The Standard of Primary Education and Its Effect on Educational Development
Chapter One
Objective of the Study
The primary objective of the study is as follows
- To find out the current standard of primary education in Nigeria
- To examine the effect of the standard of primary education on the development of education in Nigeria
- To examine if there is government intervention in the development of primary school education
- To find out how primary school education can be improved upon
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION
Our focus in this chapter is to critically examine relevant literatures that would assist in explaining the research problem and furthermore recognize the efforts of scholars who had previously contributed immensely to similar research. The chapter intends to deepen the understanding of the study and close the perceived gaps.
Historical Background of study
in the year 1995, the Unique Universal Primary education was introduced in Nigeria. The primary education system was first established in the western region of Nigeria, followed by the eastern region in the year 1956. In the year 1976, the Federal Government of Nigeria took charge of the primary education system, This means that every child has the right to education for a minimum of years before he or she can fully function well as a citizen of the country. The minimum amount of years a child is allowed to spend in primary school is six years. After the country gained her independence in the year 1960, there was an uproar that the Federal Government of Nigeria should take over the educational system. The missionaries, who were formerly in charge, were not serving the nation as they wanted. They were not able to provide all the needed materials in running the system properly. This made the Nigerian Government to take charge of the system in the year 1970 and 1971. As a result of this, the Federal Government of Nigeria was able to take full control over the primary educational system from the western and eastern region of the country. After the taking over, the burden of handling the primary education sector was too much for the Federal Government, although the oil sector of the country was assisting in terms of funds. This made the Federal Government of Nigeria to expand its activities in the primary education, but it was still not yet enough.The Federal Government later introduced the Universal Primary Education in many states of the country, which eventually led to onset of payment of school fees. But in the year 1986, the Federal Government abolished the payment of school fees in primary schools. In the year 1976, the management of primary education in Nigeria was fully taken over by the federal government while the funding and administration were guven charge by the state and local government to handle. This Nigerian education facts revealed that the primary education system in Nigeria has really come a long way, and it is getting better over the years.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
INTRODUCTION
In this chapter, we described the research procedure for this study. A research methodology is a research process adopted or employed to systematically and scientifically present the results of a study to the research audience viz. a vis, the study beneficiaries.
RESEARCH DESIGN
Research designs are perceived to be an overall strategy adopted by the researcher whereby different components of the study are integrated in a logical manner to effectively address a research problem. In this study, the researcher employed the survey research design. This is due to the nature of the study whereby the opinion and views of people are sampled. According to Singleton & Straits, (2009), Survey research can use quantitative research strategies (e.g., using questionnaires with numerically rated items), qualitative research strategies (e.g., using open-ended questions), or both strategies (i.e., mixed methods). As it is often used to describe and explore human behaviour, surveys are therefore frequently used in social and psychological research.
POPULATION OF THE STUDY
According to Udoyen (2019), a study population is a group of elements or individuals as the case may be, who share similar characteristics. These similar features can include location, gender, age, sex or specific interest. The emphasis on study population is that it constitute of individuals or elements that are homogeneous in description.
This study was carried out to examine the standard of primary education and its effect on educational development in Ethiope east, Delta state. Staffs of 4 selected schools in Ethiope east , Delta State form the population of the study.
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
INTRODUCTION
This chapter presents the analysis of data derived through the questionnaire and key informant interview administered on the respondents in the study area. The analysis and interpretation were derived from the findings of the study. The data analysis depicts the simple frequency and percentage of the respondents as well as interpretation of the information gathered. A total of eighty (80) questionnaires were administered to respondents of which only seventy-seven (77) were returned and validated. This was due to irregular, incomplete and inappropriate responses to some questionnaire. For this study a total of 77 was validated for the analysis.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
SUMMARY
In this study, our focus was to examine the standard of primary education and its effect on educational development using selected primary schools in Ethiope east as a case study. The study specifically was aimed at highlighting the current standard of primary education in Nigeria. effect of the standard of primary education on the development of education in Nigeria. if there is government intervention in the development of primary school education. how primary school education can be improved upon.
The study adopted the survey research design and randomly enrolled participants in the study. A total of 77 responses were validated from the enrolled participants where all respondent are drawn from staff of the selected primary schools
CONCLUSION
Based on the finding of this study, the following conclusions were made:
- there is a current standard of primary education in Nigeria
- Thereare effect of the standard of primary education on the development of education in Nigeria
- there are government intervention in the development of primary school education
- primary school education in Nigeria can be improved upon
RECOMMENDATION
Based on the responses obtained, the researcher proffers the following recommendations:
- non-governmental organizations (NGO’s) and government need to sponsor enlightenment programmes to educate the parents on the relevance of primary education to the child and societal development and explain the dangers of using the child as an economic tool as well as the need to provide the enabling environment that will enable the child acquire primary education;
- That the development of primary education should be prioritize in other for the primary school pupils to reach their full potential
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