Al-Hikmah University Journal

The article presents an expository description of the core attributes of traditional education in each of the three major ethnic groups of Nigeria. It is a comprehensive discourse of the uniqueness of the elements of curriculum, instructional materials, teaching strategies, classroom, teacher and evaluation in the rubrics of the culture of these ethnic groups. Specifically, the paper focuses on the peculiarities in the systems of traditional education in Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo societies. The article conclusively asserts that traditional education is peculiar to societies and it is the bedrock upon which other forms of education in any given society are built.