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Politics of Education
Corner Stone University, Jerusalem Israel & USA.,
Port Harcourt Campus.
Term paper on: Politics Of Education Are Various Intrigues And Maneuverings That Happen Within The Education Sector Particularly In Schools, Discuss.
Course: Politics of Education
A Term Paper presented by:
Chidiebere Okoro
Department: Education
Lecturer: Pastor Larry Sobuite Sept.24, 2013

Content Page
Introduction 3 Politics versus education 5 The positive role of bureaucracy 9
Change as a panacea 15
The Politics And Power Of Education 19
Conclusion 29
Reference 30

The Interplay between Politics and Education in Nigeria: Any Symbiotic Relationship?
Introduction
Education takes actual visible form in educational systems. They either are the work of states or are approved and supervised by them. No educational system can escape from the political community in which it operates. The system must reflect what the political community wants it to do. The system can set formally to change the community only if the community includes change of this kind among its aims. No doubt every educational system contains some germ of true education and is therefore likely to have side effects unexpected by and unwelcome to its sponsors. To this end, this paper takes a critical look into the influence of politics on the educational system in Nigeria. What good has emanated from the supposed symbiotic relationship between


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