EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN NIGERIA: AN EDIFICE FOR SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL VALUES AND DEVELOPMENT
Our global ecosystem cannot support the infinite growth that guides current organizational strategy. Despite the fact that higher education institutions can be effective communication channels for sustainability issues, Universities are still teaching a system that is destroying the biosphere. An important step to enlighten people can be seen in the outcome document of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (released in July 2014), which reiterates that education is not only an end in itself but also a means to achieving a broad global development agenda. This policy paper provides a succinct, evidence-based overview of the numerous ways in which education can advance the proposed post-2015 sustainable development goals. It underscores the notion that sustainable development for all countries is only truly possible through comprehensive cross-sector efforts that begin with education. This work posits that education should be viewed as an essential tool for achieving necessary capacity development and human/social capital to realize the transformative targets of the Sustainable Development.
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