Abstract
The ability of nations to develop depends
on the education of the citizens. This also, depends on the amount of funds allocated
to education sector. In view of this, UNESCO recommends allocating 26% of a
country’s total annual budget to education in order to achieve quality output.
In Nigeria for the past two decades, the funds allocated to education is
inadequate. This resulted to unproductive nature of the education system. This
study therefore, investigates the perceptions of Sokoto state education
stakeholders on Nigeria’s budget allocation to education from 1999 to 2020. The
stakeholders are ministry level stakeholders including policy formulators and
policy implementers, legislative stakeholders i.e. the law-makers, school-based
stakeholders including principals and teachers, and lastly, the societal
stakeholders including parents. Qualitative method was used in analyzing the
responses of the research participants. The findings revealed inadequate budget
allocation to education in Nigeria and therefore, recommends more funding by
the government. The government should in addition to this, ensure that
education budgets are fully implemented. Government should also partner with
private individuals to collaboratively and adequately fund education. Again,
the personnel responsible for managing the funds should be train to have fiscal
discipline in order to judiciously utilize the funds.
Keywords: Education funding, Budget allocation, Education Stakeholders, Nigeria
author/Dr. Ibrahim Yaro & Bello Abubakar
journal/FUJPAM Vol. 2, No. 1
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