ABSTRACT
The emergence of Departments of Education in West African universities in the past decade is a pleasant reflection of the yearning of Africans for literary education since the end of the Second World War. Not only have primary and secondary schools increased in number, but teaching has become more professionalized than ever before. This is a state of affairs that has provided scholars with excellent material for major studies, in sober reflections, and prophecies. Research has covered such fields as traditional education in unlettered societies, philosophy of education, and the science of teaching.
