Quality And Standards Of Music £Ducation In Nigerian Tertiary Institutions

ABSTRACT

The need for music education at all levels of Nigerian

education has been recognised and established (the National

policy on Education, 1977). section 5, NO.· 38 (ii) and (iii)

of the policy state that:

(1) The curriculum of higher education will be geared

towards producing practical persons, and the course

content will reflect our :national needs and not just,.

hypothetical standards.

(ii) Technically based profe$sionals especially need.

greater exposure to the environment in which they

will eventually work.

HOW have we ·achieved these 90~ls? TwO questions arise:

what is·theimpact of music in our system? DO the vnivetsities

and colleges of education produce enough music

teachers to meet the needs ot the ever-growing school

enrolment?

This paer will

(a) review standards and quality of music education in

various countries and compare these with practices

in Nigeria, and

(b) critique the preparation of Nigerian music teachers.