FACULTY OF EDUCATION

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Special education and sustainable development goals in Africa
(International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2019) Adelodun, G. A.
In Africa, as in many continents of the world, education as one of the social institutions has been a subject of constant debate and discussion among stakeholders. It has continued to attract the attention of everybody and its importance to any nation in the world cannot be overemphasized. Special education which is an aspect of education has always been viewed as a tool for sustainable development in Africa. For this reason, this paper examined special education and sustainable development goals in Africa. Special education is the education of special needs person who have some forms of disabilities that are capable of frustrating them in benefitting fully from the regular physical education programme meant for those children without disabilities. Individual with special needs include those with one or more of the following: learning disabilities, mental retardation, emotional disturbance, auditory impairment, speech impairment, orthopeadic and visual impairment. In this paper, it was stressed that in spite of the limitations identified with such special needs persons, they still possess the ability to acquire education, and this will go a long way in making them globally useful and give them a better chance to contribute their own quota to the growth of Africa's economy. This paper further discussed the fact that for special education to continue to be a tool for reaching sustainable development goal in Africa it has to be repositioned. Finally, it must be noted that disability is referenced in various parts of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and specifically in parts related to education, growth and development, inequality, accessibility of human settlements, as well as data collection and monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals. It is recommended that as persons with special needs are increasing in our society education should be made accessible to them so that they can give back to the society their own contributions for sustainable development. It is also recommended that persons with special needs should be involved in making decisions on issues that concern them.
Building capacity of librarians for knowledge and skill development: a case study of nine institutions of the consortium for advanced research training in Africa (CARTA)
(Digital Commons, 2014) Obasola, O. I.; Alonge, A. J.; Oladele, B. A.; Eyers, J.
Librarians have an important part to play in supporting research, training and developing the knowledge economies of nations. The changing roles of librarians and the attendant new skills and knowledge required to play these roles are a major challenge for libraries and librarians in developing countries, especially those in Africa. To meet this challenge, the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) seeks to promote development through advanced research training. In achieving this vision, librarians need to be empowered with knowledge and skills required to support teaching, learning and research in the continent. This is being implemented through the Consortium of CARTA Libraries (CCL), an alliance under CARTA, that aims to strengthen capacity and promote collaboration among librarians and libraries from CARTA institutions.
Appraisal of traditional African social welfare practices. a review of things fall apart
(Department of English, University of Ibadan, 2013) Folaranmi, O. O.; Omotayo, O. T.
The paper briefly explains the concepts of African social welfare system and the present formal social welfare. It expounds on traditional charity and traditional means of meeting human needs in Africa before the coming of the Europeans. We examined the novel, "Things Fall Apart", to exemplify indigenous social welfare system. The study establishes the existence of well organised social welfare that pre-dates colonialism in traditional African society and the importance of the welfare system to individuals and the community in general. In addition, the paper gives an appraisal of mutual aids as described in the novel, relating it to the traditional African welfare system and its relevance and position in contemporary welfare system. The paper concludes that the concept of social welfare had been part of traditional African society before the advent of colonialism and calls for more research in order to identify notable African customs and practices as portrayed in African literature.

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