RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Abstract

Every century craves for sustainable national development and this is true also of the 21^st century . In the light of the above, this article examined the potentiality of Religious Education in attaining Sustainable National Development in the 21^st century. The researchers view religious education as a vital tool to driving Sustainable National Development in the 21^st century. Again the article found that right values and morals are adequately integrated in educational system through religious teachings. The findings demonstrates that the change of the human  person through re-emphasis on moral values is a pre-requisites for the development of the 21^st century and reveals that no century can rise above the quality of her educated citizenry . In the light of the above discussion, the researchers conclude that, if there should be Sustainable National Development in the 21^st century, it is relevant for the world and Nigeria in particular to look in the direction of religious education.