Impact Factor (2025): 6.9
DOI Prefix: 10.47001/IRJIET
This study
examined the level of policy implementation process of Universal Basic
Education (UBE) in Nigeria with particular reference to Cross River State. Four
research questions and four hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. A
survey research design was adopted to determine the mean responses of the
identified variables. The population of the study comprised of all basic
schools and their head teachers respectively. A sample of 300 schools and head
teachers was used to generate the data. The instrument for data collection was
a 20 item questionnaire which was carefully developed and validated by experts
in test and measurement. The questionnaire items were arranged in clusters
representing each of the variables. A Modified Likert Four-point rating scale
was adopted. Thus; Strongly Agreed, Agreed, Disagreed and Strongly Disagreed.
Mean and standard deviation was used to analyse the mean response of the
research questions, while t-test was used for the analysis of the research
hypotheses. The results of the finding revealed a mean of means of 2.33 and
standard deviation (SD) of 1.32 for the provision of adequately qualified
teachers, mean of 1.93 and standard deviation (SD) of 1.39 for provision of
adequate teaching and learning facilities, mean of 2.48 and standard deviation
(SD) of 1.09 for smooth transition from Primary School to Junior Secondary
School. The obtained mean of means were all measured at the criterion of 2.50.
These results indicated that all the mean responses do not agree to the implementation
process of basic education policy. In the t-test analysis, all the variables
under study were significant at 0.05 level of significance with 299 degree of
freedom. A conclusion was drawn that the mean responses do not agree with the
basic education policy in Cross River State, Nigeria. It was recommended that
basic education policy as stated by Federal Government of Nigeria should be
comprehensively implemented, especially with the engagement of qualified
teachers and provision of adequate teaching and learning facilities.
Country : Nigeria
IRJIET, Volume 7, Issue 9, September 2023 pp. 30-36