BIG DATA: NEXT LEVEL EDUCATIONAL PLANNING FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

It is public knowledge that the Nigeria educational system has suffered many set backs as a result of a series of policy somersaults or failed programmes and projects with its untold negative impacts on her citizens dealing with Information Communication and Technology. Big Data which presents a potent recipe for proper educational planning in this regards is still in its nascent stage and as such is yet to take firm root in the system. Instruction in many facet of the country’s education is also majorly teacher-centered, this accounts for the slow take off of the Big data initiative in ICT implementation. This paper sheds light on the affordances of the big data architecture and the need for its introduction in the sector for the collection of roboust data which finds relevance in higher levels of educational planning in the country. The place of the integration of ICT in learning as an enabler and driver of the big data concept was also highlighted