The Relevance of Early Childhood Care Education in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume VI, Issue XI, November 2019 | ISSN 2321–2705

The Relevance of Early Childhood Care Education in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria

Mohammed Garba¹, Aliyu B. Shehu Phd², Yakubu Bala³

¹Psychology Department, School of Education, Aminu Saleh College of Education, Azare, Bauchi State, Nigeria
²Federal University Gashuwa, Nigeria
³Depatrtment of Early Childhood Education, School of Early Child and Primary Education, Aminu Saleh College of Education, Azare, Nigeria

Abstract: – All countries across the world crave for sustainable development goals that will free them from confronting challenges that have past a threat to their people and global environment. This led to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that were adopted in 2015. Education was recognized globally as the key to overall development. This paper focus on the relevance of early childhood care education toward achieving sustainable development goals word agenda. All children have the right, as well as a responsibility, to be educated for sustainable development and it is the early years that children have the greatest capacity to learn. It is also in early childhood that foundations of many of our fundamental attitudes, behaviour and values are put into experience in early life and the environment in which young children live shape their brain architecture thereby their ability to understand stereotype and biases hence becoming to healthy and productive member of the society. Nigeria with difference diversity, ethnicities, live side by side, learn to respect and appreciate diversity, ethnicity, cultures and believes should begin early through parent, community members and early education should help children to acquire an identity grounded in culture close to them. To achieve this early childhood education is necessary to incorporate in early childhood education programme. Therefore, government should increase fund allocated for education, especially increase investment in early childhood education in order to expand access to quality early childhood education. So that can build a sustainable society and give the opportunity to develop as strong foundation for developing wellbeing and life-long learning in order achieve global agent.

Keywords: Inclusive Education, Early Childhood care, Sustainable Development

I. INTRODUCTION

Education is a light that shows mankind the right direction to surge. Education is as old as the beginning of human existence. Since the dawn of humanity on planet earth, man has been striving to impart new ideas and knowledge from generation to generation in different forms. Education remains the major instrument for national development for many countries. That is the reason most nations of the world spend huge sum of money to provide education for their citizens.

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