ASSESSMENT OF THE UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN SELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KWARA STATE (2006 - 2011)
ASSESSMENT OF THE UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN SELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KWARA STATE (2006 - 2011)
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2014
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ALIYU, Ashiru Olayemi
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In spite of many attempt by government at all levels to provide basic educational opportunity for
all children of school-age irrespective of gender, physical condition, geographical location, or
socio-economic status of parent, there remain inequalities in access to basic education in
Nigeria. The basic education sector continued to face the challenge of shortage of qualified
teachers. Secondary data were used to augment Questionnaire; an instrument of primary data
collection. Data collected were analyzed using tables, percentages; content analysis and chisquare
test. The study reveals a progressive increase in the rate of enrolment; which implies that
more school-age children were enroll; and an increase in the number of qualified teachers. This
study recommends that, state and local governments build more classrooms to cater for the
increasing number of prospective school-age pupils (students). The cordial institutional
collaboration that exists between UBE, NTI, and MDGs office on capacity buildings for teachers
should be sustained. The ongoing reform programme tagged "every child counts " should also be
given the necessary support by all stakeholders in the education sector.
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