Re-thinking the Philosophy of Primary Education for It’s Sustainability

The National Policy on Education enunciates the guidelines, objectives, standards, structures, strategies and management for achieving the national education goals in Nigeria. The policy must be operated within the framework of the overall philosophy of the nation. The philosophy of Nigerian basic education is based on the development of the individuals into a sound and effective citizen and the provision of equal opportunities for all citizens of the nation at the basic level. The system of education in Nigeria was blessed with meaningful policies before and after the Nigerian independence but recorded failure of implementation as a result of many factors responsible. The paper focused on re-thinking the philosophy of primary education in Nigeria for its sustainable development and also highlighted avenues to put in place as guided by the objectives of basic education in order to produce what is meant for at the end of six years of basic education in Nigeria.