Management Imperatives of Post-Basic Education Through Ethics and Values Education Reengineering for Sustainable National Development. A Nigerian Perspective.

In the context of education, management is a necessary phenomenon that must exist to activate all responsible parties to function as expected, ensuring that the education process delivers the expected aims and objectives. That is why education management imperatives should encompass strategic planning, resource allocation, and operational oversight of educational institutions and systems. It should also involve developing and implementing policies, overseeing day-to-day activities, and ensuring the effective functioning of schools and colleges. Ultimately, education management seeks to create and maintain an effective learning environment that fosters teaching and learning, thereby enhancing student academic performance. Ensuring that the school curriculum aligns with societal ethics and values is also an imperative for education managers, and a key aspect of sustainable National Development. To this extent, it is essential to recognize that people's beliefs, customs, norms, and values form the fundamental basis for every educational enterprise and should be incorporated into what is taught and learned in schools. Educational activities should be structured in a manner that meets people's needs and also promotes better and sustained national and Global educational expectations and demands. However, this paper is limited to focusing on ethics and value education reengineering as a management imperative in Post-basic Education to enhance sustainable National Development. It is important to state that Post-basic education generally refers to schooling that occurs after the completion of compulsory basic education (also known as primary or lower secondary education). It encompasses a range of educational opportunities beyond the initial years of schooling, including secondary schools, technical schools, and vocational training programs. In Nigeria, for instance, post-basic education typically includes secondary school (Junior Secondary School and Senior Secondary School) and technical colleges. It is at this stage that students are fully introduced to various aspects of their societal ethics, values, norms, and customs, equipping them to be all-round individuals who can contribute meaningfully to sustainable National development that competes globally.