Assessment of the Effect of Funding on the Delivery of Basic Education in Kano State (2015-2022)

    Abstract

    Universal Basic Education can be described as the level, type, and form of learning needed to build a strong foundation for literacy and numeracy, to inculcate basic life skills, and, more importantly, to consolidate the skills of learning. This study is to assess the effect funding on the attainment of Basic Education in Kano State. The study employed the organizational systems theory by Daniel Katz and Robert Khan (1966) because it is more suitable for the study, the study adopted concurrent mixed method design, which combined qualitative and quantitative aspect of the research. The target respondents of this study comprises primary and junior secondary school teachers, SUBEB chairman, PTAs chairmen, SBMC chairmen and education secretaries which made up of a total population of 7, 040, The sample size of 364 for this study was determined by using Krejcie & Morgan’s (1970). Data for the study were generated from both primary and secondary sources.  Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used in presenting and analyzing the data. The study discovered that the budget for basic education was adequate and impressive, but the actualization of the budget hinders the effective delivery of basic education. The study recommends that the amount budgeted should be implemented properly in order to achieve free and compulsory education in the state.

    Keywords; Assessment, Funding, Delivery, Basic Education.

    DOI: www.doi.org/10.36349/fujpam.2024.v3i02.009

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    author/Ibrahim, N.T., Man, K., Istifanus, H., Mohammed, I. & Fagge, M.M.

    journal/FUJPAM Vol. 3, No. 2 

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