According to Kelly (1999:2) education is defined as "an organized and sustained communication process designed to bring about learning".
The term modernization theory refers to a theory which states that development in developing worlds can be attained through following the processes of development that are used by currently developed nations(Rostow,1960).It is a social economic theory which is sometimes known as the development theory. It usually highlights the positive role played by those countries that are developed in modernizing and facilitating sustainable development in those countries that are less developed and it often contrasted to dependency theory. This means that for development to occur in underdeveloped countries there is need for developed countries provide aid to developing countries to enable them learn from their own progress. It looks at the state to be the central actor in bringing about modernization in societies that are backward. The theory also believes that underdeveloped countries could grow faster than developed countries and catch up and that it was possible for equal development to be reached between the underdeveloped and developed countries (Hollis and Robinson, 1986).