ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT OF UNIVERSA BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMME ON SCHOOL TRANSITION RATE IN SELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF NIGER STATE, NIGERIA (2015-2022)
ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT OF UNIVERSA BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMME ON SCHOOL TRANSITION RATE IN SELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF NIGER STATE, NIGERIA (2015-2022)
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2022
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LOLO, Ishmael
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The Universal Basic Education Programme (UBE) is an offshoot of the
defunct Universal Primary Education of 1976, which in contrast is a nine
year continuous programme, and also a response by the Nigerian
government to attain Education for All. To this end, the 1999 Constitution
of the Federal Republic Nigeria, in section 18 sub sections 1 and 3 stated in
part that "government shall strive to eradicate illiteracy". The implementation
of the UBE Programme in Niger state commenced in year 2005 by an act of
the State House of Assembly, Notice No 16. Volume 28 saw the
establishment of Niger State Universal Basic Education Board and Local
Government Education Authority in 2005. The state has recorded some
achievements in the areas of school enrolment, retention and completion
rates, but their position in North Central Nigeria remains a far cry as Niger
state has the highest number of out of school children with 50% in primary
school and 52.3% in junior secondary school as reported by EFA, (2015). A
descriptive survey approach was used to generate relevant information,
using observational study, questionnaires and interviews. The kruskal-
Wallis One Way ANOVA was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of
significance. The findings of the study among others revealed that children
are visibly seen involved in street hawking and street begging, and there
are not enough junior secondary schools especially in the rural areas to
support hitch free school transition. The study recommended among others
the need of the Child Right Act to be fully enforced to protect children from
street hawking and street begging, and that government should provide
adequate junior secondary schools especially in the rural areas.