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Parallelism in Teaching and Indoctrination 　　[a] Ph.D， Faculty of Arts， Department of Philosophy， University of Uyo， Uyo， Nigeria. 　　Corresponding author. 　　Received 1 December 2012； accepted 14 January 2013 　　Abstract 　　Teaching has a pedagogical content that is often carried out by instructors （teachers） who drill， inculcate and transmit certain body of “established” knowledge to pupils. This activity is mostly carried out at the expense of critical and reflective thinking on the part of the pupils whose ability for a free and unhindered reflection is often eroded. This paper attempts to show how indoctrination thrives on the wings of teaching； it will further show that indoctrination is at the heart of the bane of teaching as a noble profession and that both concepts are at variance with each other even though they seem to be sublimely connected. 　　Key words： Teaching； Indoctrination； Parallelism； Critical and reflective thinking 　　Francis E. Ekanem （2013）. Parallelism in Teaching and Indoctrination. Higher Education of Social Science， 4（2）， -0. Available from： http：///index.php/hess/article/view/j.hess.1927024020130402.3380 　　DOI： http：///10.3968/j.hess.1927024020130402.3380 　　INTRODUCTION 　　We shall not pretend in affirming that it is not really easy to draw a line of distinction between teaching and indoctrination as the two concepts are so closely knitted together making it susceptible for an easy swap in terms of transmission of erroneous beliefs and ideas to the pupils. 　　Indoctrination therefore， seems to find comfortable wings in teaching on which it thrives since teaching is a mode of transmission of ideas and knowledge. Little wonder， when one has a doctrine or dogma to transmit it is usually carried out via teaching. It is still a puzzling situation to reconcile how certain body of knowledge after been taught can lead to a person tying a bomb around his/her waist ready to be blown up as the aftermath of such teaching. One may call such a