Benue State University, Makurdi

IMPLICATIONS OF CONTROVERSIES IN GOVERNMENT EDUCATIONAL POLICIES FOR EFFECTIVE DELIVERY OF PRIMARY EDUCATION IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA

Akuta Ngodoo and Jane Akwam

Abstract

The study investigated the Implications of controversies in government educational policies for effective delivery of primary education in North Central, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was employed for the study. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study comprised 449 staff made up of principals, 22 vice- principals and 416 teachers drawn from 11 primary schools in North Central Nigeria. The sample for the study comprises 10 primary schools and 300 respondents that is, thirty (30) principals and vice- principals and 270 teachers representing using stratified proportionate random sampling technique. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled: Implications of Controversies in Government Educational Policies for effective delivery of Primary Education Questionnaire (ICGEPPEQ). The data collected were analysed using mean score and standard deviation to answer research questions and chi-square to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that Implications of controversies in government educational policies have significant effect on effective delivery of primary education in North Central, Nigeria. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that an indigenous system of education fashioned after the models operated by Asian countries should be adopted.

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