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Progress And Pitfalls: Attaining Best Practices In Nigerian School Libraries Through Policy Formulation And Implementation, 1977-2015, Prof. Virginia W. Dike, Margaret N. Ngwuchukwu, Phd., Wisdom O. Anyim, Phd.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper traces school library policy formulation and implementation as factors for attaining best practices in Nigerian school libraries from the inception of the National Policy on Education (NPE) in 1977 to the present. Nigeria’s post-independence educational policy advocates an active, learner-centered and resource-based constructivist approach that demands a central role for school libraries as learning and resource centers. The Policy also makes favorable mention of provision for school libraries. However, putting policy into practice has proved difficult in the almost 40 years that have followed. Since 1977 implementation has been attempted through a number of initiatives aimed at developing …