Management of Universal Basic Education Policy in the Villages in Nigeria

Autor/inn/en	Bolaji, Stephen Dele; Campbell-Evans, Glenda; Gray, Jan Rosemary
Titel	Management of Universal Basic Education Policy in the Villages in Nigeria
Quelle	In: Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 29 (2019) 3, S.76-91 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1839-7387
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Educational Policy; Equal Education; Compulsory Education; Access to Education; Out of School Youth; Administrator Attitudes; Educational Facilities; Developing Nations; Geographic Isolation; Program Implementation; Administrative Organization; School Districts; Political Issues; Barriers; Primary Education; Rural Areas; Educationally Disadvantaged; Children; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Schulpflicht; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Bildungsstätte; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; School district; Schulbezirk; Politischer Faktor; Primarbereich; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Child; Kind; Kinder
Abstract	This study examined the managerial structure of Universal Basic Education (UBE) policy embraced by the governments of African countries towards ensuring free, compulsory and uninterrupted access to 9-year formal education for every child of school-age by 2050. Previous studies on UBE policy implementation in Nigeria reported unequal educational participation among school-aged children in the villages or rural areas when compared with the urban school-aged students. This paper seeks to understand if management could be attributed as the reason for over 4.5 million out-of-school children in two regional rural areas in Nigeria. Data collection for this study was through document analysis and semi-structured interviews with 20 local education administrators in two rural areas. According to the analysed data, political issues and inadequate infrastructure facilities to support teaching and learning were major challenges for managing education. Recommendations have been provided to enhance equitable opportunity to education among the school-aged children in the rural areas in Nigeria. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia. P.O. Box 659, Wembly, Western Australia 6913. Tel: +08-9285-0626; e-mail: admin@spera.asn.au; Web site: http://www.spera.asn.au/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01