QUALITY EDUCATION AS A CATALYST FOR REVAMPING CORRUPTION FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF 21ST CENTURY AFRICA
One of the major crises facing the 21st century Africa is the high rate of corruption in leadership. This has been found to be one of the reasons for the bad governance and underdevelopment. The paper reveals the corrupt practices that characterized African leaders as money laundry, economic wastage among others and indicates the steps taken by some African nations like Nigeria to curb corruption which includes the establishment of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Independence Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), as indication that corruption is on high increase and has led to bad governance and poor development in Africa and how. It highlights quality education as a catalyst for revamping corruption through developing in learners that will emerge as leaders the right knowledge, skills and attitudes like discipline, honesty, moral, value for quality leadership towards good governance and sustainable development of 21st Century Africa. The paper in conclusion establishes that inculcation of the right knowledge, skills and attitudes in learners through quality education will produce quality leaders that will bring about good governance and drive sustainable development in Africa. Among the suggestions made are that quality education should be provided in African schools for the development of the right knowledge, skills and attitudes in citizens and that African nations and institutions of learning should identify and celebrate the achievements of good leaders who achieve good governance, sustainable development and promote quality education in their institutions like Rev.Fr. Pro. Ichoku of Veritas University of Nigeria for other African leaders to emulate.
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