School Libraries' Roles in Promoting Religious and Ethnic Diversity among Nigerian Children for Evolving Global Information Landscape

Abstract

The issues of religiosity and ethnicity is one that calls for urgent attention the world over. Worse still, the Nigerian education system seems not to be giving much attention to encouraging peaceful coexistence among the citizens; thus, the role of school libraries in promoting learning geared towards appreciating religious and ethnic diversity in Nigerian schools. This study, a continuation of study done in 2021, assesses the need of school children for diverse learning resources that capture Nigerian religious and ethnic background and analyze documents (textbook contents) that could be used in the classroom for promoting religious and ethnic diversity among school children.