History and Development of Western Education in Southern Taraba Area

Any historical discussion on the education of a people can only be meaningful if it is examined within the context of their overall history in so far as education is considered as a major social institution. It is an organized pattern of behaviour which exhibits the people’s belief system system of thought in relation to child rearing and upbringing as well as their notions of appropriate behaviour and definition of good life. It represents the whole system of transmission of a people’s culture from one generation to the other in order to guarantee social and cultural survival. Every human society therefore has a system of cultural transmission as could be found in their system of socialization and covers all ages from infancy to adulthood.This book investigated the history and development of Western education in Southern part of Taraba State in Nigeria and ascertained its contribution to the general growth of the area the State and the nation at large.