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Free and compulsory primary education should be encouraged in Africa because primary education is the foundation - stone of the other levels of formal education and it is, therefore, the springboard to economic and social advancement. No nation can meet the challenges of the modern world of science without formal education. The education of the child begins at the primary school, since most families do not not have the opportunity of sending their children to nursery and kindergarten schools, therefore, free and compulsory primary education should be encouraged in Africa.
   Primary school education  is quite indispensable in the life of the child. It is in the primary school that the child learns to associate with the members of his peer group other than those of his immediate home and family environment. He is exposed to learning situations in which the agents of instruction are adults who may not be related to him. It is in this way that the child learn to associate with others and this helps him to develop appropriate adaptive behavior in later life. The primary school must be seen as an important agent of socialization. Therefore, to deprive a child of the experience of primary education is to make him a social misfit.
   The primary school provides most African children with the first formal contact with formal education. It is in the primary school that the child learns to read and write. He is exposed to various school subjects that help to sharpen his intellect and shape his attitude. To deny a child the right to primary education is to deny him the right to survival.
   The Constitution of Africa must make provision that every citizen has the right to education. The nation cannot operate an authentic constitution if certain constitutional provisions are recklessly contradicted. Making primary education optional for African children is a reckless contraction of the Constitution that must not be condoned. The child of today is the father of tomorrow. The education African children, which must begin must begin in the primary school, is the country's only hope for social and economic emancipation. If Africa  must perform the leadership role which other continent expect from her, certainly, primary education must be made compulsory for all her children.

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