ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT OF UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION ON EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN BAUCHI AND GANJUWA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF BAUCHI STATE
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2021
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This research work is AnAssessment of the Effect of Universal Basic Education on the
Educational Development of Bauchi and Ganjuwa Local Government Areas of Bauchi State
this becomes necessary because Education is the solid bedrock upon which every form of
development: social, political, religious and economic is anchored. This further explains why
it is perceived as a veritable tool and as well catalyst for national development. Universal
Basic Education which is supposed to be free, compulsory andaccessible has remained
unachievable and still faces the challenges of low students enrolment rates, high prevalence
of school dropout and an acute shortage in the provision of infrastructural facilities
necessarily needed to facilitate learning and teaching processes within the school
environment eighteen years after its formal inauguration.Therefore, thestudy is concerned
about establishing relationship between increase in enrolment, retention and completion rates
and the provision of infrastructural facilities with educational development in order to know
whether the sector is developing over time.ThreeHypotheses were postulated to that effect.
Survey method was adopted for data collection. The total number of sampled respondents
stood at 394 drawn from the selected local government areas. Multiple regression statistical
analysis model was employed to determine the significant effect of the variables on
educational development of the areas. The finding of the research revealed that, pupil‘s
enrolment in school affect educational development significantly though not sufficient
enough to cause it but implies that any increase in pupil‘s enrolment will have multiplier
effect on educational development. It also revealed that, pupil/students retention and
completion in schools had the most significant share of the effect on educational
development. Infrastructural facilities were non-available, dilapidated or grossly inadequate
for use. The study therefore recommended that school feeding programme should not be
discontinued in order to boost enrolment and retention and UBE should ensure adequate
provision of infrastructural facilities.