Revigorating Supervisions in the Teaching and Learning of Cultural Values as Panacea for Moral Decadence in African Society

Cultural values are complex whole of man’s acquisition of knowledge, morals, belief, art, custom, and technology which are transmitted from generations to generations. Cultural values that can bring good moral standard in any society include discipline, integrity, and dignity of labour, social justice, religious tolerance, self reliance and patriotism. All these values are clearly spelt out as measures to ensure good moral standard of people in any society. Moral values are good, worthwhile, positive attributes, and attitudes such as patience, generosity, kindness, love and compassion. They are principles and standards which determine whether certain actions are right or wrong. This paper is advancing that meaningful modernism which can be attained not by jettisoning very important cultural values of the people but making such values the fulcrum of our developmental programmes. The vacuum created by the neglect and non inculcation of our cultural ethics, values and practice in the children, especially being taken over by foreign cultural variants which have little or no relevance in our cultural milieu and which have caused a disconnection in our total wellbeing and a dislocation of values and goals. This paper discusses some of ideals and clarifications of our peculiar values as yardsticks for developmental programme as a way of getting Africans back to the path of progress, peacefulness, accountability, unity and global respectability. The paper recommends that a well drawn out action plan and time frame should be clearly stated to assist in assessing the level of implementation of the programme for cultural values teaching and learning in African schools