The Impact of Language and Literature Education in Quality Inclusive Education for Sustainable Development in Nigeria

Abstract

This paper examines the concept of language and literature education and the role they can play in making sustainable development of Nigeria. It is only through language one can inform, persuade, and entertain, to dissuade one from acting, to give an account of an action or event in process, to give opinion, make suggestion and make value judgment. It also explains how human language differs from animal language as well as the concepts of education, quality education and sustainable development. Moreover the paper discussed the ways by which qualitative language and literature could be use for sustainable development and it gives recommendation as Federal government should direct all state ministries of education to locate more periods to language subjects. Provision of language laboratories in all secondary schools as well as seminar and workshop should be given to the politician especially representatives and senators on cultural attitude of different people because Nigeria is a multilingual nation.