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Peer reviewedKolo, Ibrahim A. – Roeper Review, 1996
The genesis of a formal gifted education program in Nigeria is traced from the period of the articulation of a national policy on education, through the pioneer magnet school approach, to the establishment of an academy for gifted children in 1987. Issues and problems besetting gifted education are recounted. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Educational Trends
