Quality Assurance Programme in Public Secondary Schools in Nigeria: Problems and Way Forward

In order to realize quality secondary school education in Nigeria, the government established agencies and departments of supervision, inspection and quality assurance units and also came out with quality assurance programme. With all these ministries agencies and programmes, the quality of secondary school education keeps declining daily. This paper discussed the problems hindering the quality assurance programme in Nigerian public secondary schools. Secondary data were used to provide empirical support to every point raised in the paper. Inadequate funding, shortage of professional teachers, inadequate infrastructural facilities, poor supervision, corruption, weak school administrators, inadequate instructional materials, poor quality of primary School education, examination malpractice were identified as problems hindering effective quality assurance programme in Nigerian public secondary schools. Based on the literatures that were reviewed, the following recommendations are made: adequate funding, employment of professional teachers, provision infrastructural facilities, effective supervision, corruption eradication, appointment of competent school administrators, provision adequate instructional materials, improvement in quality of primary school education and prevention of  examination malpractice in public secondary schools

Primary School Administration in Nigeria: Issues, Problems and Way Forward

Primary school education is the foundation education and it is vital for the development of education in Nigeria. It is unfortunate that as important as the primary school education is to the social economic and technological advancement of the country that the education is faced with many issues and problems. This article discussed issues and problems facing primary school administration in Nigeria and the way forward. Secondary data were used to support the various points raised in the paper. The secondary school data were sourced from print materials and online publication. This paper identified insecurity, large out of school children and poor quality of learning as some of the issues affecting the administration of primary schools. The paper also identified inadequate funding, shortage of professional teachers, inadequate infrastructural facilities, ineffective supervision, corruption and lack of data to plan as problems militating against effective administration of primary schools in Nigeria. To solve these problems identified, the following were recommended; that the government should increase the funding of primary school education by implementing the UNESCO 26% recommendation for an annual budget of education in Nigeria. This will aid effective administration of primary school education in the country