Education: A Tool for Societal (Omuma) Development.
Being a Public Lecture Delivered by Nweke, Emmanuel Onyekachi on the Occasion of End of Year Praise Festivity by Omuma Youths for Christ, held on 29th December, 2020 in the Church Auditorium of St. Luke’s Anglican Church, Eberi, Headquarters of Omuma, LGA, Rivers State. Protocol Introduction Education takes place when we learn. Education is a means of livelihood. It is a phenomenon of change and moderation. Education has been severally defined by various scholars. However, this paper chooses to define education as the transmission of culture from one generation to another. Smith (2006) defined culture as a ripened, cultivated state, a state of good taste. In other words, a cultured person is a cultivated person, a ripe fellow, one who is mannered. Following, therefore, a cultured person is an educated person. A society is a group of communities who live together and interact with one another. Development of a society is the advanceme...