy
in
Nigeria
is based.
It is
at this level
that the
student is introduced into the field of social science to explore it.
