THE ROLE OF THE WORLD BANK IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRIMARY EDUCATION IN NIGERIA
THE ROLE OF THE WORLD BANK IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRIMARY EDUCATION IN NIGERIA
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2000-10
Authors
MOHAMMED, HABU YUNUSA
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Abstract
The research reveals an interesting pattern about the distribution of
educational services in the country. The research did reveal an
encouraging upward surge towards getting more pupils in school as
compared to the previous years. The retention rate of all pupils and
increasing enrolment of child, reveal indication of narrating gender
disparity in the education of children in previous years.
At the same time, the research also reveals a picture of uneven
pattern of enrolment distribution weighted heavily in favour of urban
settlements. This has consequences, in that education continues to be out
of reach of many of many children in the rural settlements. Primary
education is grossly under-funded with little attention being paid to the
conditions of the classrooms, teachers' welfare or instructional materials.
This coupled with an increasing large enrolment serve to over-stretch the
little resources available and entrench a sub-medicare quality to the
provision of primary education.
While it is often too easy to blame lack of funding and
infrastuctural facilities, it should be pointed out that current economic
crunch makes any investment in education worthwhile only if the
dividend are worth it. Keeping a child in schooling system learning
concepts that may have little to do with his everyday reality, may seem to
be a little encouragement to make parents invest in the future of their
children through massive enrolment.
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This is a thesis submitted to the Post Graduate School,
Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria.
In partial fulfilment of the requirements for award of degree of master of
International Affairs and Diplomacy (MIAD) in the Department of
Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences ABU.
Department Of Political Science
Faculty of Social Science
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
DEC 99
Keywords
ROLE, WORLD BANK,, DEVELOPMENT,, PRIMARY EDUCATION,, NIGERIA,