Abstract:

For some decades now, Nigeria’s socio-economic and educational crisis has deepened in every sphere of life, a predisposition attributable to unprecedented challenges from new for technologies and interconnectivity. In existence now is a system of education that is no longer relevant globally, which translates to a paradigm shift in ways students want to learn and how teachers want to instruct. This has resulted in uncertainties of knowledge dissemination, transfer and sustainability. This paper holds the believe strongly that revisiting cultural and values-based education and adjustment to the digitalization process will lead to inclusive learning without boundary, development and transformation in human values. The main thrust of the paper is to re-design, using the qualitative approach, the curricular and courses to reflect activities for the mind, character, and technical skills formation, on a conceptualised tripartite of the three ‘’H’’: Head, Heart and Hands for online education for positive changes. It is, therefore, expedient to state that the outcome of new models, education for positive change is attainable by using a digitalized formula that synthesizes the head, the hands and the heart. The paper concludes that an induced change in mind-set and borderless education for all will liberate the world from digital uncertainties. Thus, the paper recommends youth-centred real-life application project-based learning and education in human values for the transformation of society. This will help reduce the rigidity of the formal method and a wide range of resource requirements, thereby making it more effective and affordable.

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