INNOVATIVE TRENDS AND ADVANCES IN EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION IN AFRICA

Résumé

Education and communication in African continent are almost as old as humanity. Education is gotten through communication but the objective or the goal of quality education is yet to be realized. The obvious reason behind this is doing things always in a stereotype way or doing things in the same way and then expecting different result at the end. The raison d’ etre for education is enlightenment and development of the whole human person; it is aimed at cultivation of the mind which is fundamental in all developments. The question now is: How much has education helped to improve African mentality, better the lot of Africans. Also how far are they imbibing this development or transformation through communication and education? The main purpose of this research is to see innovative trends and advances and we do this in Philosophical style, through analytical method. We clarify expression by elucidation of its use in a discourse. We analyze concepts, words, ideas, experiences etc, in order to bring deeper meaning and clarity of thought. Using Nigeria as an example, we see that the country is gradually experiencing astounding progress in technological application to the fields of Education, Information and Communication Technology. In the Educational sector as well as in communication, technologies as computers, projectors, laptops, I-pads, digital libraries and the likes have enhanced communication, learning and research in no small measure. The biggest appreciation of technological boost in Nigeria today is seen in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector. GSM technologies, up-to-date android versions, smart phones, latest laptops, I-pads etc have really made Nigerians feel like cosmopolitan citizens alongside their colleagues in developed worlds or countries.