Learning to Know, Learning to be and Learning to Belong: Pathways for Reflecting the Past, Understanding the Present and Envisioning the Future of Education in Nigeria

When the concepts of learning to know, learning to be and learning to belong are well understood by all the stakeholders in the education industry and the concepts are meaningfully carried out, then the reflection on the past of education can bring gains, the understanding of the present status can be worked upon in such a way that the future to be envisioned for education in Nigeria will be that which shall bring the needed reform in education, with the reform going beyond just being rhetoric in orientation and simply in the air, but become one that is concrete in action and firmly present on the ground. We now live in a knowledge and information globalized world, and the average learner has to fit meaningfully into this world in which the emphasis has shifted from how much an individual knows to how well an individual has learnt to learn. To this end, today's learner needs both a broad knowledge base and sharpened capacities for learning how to learn. The future of education lies in concrete, well planned and religiously implemented education reform-a reform which will not be in the air but firmly present on the ground. The school must take the centre stage and the education reform being proposed for the future of education must position the school as the educative school which shall deliver the advocated quality learning outcomes.