PERCEPTION OF EDUCATION POLICY IMPLEMENTERS ON STRATEGIES FOR MOBILIZING RESOURCES FOR EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT IN NIGERIA
PERCEPTION OF EDUCATION POLICY IMPLEMENTERS ON STRATEGIES FOR MOBILIZING RESOURCES FOR EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT IN NIGERIA
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2012-03
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Dada, ALIYU, Abdullahi.
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MDG Millennium Development Goal
NABTEB National Business and Technical Examinations Board
NBTE National Board for Technical Education
NCCE National Commission for Colleges of Education
NCE Nigeria Certificate in Education
NECO National Examination Council
NTI National Teachers’ Institute
NUC National Universities Commission
PTA Parents Teachers Association
Q Questionnaire
SBMC School-Based Management Committee
S I I Structured Interview Instrument
SMOE State Ministry of Education
SUBEB State Universal Basic Education Board
UBE Universal Basic Education
UBEC Universal Basic Education Commission
ZEO Zonal Education Officer
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ABSTRACT
The study ‘Perception of Education Policy Implementers on the Strategies for Mobilizing
Resources for Educational Advancement in Nigeria, attempted to investigate Strategies
used in mobilizing educational resources towards educational advancement in Nigeria.
The study is necessitated by the need to improve education resources base, in the wake of
depleting human, material and financial resources needed for educational advancement in
Nigeria. Among others objectives of the study are, to closely assess Strategies (such as
budgetary allocation, social mobilization, enforcement, community participation, etc)
used in mobilizing education in Nigeria; ascertain the extent to which Respondents differ
in their views on the utilization and impact of Strategies for mobilizing resources for
educational advancement in respective States of Nigeria. For this purpose, five research
questions were formulated in order to guide the study. Also 5 hypotheses were
postulated, and tested at 0.05 level of significance. This is to pave way for decision
making for the study. The Descriptive research design was used to conduct the study.
The study, which was conducted in 6 States, (Taraba, Yobe, Niger, Ondo, Oyo and FCT),
32 Local Governments and 480 Institutions (made up of JSS and Primary Schools), had a
population of 777,242. The study focused on prominent stakeholders within the Basic
educational sector including, SUBEB, LEA, SBMCs Officials, JSS Principals, Head
teachers of Primary schools. The sample size of 720 respondents made up of 30 SUBEB
officials, 160 LEA Officials, 160 JSS principals, 320 Primary school Head teachers and
480 SBMC officials were selected, using Cluster Random Sampling Technique, based on
State, Local Governments, Institutions Status and Location peculiarities. The structured
interview and questionnaire instruments made up of 53 and 33 items were administered
on Respondents. The descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation (SD) were
used to respond to the research questions, while the non parametric statistics- Chi-squire,
Mann-Whitney and Kruscal-Wallis test statistics were used in analyzing data obtained
from the study, allowing for the testing of the research hypotheses. Respondents were
different in their view as it related to the research questions, particularly the mode
mobilization of resources for educational advancement in Nigeria; Government’s efforts
being attributable to educational advancement in Nigeria; Respondents differ in their
views on the utilization and impact of Strategies for mobilization resources for
educational advancement in Nigeria. The outcome of the hypotheses testing showed that
all 5 hypotheses were rejected, while none was retained, implying that there is significant
difference in respondent’s view on: the mode of mobilization of resources for educational
advancement in Nigeria; Government’s efforts and other stakeholders contribution in
mobilizing resources for educational advancement in Nigeria; they also significantly
differ in their views in relation to Strategies utilization and impact on educational
advancement in Nigeria, with regards to their State and Geo-political differences; In view
of the research findings, it was concluded that effective Strategies for mobilizing
resources for educational advancement in Nigeria are indispensible and that no one
Strategy can work for all purposes, but dependent on prevailing conditions and demands.
It was recommended that a more proactive measure be taking to encourage effective
popular participation in education resource mobilization drive and that Government at all
levels should endeavour to create a more humane environment that would encourage and
sustain mutual participation in matters of educational advancement. A model tagged
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‘Prudent-Interactive Strategy was proposed. The Strategy is aimed at building
stakeholders confidence in the populace, in order to engender effectively popular
participation in the education process, leading to educational advancement.
Description
Department of Educational Foundations and Curriculum
Faculty of Education
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
Keywords
PERCEPTION,, EDUCATION,, POLICY,, IMPLEMENTERS,, STRATEGIES,, MOBILIZING,, RESOURCES,, EDUCATIONAL,, ADVANCEMENT,, NIGERIA.