Education and Challenges of Moral Ethics Among Nigerian Youths

Exradallenum Olusegun Akinsanya; Opaaje Samuel Sunday; Aina Omololu Olukayode; Fadipe Samuel Ayodele; Agbeja-Folorunke Oluwafemi Joseph

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Education and Challenges of Moral Ethics Among Nigerian Youths

Exradallenum Olusegun Akinsanya, Opaaje Samuel Sunday, Aina Omololu Olukayode, Fadipe Samuel Ayodele, Agbeja-Folorunke Oluwafemi Joseph

Published in International Journal of Education, Culture and Society (Volume 8, Issue 4)

Received: 16 May 2023 Accepted: 26 June 2023 Published: 9 August 2023

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The challenge of moral decadence in Nigeria is one of the burning issues when western education, especially religious education is discussed. It is often argued that western education and formal religious education have contributed little in making Nigerian youths morally upright. Hence, what is the value of education, if not to make an individual to attain high ethical standard. It is suffice to say that one of the main purposes of education of education should be to produce people who have refined mind. When the missionaries brought western education in 1842 they succeeded in inculcating moral discipline in the minds of learners, that is why among the three cardinal subjects in the curriculum were: Reading, ‘Rithmetic and Religion. Each culture also, through informal training have moral codes which are part of training the young ones to be responsible members of the society. This explanatory study sheds more light on the nexus between ethics and education. The study takes a look at the moral state of the society and the role of education in ensuring that the society regains its moral standard.

Published in	International Journal of Education, Culture and Society (Volume 8, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijecs.20230804.16
Page(s)	190-194
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Morality, Ethics, Religion, Education, Culture

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Exradallenum Olusegun Akinsanya, Opaaje Samuel Sunday, Aina Omololu Olukayode, Fadipe Samuel Ayodele, Agbeja-Folorunke Oluwafemi Joseph. (2023). Education and Challenges of Moral Ethics Among Nigerian Youths. International Journal of Education, Culture and Society, 8(4), 190-194. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijecs.20230804.16

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Exradallenum Olusegun Akinsanya; Opaaje Samuel Sunday; Aina Omololu Olukayode; Fadipe Samuel Ayodele; Agbeja-Folorunke Oluwafemi Joseph. Education and Challenges of Moral Ethics Among Nigerian Youths. Int. J. Educ. Cult. Soc. 2023, 8(4), 190-194. doi: 10.11648/j.ijecs.20230804.16

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Exradallenum Olusegun Akinsanya, Opaaje Samuel Sunday, Aina Omololu Olukayode, Fadipe Samuel Ayodele, Agbeja-Folorunke Oluwafemi Joseph. Education and Challenges of Moral Ethics Among Nigerian Youths. Int J Educ Cult Soc. 2023;8(4):190-194. doi: 10.11648/j.ijecs.20230804.16

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Exradallenum Olusegun Akinsanya

Department of Languages, Arts and Social Sciences Education, Faculty of Education, Lagos State University, Lagos, Nigeria
Opaaje Samuel Sunday

Department of Peace and Religious Studies, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria
Aina Omololu Olukayode

Department of Peace and Religious Studies, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria
Fadipe Samuel Ayodele

Department of Peace and Religious Studies, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria
Agbeja-Folorunke Oluwafemi Joseph

Department of Peace and Religious Studies, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria

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Exradallenum Olusegun Akinsanya, Opaaje Samuel Sunday, Aina Omololu Olukayode, Fadipe Samuel Ayodele, Agbeja-Folorunke Oluwafemi Joseph. (2023). Education and Challenges of Moral Ethics Among Nigerian Youths. International Journal of Education, Culture and Society, 8(4), 190-194. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijecs.20230804.16

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Exradallenum Olusegun Akinsanya; Opaaje Samuel Sunday; Aina Omololu Olukayode; Fadipe Samuel Ayodele; Agbeja-Folorunke Oluwafemi Joseph. Education and Challenges of Moral Ethics Among Nigerian Youths. Int. J. Educ. Cult. Soc. 2023, 8(4), 190-194. doi: 10.11648/j.ijecs.20230804.16

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Exradallenum Olusegun Akinsanya, Opaaje Samuel Sunday, Aina Omololu Olukayode, Fadipe Samuel Ayodele, Agbeja-Folorunke Oluwafemi Joseph. Education and Challenges of Moral Ethics Among Nigerian Youths. Int J Educ Cult Soc. 2023;8(4):190-194. doi: 10.11648/j.ijecs.20230804.16

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