AN EVALUATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL POLICY ON EDUCATION (NPE) IN NIGERIA, ISSUES AND PROBLEMS OF IMPLEMENTATION

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AN EVALUATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL POLICY ON EDUCATION (NPE) IN NIGERIA, ISSUES AND PROBLEMS OF IMPLEMENTATION

 

ABSTRACT

The main purpose of the 6-3-3-4 national Policy on Education (NPE) is that every Nigerian child must have access to equivalent education comprehensively. This study was carried out to evaluate the 6-3-3-4 national Policy on Education Programme. In carrying out the study, the researcher started giving an introduction, stated the statement of problem, purpose of study, significance of study, formulated research questions to aid the research and defined some key areas in the first chapter. The researcher went further to consider various roles of renowned scholars for review of related literature for careful study of relevant issues. The study was of the survey design type. The Stufflebeans (1969) context, input, process and product (CIPP) evaluation model was adopted. The population of the study consists of all teachers and students in Public Junior Secondary School in Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. Simple random sampling was used to achieve the fundamental purpose of this work. To achieve the fundamental purpose of this work four research questions was formulated. With the research questions an instrument for data collection was designed with the aid of data collected. From the data collected, it was found out that the curriculum of the 6-3-3-4 National Policy on Education (NPE) is suitable for attainment of the set objective, that there are no adequate teaching and learning facilities to aid learning. The teachers employed to teach under the 6-3-3-4 national Policy on Education (NPE) scheme are qualified to teach and that the product of the programme do not show any achievement. Based on the findings, government should take responsibility and make adequate provision for facilities to enhance teaching and learning quality control. Proper monitoring and evaluation should be carried out. Also seminars and workshops should be organized to sensitize teacher, parents and communities on the need for the 6-3-3-4 national Policy on Education (NPE) scheme.

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