FUNCTIONAL LITERACY AS GOAL OF THE USE OF ENGLISH IN NIGERIA'S HIGHER EDUCATION
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2012-09
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Deriving from the fact that the Use of English is a compulsory programme of study
among every tertiary institutions in Nigeria and the oft~ recurring search for means
of making the educational system rise up to the challenges of nation building
through adequate understanding and application of knowledge-functional literacy;
these have become more pressing in the light of the ongoing transformative mission
in the education sector. An attempt has been made in this paper not only to explain
what constitute the Use of English, functional literacy and Nigeria as a nation that
attained independence 51 years ago, but to as well highlight the inseparable
connection among the concepts. These concepts are taken as highly required to
attain genuine transformation that transcends mere campaign mantra. Some
strategies are as well suggested on how the current Use of English programme can
truly tran sito function aliteracy and national development.