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Repositioning Music Education: Advocating for Its Core Status in Nigeria’s Universal Basic Education Curriculum
E. O. Ayeyemi PhD; D. O. A. Ogunrinade PhD; J. O Falusi, PhD

Abstract
This paper strives to elucidate the importance of music as a discipline building children’s character and developing their minds and souls. This could be made possible at tender and adolescent stages. In all its spheres, music has the instrument as applied Arts and Science and of course technology as the case may be to bring to lime light what the future would be. This is because music brings to the understanding of its scholars the culture of their immediate environments. Music education is no doubt the best medium to pass across the knowledge and the understanding of one’s culture either traditionally or formally. With the ill reception and treatment of music education by Nigerian government and the society at large, the positive impact of music therefore becomes a mirage. Worse still, the present operational curriculum in Nigeria which merged music education, fine arts and drama at the junior secondary level does not seem to allow for effective teaching of music and of course adequate promotion of the required heritage. Through a comprehensive analysis of the current UBE curriculum, educational policies, and case studies from other nations, this paper highlights the gaps in music Education and its consequences for Nigerian students.

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