Reflections on the Development of Gifted Education in Nigeria.

Kolo, Ibrahim A.

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ERIC Number: EJ542695

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1996

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Reflections on the Development of Gifted Education in Nigeria.

Kolo, Ibrahim A.

Roeper Review, v19 n2 p79-81 Dec 1996

The genesis of a formal gifted education program in Nigeria is traced from the period of the articulation of a national policy on education, through the pioneer magnet school approach, to the establishment of an academy for gifted children in 1987. Issues and problems besetting gifted education are recounted. (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Gifted, Magnet Schools, Program Development, Special Schools, Talent Identification, Trend Analysis

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Nigeria

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