Teachers’ Perception of Effective Training and Adequacy of Qualified Teachers for the Implementation of UBE Programme in Ankpa Education Zone of Kogi State

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume III, Issue VI, June 2019 | ISSN 2454–6186

Teachers’ Perception of Effective Training and Adequacy of Qualified Teachers for the Implementation of UBE Programme in Ankpa Education Zone of Kogi State

Shaba Iyogbele¹, Shaibu Leonard Phd²

¹Department of Social Studies Education, Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria
²Department of Educational Foundations, Kogi State University, Anyigba- Nigeria.

Abstract:-The study investigated teachers’ perception on the implementation of UBE programme in Ankpa Education Zone of Kogi State. Four research questions and four hypotheses guided the study. A descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised of 112 UBE schools in Ankpa Education Zone with the population 2,234 teaching staff. A sample of 400 teachers from 25 UBE schools were used for the study. A 20 – item four-point rating scale questionnaire title “Effective Training and Adequacy Of Qualified Teachers Parameter (ETAQTP)” was used for data collection. The reliability of the instrument was established through the Cronbach Alpha which yielded 0.77. Mean and Standard Deviations were used to answer the four research questions, while chi-square (x2) was used to test the two hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The result of the study revealed among others that training (248.50>3.84) and teacher’s qualification (210.17>3.84), have significant relationship with the implementation of UBE in Ankpa Education Zone of Kogi State. Based on the results of this study, the researcher recommended that school administrators should ensure that their teachers are trained and retrained and that training should be elongated to ensure that teachers will have more time to interact with one another as well as with resource persons so as to make them well equip to implement the UBE programme. Government should set a standard of a minimum of first degree in Education as highest qualification to teach in the UBE programme.

Key Words: Teachers’ perception, effective, qualified teachers, implementation, UBE Programme

I. INTRODUCTION

Education in all countries of the world has been considered very important for personal and societal development. Nigeria is one among the nations of the world that value education. In her National Policy on Education (Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2004), Nigeria sees education as an excellent instrument for effecting national development. Thus, education is use to achieve the nation’s needs. The policy document provides guidelines on the education of Nigerian society.

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