AKWA IBOM STATE UNIVERSITY JOUNAL OF ARTS

This research paper, titled "The Implications of Nietzsche's Notion of Master/Slave Morality for the Nigerian Educational System," analyzes the Nigerian educational system in an attempt to address its heavy reliance on rote learning, external authority, and conformity to inherited rules rather than critical, independent thought. A cursory look at the system reveals a greater emphasis on conformity to strict rules and regulations over critical thinking, which, according to Nietzsche, does not promote individualism, self-creation, or self-discovery. Using critical and analytical methods of philosophical inquiry, the study argues that addressing the problem of rote learning in the Nigerian educational sector requires a critical re-examination of the historically inherited rules governing the system, drawing on Nietzsche's philosophy of master/slave morality and the related close/open society framework developed by Popper. The paper contends that doing so can produce an educational system that yields not merely certificate holders, but graduates equipped for productivity, self-reliance, self-creation, and self-discovery.

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