Stakeholders’ Ownership and Funding of Universal Basic Education Commission to Enhance Quality Assurance in the 21st Century

Abstract

The study investigated stakeholders’ ownership and funding of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) to enhance quality education. Two research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. The study adopted descriptive survey design. The area of study was Imo State. The sample of the study consist of 80 respondents. “Stakeholder Ownership and Funding of UBE for Quality Assurance Questionnaire" (SOFUBEQAQ) was used to collect data. It was a self-structured questionnaire having 4-point scale. Face and content validity were established by experts in Educational Management, School Administration and Measurement and Evaluation. Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to test the reliability of the instrument which yielded coefficient index of 0.85 while Cronbach Alpha was used to determine the internal consistency of the instrument which yielded a coefficient of 0.76. The research questions were analyzed using mean and standard deviation and Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to test the hypothesis. The result showed that stakeholders’ ownership of UBEC has enhanced quality assurance in terms of infrastructure, equipment and teaching. The study also revealed that proper funding of UBEC has enhanced quality assurance in primary education. It was recommended among others that partnership between private sector and government should be encouraged to improve quality assurance.