School Pedagogical Variables and National Development: Exploring the Connection

Abstract

This paper emphasizes the contributions of school pedagogy to national 
development. It stresses the fact that a nation develops in relation to its 
achievements in education with reference to school pedagogical variables 
such as instructional materials and educational facilities. In as much as 
the attainment of education goals and national development cannot be 
divorced from one another, the form, art and practice of teaching-learning 
activities is important to human capital development and societal 
development. Hence, this paper explains the state of school pedagogical 
variables and the need to improve on its condition in Nigerian secondary 
schools. The study therefore suggests, among other, an improved funding 
for education to enhance adequate supply of educational facilities and 
instructional materials, deliberate efforts at practical teaching by 
teachers, good maintenance culture by schools, seminars and workshops 
to improve teacher competences.