FUNDING AND MANAGEMENT OF UNIVERSAL BASIC EEDUCATION PROGRAMME OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, ABUJA, NIGERIA.

The study focused on funding and management of UBE programme in junior secondary schools in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The study was guided by three research questions and three null hypotheses. The research design used for this study was correlational survey research design. The population of this study consisted of 5193 teachers. The sample size of this study consisted of 357 teachers. The instrument used for data collection was the researchers self-designed questionnaire called "Questionnaire on Funding and Management of Universal Basic Education’ (QFMUBE). The instrument was duly validated and it yielded 0.75 as validity index. The instrument was pilot tested on 20 teachers in GSS Kuje and the coefficient of internal consistency of 0.76 was obtained. Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while Pearson's product moment correlation was employed to test all the hypotheses at 0.05 level ofsignificance. The findings of the study indicated that there is a low significant relationship between funding and provision of infrastructural facilities in junior secondary schools in FCT, Abuja, here is a low significant relationship between funding and provision of instructional materials in junior secondary schools in FCT, Abuja and there is a low significant relationship exists between funding and employment of teachers in junior secondary schools in FCT, Abuja. One of the recommendations of the study was that The Federal Capital Territory Secondary Education Board should solicit for special intervention funds from international organizations, advanced countries and other donor agencies such as United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), African Union (AU), European Union (EU), the United States of America, the United Kingdom g others to facilitate effective management of secondary schools in Federal Capital amon Territory.