Social and Political Literacy: A Philosophical Examination of Literacy Enhancement and Achievement Project in Nigeria

Abstract

This paper philosophically considered the relevance of social and political literacy in Nigeria. It also evaluated the role of literacy enhancement and achievement project (LEAP) in promoting social and political literacy in Nigeria. There is no doubt that the primary objective of education hinges on producing quality students who will contribute to nation building. To this end, most education policies such as quality assurance policy have solely concentrated on realizing the objective of education as stipulated in the National Policy of Education in Nigeria. But as these policies are being pronounced or formulated so also achieving literacy becomes elusive or distorted, especially the social and political literacy. By employing analytic method, this paper analyzes the concepts social and political literacy, With this method also, this paper examined the impact of LEAP in promoting socio-political literacy in Nigeria. The study discovered that the hallmark of LEAP is basically enhancing quality assurance in Nigeria education system. The paper concluded that LEAP will be instrumental in the promotion of social and political literacy in Nigeria.