Incorporating Popular Nigerian Music into the school Curriculum: A Potential for National Development

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Research Paper Music and Education

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The significance of education to the growth and development of man is imperative. The Nigerian education philosophy and national objectives is geared towards self-realization, social, cultural, and economic just to mention a few. The acquisition of skills and abilities, both mental and physical for individual to live and contribute to the development of society should be of major importance to a functional education curriculum. This study specifically set out to examine the momentous potentials of popular music as a veritable tool to be properly incorporated into the curriculum of music education in Nigeria. This will equip the learners to be self reliant and contribute to the nation economy. Interviews with exponents of Nigerian popular music and the stake holders in the music industry, as well as audio-visual materials were employed to elicit information. Findings reveal that there are lots of potentials and dexterities in popular music that can enable Nigerian music graduates to contribute their own quota to the national development of the nation, as well as being useful to themselves. If the Nigerian society is not to be plagued by a breed of unemployable youths who could not raise the economic productivity of the country, it is deemed pertinent that the music curriculum as one of the vocational education needs to be reviewed to incorporate popular music, as well as to reflect more of the Nigerian cultural heritage..

Primary authors

Dr David Ogunrinade (Department of Music, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo.) Dr Jacob Falusi (Department of Music, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo.) Mr John Babarinde (Department of Music, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo.)

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