THE POLITICS OF UNIVERSAL EDUCATION IN NIGERIA
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2019
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Department of Educational Management and Counselling, Faculty of Education, Al Hikmah University
Abstract
Nigeria as a country has undergone various political structures and phases that have affected
the tune of her educational advancement. Thus, education and politics are inseparable. The
paper examined politics of universal education in Nigeria. It looked in to the concept of politics
and assessed the historical development of universal primary education in Nigeria with the
implementation strategies. Also, the concept of universal basic education was examined as well
as the basic features, components, objectives and key issues in the compulsory free and universal
basic education act in 2004. Management and implementation strategies of the scheme were
equally examined consecutively. Also, the factors that hindered the successful implementation of
the scheme were looked into. The paper concluded that ideology of the ruling political party
influence the policies, plans, programmes and implementation strategies of the UBE scheme. It
was suggested among others that: there is need for the amendment of the educational objectives
in the constitution, the scheme should be devoid of undue politicization for proper
implementation and that remuneration and other conditions of service have to be improved
considerably to ensure commitment of personnel
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The article focused on the universalization of Universal Basic Education In Nigeria in Line with the Education for All being globally emphasized
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Mustapha, A I.,Aloba, F. M. & Yusuf, S (2019). THE politics of universal education in Nigeria. Al-Hikmah Journal of Educational Management and Counselling, 1(2), 62-71