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The globalised nature of the 21 st century with all its ingredients of sophistication in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has turned the world into what the philosopher and media theorist, Marshall McLuhan calls “The Global Village.” The ease with which people do business, access and share information through surfing the Internet has drawn the attention of educationists and media experts on the need for students to be abreast with what is happening around. Although media literacy is critical to the overall development of the Nigerian child, children-issues have not been given enough attention by educationists. A good number of school children and teachers in the country lack access to digital technologies. This is responsible for low literacy rates. For example, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the literacy rates in countries like Cuba, Poland, and Estonia is as high as 99.8 per cent while that of Barbados, Latvia and Slovenia is 99.7

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