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The main thrust of the paper is to examine the patterns and trends of the educational system in Nigeria from pre-colonial to post-independence and the implications for national development. To achieve this, anthropological and historical methodologies were used to generate data, while the qualitative method was used for the analysis. The study observes that changes in the patterns and trends of the educational system in Nigeria are the reflection of the structural relationships involved in the development process. They have to do as much with the emergence of new forms of infrastructure, equipment, curricula, teaching methodologies, teachers’ training, and their welfare in Nigeria to replace older ones. The study among other things, demonstrates the need to address the changes in the patterns and trends of the educational system in Nigeria from the pre-colonial to post- independence era and the implications for national development, inter alia, in the structural and infrastructural decay, manpower development and incentivized welfare in the globalization process. The study concludes among other things that the solution to the falling standard of education in Nigeria lies in improved budgetary allocation for education to improve infrastructural development, regular curricula reviews to address national needs and global challenges, provision of incentivized teachers’ welfare, efficient supervision, and accountability.

Education, Patterns, Trends, Educational System and Nigeria,