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Education in the colonial period of Nigerian history was too theoretical and literal in nature. The
policy of education at that time did not see the needs of the country’s technological
emancipation. Due to yearnings of Nigerians about the insensitivity of the educational system
to societal needs, a national conference was held in 1969 to reform the educational system.
The outcome of this meeting gave rise to the new National Policy on Education which came on
board in 1977 (revised in 1981, 1998 and 2004). This gave rise to the 6-3-3-4 system of
education emphasizing the importance of technology education. A lot of faults were detected
which opened an avenue for the 9-3-4 system of education. It is found that this most recent
system was bedeviled with a lot of challenges. This paper makes a case for how these hydraheaded problems could be abrogated and suggested strategies on how the current system of
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