UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION IN NIGERIA: A REVIEW OF APPROACHES TO IMPROVE ITS QUALITY FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY

Haliru Umar, Shehu Uthman El-yakub

Abstract


The quality of education in any country is linked to level of development and productivity because the global market is knowledge-driven. This paper focuses on improving the quality of basic education in Nigeria for national development and productivity. The paper gives an overview of universal basic education in Nigeria and examines some factors of quality education such as teacher quality, funding, academic progress and so on. The significance of education in national development is highlighted and hence the need for improving the quality of basic education for effective human capital development to attain national development and productivity. The paper recommends among other things the need to improve teacher quality at basic education level through recruitment processes and training opportunities for basic school teachers.


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