Education of the Special Target Groups A Panacea for Achieving the Transformation Agenda in Nigeria

Education remains central in Nigerians social and economic development. The role of education has been adequately acknowledged in the literature. Education serves as the springboard for social and economic change. All who have meditated on the act of governing man-kind have been convinced that the fate of empire depends on the education of the youths. The National Policy on education accent that education is the right of every child and should be brought close to the environment of the child. This paper “Education of the special target groups, a panacea for achieving the transformation agenda in Nigeria x-ray the concept of special target group, literacy for special target groups: Prisoners, Sub- cultural group, Children with special need. It went ahead to identify some challenges’ in the education of the special target group and recommendations made for improvement. Some recommendation include establishment of specialized training schools to train special teachers for the special target group, well developed curriculum for prison inmates etc and further conclude that government should provide qualitative education for all citizens.

Keywords: Education, special target groups, transformation agenda, in Nigeria.