Financing Universal Basic Education in Junior Secondary Level and Its Impact on Nigeria’s Economic Development
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Education, Development, Infrastructure, Funding, UBEAbstract
Education undoubtedly is a priority sector in every well-meaning society since it is the most fundamental tool for development and growth. In Nigeria, the Universal Basic Education (UBE) was introduced in 1999 to ensure that children of school age have access to basic education. This study investigates how the UBE programme has fared in enhancing schooling in the junior secondary schools (JSS). With a sample size of 130, the questionnaire was the instrument used to generate data which was analysed by the use of the mean and rank statistics. The paper reveals that a lot still has to be done in terms of infrastructure noting that schooling in the Junior Secondary level is not still universal after all. It recommends among other things that the government should increase the funding of the programme.
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