Education Crisis in Nigeria. A Study on the Governors' Refusal to Fund Basic Education

Essay from the year 2024 in the subject Politics - Region: Africa, language: English, abstract: This study examined like the river carves a stone, a case study of State Governors refusal to pay counterpart fund for basic education in Nigeria. The study adopted an ex-port facto research design because it looked at past activities of the State Governors and relate them to the existing situation of basic education in Nigeria. A total of 66 participants who have adequate knowledge of government policies and implementations were employed for the study. A questionnaire was used as an instrument of data collection which was centered on issues of basic education funding in Nigeria. Expert validity and reliability analyses were done using content validity and split-half-reliability text techniques. The collated data were analyzed by percentage frequency distribution, means scores, and chi-square. The findings of this study highlight possible measures that seem to encourage the 36 States of Nigeria on adequate measures for funding basic education in Nigeria.

Author: Timothy Okpeku, Julius Omonzuanvbo Ihonvbere

Publisher: GRIN Verlag

Publication Date: Jan 13, 2024

Number of Pages: NA pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 3346997359

ISBN-13: 9783346997357