Basic Education In Nigeria For Global Competitiveness The Way Forward.

Basic Education for global competitiveness should be the type of education that would be given to the citizenry learners to enable them acquire knowledge skills and work experience that are desirable to solve such global challenges as climate change poverty insecurity ecology and economy. Unfortunately the potentials of the basic education programme to fulfill these responsibilities is always challenged by poor funding poor planning inadequate infrastructure and instructional facilities. This paper therefore tried to examine some of these challenges together with the strategies embark upon by the Federal Government of Nigeria in making Basic education globally competitive. Recommendations were made among which include that the Government Agencies in charge of Basic Education programme should review and include in the curriculum some elements of global challenges such as climate change poverty insecurity among other things.