Title: Universal Basic Education Implementation Issues in Nigeria: Options of Innovation for Improvement in the Administration of Basic Education System
John Oluyemi EGBEBI
Department of Educational Foundations and
Curriculum, Educational Administration and Planning Section,
Faculty of Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
Abstract
The paper explored Universal Basic Education, UBE implementation issues in its systemic administration and management of basic schools in Nigeria. On a more specific note, it discusses: the roles of Universal Basic Education at federal and State government levels; beneficiaries of UBE; existing implementation issues of UBE; and other Basic Issues termed unique UBE implementation Programme. All these put together may work against innovative ideas that existed with the UBE programme as stipulated in the Basic Education Act of 2004. The paper concluded and recommended the following among others, the actual statistics of out-of-school children should be obtained and balanced provision of education resources to rehabilitate them should be done by the commission, and UBE teacher’s capacity building boost should be revisited to train many of them to acquire knowledge regarding UBE operations in addition to their existing academic qualifications.
Keywords:
Administration, implementation issues, innovation, Nigerian Educational System, universal basic education
How to Cite this Paper:
Egbebi, J. O. (2024).Universal Basic Education Implementation Issues in Nigeria: Options of Innovation for Improvement in the Administration of Basic Education System. ATRAS Journal, 5(2), 129-136.
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