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  1. Address delivered by the Federal Commissioner for Education, Mr W. O. Briggs, p. 3. (Mimeo.)

  2. P. H. Coombs,The World Educational Crisis, p. 121.

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  25. For a detailed discussion of the issues involved see, for instance, S.I. Benn and R. S. Peters,Social Principles and the Democratic State, Parts II and III.

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    Otonti Nduka

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Commonwealth scholar 1966–67, has held various academic and administrative posts. Teaches history and philosophy of education at Ibadan University. Author of Western Education and the Nigerian Cultural Background.

This article is a slightly revised version of a paper presented in Lagos in June 1973 at a Seminar on a National Policy on Education.

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Nduka, O. Toward a national policy on education in Nigeria. Prospects 3, 438–450 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02195867

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