GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT

The study sought to examine the prevalent challenges in music education. The richness and the abundance of both human and material resources are expected to have caused the stability and the emergence of the Nigeria twenty first century challenges in music education. It is therefore to this end that one should be concerned about the trend and the growth of Music Education in Nigeria. The study however argues among others that as music education in Nigeria is with its challenges, there is no discipline that does not have its own challenge, operational system, and occupational hazards. No matter how poor the perception of parents about music education, people continues to study music, due to its relevance to the society. Also, for music education to meet its goals realistically in Nigeria much still need to be done in overhauling the curriculum to meet specific goals of the society. The paper recommended out of many others that adequate awareness be created for the possible job opportunities that a music graduate can benefit from after the successful completion of his/her training; this can be facilitated by creating a general course for music students.

KEYWORDS: Music Education and Prevalent Challenges.