THE PLACE OF MUSIC EDUCATION IN NIGERIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

Education is essentially a social process in the maintenance of society since the creation of man. It has become the paramount groundwork for sustainable human development, peace, progress and prosperity. The Federal Republic of Nigeria has also adopted education as an instrument for nurturing productive citizenry and fostering national development. Music education is also the process by which individuals are systematically exposed to selected knowledge skills, and attitudes through social structures that have been created specifically for its end that has crafted its learners with productive skills that have ensued human and economic development in their society. This paper is an examination into the place of music education in Nigerian economic development. This paper adopted the descriptive method and relevant literature for the study. The paper concluded that Music education as a course of study enhance the actualization of its nation’s economic development hence music education should be encouraged in primary, secondary, higher institution of learning as a core subject or course in all disciplines.