Transformation Agenda: Using the R and E Model for Educational Reforms

The present educational curriculum whose emphasis is on examination and certification can hardly achieve the desired sustainable democratic culture, Nigerian society requires young people that can take charge of their own minds, and invariably take charge of their lives, however, from all indications, the society is getting more complex as individuals either on religious ground, ethnic sentiment or the invocation of tradition have had to bring up more problems in addition to the existing ones.. This paper tries to investigate the transformation agenda of the federal Government with relation to Education and identified the R and E chart of transformation, which gives the gradual and systematic process of implementing the transformation agenda for common good this process includes reorientation, reconstruction, rehabilitation, role/responsibility and evaluation of outcomes, furthermore the paper explained the important role of the teacher as the pivot of the transformation process and made some recommendations.