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- Title
Funding and Quality Assurance in the Nigerian Education System.
- Authors
Arikewuyo, M. Olalekan
- Abstract
The paper undertakes a theoretical discussion of the concept of quality and quality assurance, as well as the indices of achieving quality in education. The study adopts an exploratory discussion of the pattern of educational funding in Nigeria and its implication for quality assurance in the education system. The study discovers that funding of education has not been given the necessary attention by the Nigerian government. On average, the federal government allocated less than ten per cent of its yearly budget to education. The article notes with concern that this low level of funding will have a serious impact on assuring quality in the system. The paper concludes that things that needed to be done with money in order to improve quality in the education system (such as provision of instructional facilities; building of classrooms, libraries and laboratories; provision of recreational facilities; and prompt payment of staff salaries and emoluments), could be done, if the sector is effectively funded.
- Subjects
NIGERIA; QUALITY assurance; ACADEMIC achievement; FOREIGN aid to education; FEDERAL government; RECREATION centers; SCHOOL employees' salaries
- Publication
International Studies in Educational Administration (Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration & Management (CCEAM)), 2010, Vol 38, Issue 2, p41
- ISSN
1324-1702
- Publication type
Article