PERCEPTION OF STAKEHOLDERS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION IN FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, ABUJA

This study assesses the perception of stakeholders on implementation of Universal Basic Education in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The study adopted evaluative survey as a research design. The population of the study consisted of 45 854 (170 principals, 2 375 teachers and 43 309 students from the 170 UBE schools in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The sample size for the investigation consists of 231 respondents which comprised 7 (3 male and 4 female) principals, 84 (50 male and 34 female) teachers and 140 (85 male and 55 female) students from the 7 UBE schools in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja using stratified random sampling technique. The instrument used for data gathering was Assessment on the Perception of Stakeholders’ Implementation of UBE Questionnaire” (APSIUBEQ). The instrument validated and established a logical index of 0.77 for rational consensus of experts and reliability of 0.82 using Cronbach coefficient Alpha method of estimating reliability to compute coefficient of internal consistency. Descriptive statistics was used to provide answers to the research questions while chi-square statistics was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level significance. The study found that there is no significant difference m the perception of male and female principals on Universal Basic Education programme in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja; there is significant difference in the perception of male and female teachers on Universal Basic Education programme and there is significant difference in the perception of male and female students on Universal Basic Education programme. It was therefore recommended that Government should intensify efforts on regular inspection and monitoring of the UBE Programme in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Also, Government and relevant stakeholders should carry out periodic programme evaluation of the UBE in order to ascertain areas of needs. xiii