Universal Basic Education and Cultural Development in Nigeria

The paper evaluated implementation of the Universal Basic Education (UBE) scheme for the first ten years of implementation, 2002-2012. Pupil enrolment for the period was projected and the cost implication of implementing the scheme estimated to guide government assess its ability to continue the implementation of the scheme, review its strategies of implementation or even abandon the scheme like the previous experiment with UBE scheme. The two research questions raised for the study were answered using documentary analysis, models and descriptive statistics. The result of analysis showed that over 46 million children would have been enrolled in schools and N52.9 billion spent annually if the scheme had been effectively implemented. The sight of basic school-going aged children at motor parks, markets and hawking along major streets during school hours suggests that the implementation of the scheme has not effective. It was therefore recommended among others that government should concentrate only on the supply and management of basic education in order to garner adequate funds to sustain its implementation and, allow private individuals and non-governmental organizations to supply and manage other levels of education.

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Analysis of the State Universal Basic Education Board's Execution of Strategic Capacity Building and Teachers' Job Satisfaction in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

10.7176/jep/10-5-03 ◽

2019 ◽

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Capacity Building ◽

Basic Education ◽

The State ◽

Universal Basic Education ◽

Strategic Capacity

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Evaluating Recommended Literature Texts for Senior Basic Education in Nigeria

UJAH Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities ◽

10.4314/ujah.v15i2.5 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

Author(s):

EI Obi ◽

OS Akujobi

Keyword(s):

Language Acquisition ◽

Error Analysis ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Basic Education ◽

Survey Design ◽

Anambra State ◽

Universal Basic Education ◽

Error Analyses ◽

Works Of Art ◽

Literary Art

The beauty and usefulness of a literary piece lie basically on the author’s diction. The expression, ‘literary art’ stems from the fact that literary artists are able to create interesting works of art by proper manipulation of language(s) that among other things entertain and educate their reading audience. For young minds, literature is not only didactic; it also boosts their language acquisition. In recognition of the crucial roles played by literature, Anambra State Universal Basic Education Board recommended an appreciable number of textbooks for the study of literature in English. These books run from 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013 academic sessions. The thrust of this study is to ascertain the grammatical level of the language of some of these texts, particularly the genres of prose and drama. Error analyses of three texts namely: Decree of the gods, Wishful Bliss and That’s My Girl randomly selected from basic 7-9 were carried out. Concord incongruity, omission/superfluous use of articles and misuse/omission of pronouns were specifically sought for. A simple survey design was adopted for the study and the errors were collated, analyzed and classified based on their types-syntactic, morphological, and concord errors. The study reveals that the texts are replete with concord errors, misuse of articles, omission and improper application of prepositions in structures. The implication of the findings in the teaching and learning of English is discussed and suggestions for improvement made.Key words: Literary art(ist), Language acquisition, Grammatical level, Error analysis, Concord incongruity, Articles and Pronouns

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Indigenous Languages & Universal Basic Education:

Nigerian Languages, Literatures, Culture and Reforms ◽

10.2307/j.ctvgc602p.43 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 451-460

Author(s):

Charles Okon Effiong

Keyword(s):

Basic Education ◽

Indigenous Languages ◽

Universal Basic Education

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