Assessment Of The Effectiveness Of Management Of Universal Basic Education In Selected Local Government Areas Of Kaduna And Niger States

📄 Project Abstract

Education has over the years become an instrument for enhancing national development the world over. Accordingly, countries have tried to provide this social service in order to accelerate rapid socio-economic development. In Nigeria, the Universal Basic Education was launched in September 1999 as a strategy to meet the millennium development goals of spurring national development. All the tiers of government have a responsibility in ensuring the success of the programme. The local government being the third tier of government is saddled with the responsibility of ensuring the success of the programme through its supervisory role. However, it has been observed that management of Basic Education in Kaduna and Niger States has not been very effective. Poor supervision and monitoring efforts, inadequate funding and inadequate qualified teachers have been some of the major problems that impede on the capacity of local government to manage the Universal Basic Education Programme effectively...