OBJECTIVES OF EDUCATION

Objectives of educational development has always been a major controversy among analyst and policy makers. Some believe that education is a means of enriching individual knowledge and to develop their personality in full while, others are of the opinion that education should seek to prepare individual in other to perform their role in transforming their society. Therefore, public policies on education must take the needs of the society in terms of developing human capital into full account since there are limited resources for the developmental growth. Investment in human capital is essential in other to increase employ ability which brings about economic prosperity and social welfare.