‘CLASSROOM EDUCATION,’ VALUES AND THE NEED FOR SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION IN AFRICA)

ABSTRACT
It is now more than certain to say that Africa is in dire need of social
reconstruction given her numerous problems. One of the definitions of the
‘African problematic’ is leadership. In fact, leadership problem is the bane of
development in Africa. Leadership problem is an elitist problem, that is, it is
created by African elites who occupy leadership positions either in the private
or public sectors. Most of these leaders schooled in some of the best institutions
of learning across the globe and therefore are expected to translate their
education to the well–being of their citizenry. However, most of them have
consistently and successfully failed in this.