QUALITY ASSURANCE STANDARD AND THEIR ENFORCEMENT IN PRIVATE NURSERY AND PRIMARY SCHOOL

CHAPETR ONE

1.0   INTRODUCTION 

1.1        Background of the study

1.2        Statement of problem

1.3        Objective of the study

1.4        Research Hypotheses

1.5        Significance of the study

1.6        Scope and limitation of the study

1.7       Definition of terms

1.8       Organization of the study

CHAPETR TWO

2.0   LITERATURE REVIEW

CHAPETR THREE

3.0        Research methodology

3.1    sources of data collection

3.3        Population of the study

3.4        Sampling and sampling distribution

3.5        Validation of research instrument

3.6        Method of data analysis

CHAPTER FOUR

DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

4.1 Introductions

4.2 Data analysis

CHAPTER FIVE

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Summary

5.3 Conclusion

5.4 Recommendation

Appendix

 

Abstract

The core function of Quality Assurance Standard is to ensure compliance of private and public schools to the standard requirements of educational system in Nigeria, the research project investigated compliance in Quality Assurance Standards and how they are enforced in private nursery and primary schools in Sokoto metropolis. The research project has addressed four research questions. The population of the research consisted of all the teachers and head teachers in private nursery and primary schools in Sokoto metropolis. The total number of these schools is 169, the sample is made up of 200, selected from the total number of private nursery and primary schools in Sokoto metropolis. Questionnaires were used in data collection. The instruments were administered by the researchers to the respondent who were guided on how to complete the questionnaire items. The Data were analysed using simple percentages and the results were displayed using frequency tables. The research found that most private schools in Sokoto metropolis comply with the standards regulating the establishment and management of private schools as contained in the quality assurance standards and enforcement guidelines.

 

 CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

• Background of the study

Education is a mechanism which influences the nation’s ability to produce the much needed positive outcomes in all aspects of life. Social change, national integration and development in every country, depend solely on the structure and dynamisms of the country’s educational system. As the nation’s future is built around the four corners of a classroom it is pertinent to ensure quality in material and infrastructural facilities of the school (FME, 2013). It is the responsibility of the educational system to produce the changes and the needs of the society. Education quality assurance ensures that school processes and practices are carried out according to set standards that bring about improvement in teaching and learning. In practical terms, quality assurance sets the rule, regulation, policies and requirements of infrastructural material, facilities and procedures which are to be adhered to by all schools. It also involves the processes of monitoring, assessing and evaluating according to agreed standards, and communicating judgment obtained to all concerned, in order to ensure quality with integrity, public accountability and consistent improvement in education processes and activities(FME 2010). The overall goal of quality assurance standards and their enforcement is to sanitize the educational system of the nation from proliferation of substandard institutions particularly at basic education sector of Nigeria. As a result of vast population and limited resources, government alone cannot cater for the educational needs of its citizens without venturing into public private partnership. Private institutions are undoubtedly providing huge contribution towards improving access and quality in the educational sector. In addition private nursery and primary schools in Nigeria have restructured, advanced, developed, and sustained the educational structure across the nation. Also, privately owned schools across the nation have come up to age in sustainability of educational deliverance with its standards, in compliance with the national standards, such as providing conducive reading and learning environment with laboratories and welfare package of it teachers. The contributions of private owned and established schools cannot be over emphasized. Although private schools deliver qualitative education, they charge huge and exorbitant fees. However, the standards and quality of these private nursery and primary schools should be checked and monitored by government, or those agencies which control and regulate activities of educational institutions in the nation. The persistent proliferation of private nursery and primary school should be checked to prevent substandard private schools. Every policy which is not regulated is prone to abuse. In recent years, the need to control, monitor and enforce the rules and regulation guiding the public private partnership in ensuring sufficiency in education has been stressed. In addition, agitation has been made for the relevance of addressing issues of quality assurance standards in nursery and primary schools.

 

• STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Education is an important agent of national development, and the private sectors makes vital contributions in providing access to it and improving its quality. However, in recent times, there has been public outcry regarding the standard of schools operated by the private sector. This raises a question concerning how standard are enforced in these schools. Therefore, this study will examine quality assurance standards and how they are enforced in private nursery and primary schools in Nigeria

• OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

The objectives of the study are;

1. To identify the various quality assurance standards for the establishment and management of private schools in sokoto state
2. To find out the mechanisms for the enforcement of these standards in private schools in sokoto state
3. To identify the various agencies of the government responsible for enforcement of this standards.
4. To find out the problems and challenges of compliance to the stated quality assurance standards and enforcement faced by private schools in Sokoto State
   • RESEARCH HYPOTHESES

For the successful completion of the study, the following research hypotheses were formulated by the researcher;

H₀:   there are no various quality assurance standards for the establishment and management of private schools in sokoto state

H₁: there are various quality assurance standards for the establishment and management of private schools in sokoto state

H₀₂: there are no problems and challenges of compliance to the stated quality assurance standards and enforcement faced by private schools in Sokoto State

H₂: there are problems and challenges of compliance to the stated quality assurance standards and enforcement faced by private schools in Sokoto State

• SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The research will be of great importance to various stakeholders in educational sector. Its findings will portray what, how, why, and when quality assurance standards and enforcement procedures are compelled, to be adhered to by private school within Sokoto metropolis, in ensuring standard and qualitative education at basic levels nursery and primary education. Specifically, knowledge and information gathered by the research will help the ministry of education in policy formulation and implementation for better quality education. The research will also help the State universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) in evaluating the performance of state private schools, and making adjustment where necessary. The study will also be important to the private schools in Sokoto state. The information and knowledge on the standards and quality of their educational processes are analyzed, these will contribute in bringing sustainable education for better quality education. Finally the research will contribute to the literature on quality assurance standards and their enforcement on educational sectors.

• SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

This project is limited to investigate quality assurance standards and their enforcement in private nursery and primary schools in Sokoto metropolis. The researcher encounters some constrain which limited the scope of the study;

1. a) AVAILABILITY OF RESEARCH MATERIAL: The research material available to the researcher is insufficient, thereby limiting the study
2. b) TIME: The time frame allocated to the study does not enhance wider coverage as the researcher has to combine other academic activities and examinations with the study.
3. c) Organizational privacy: Limited Access to the selected auditing firm makes it difficult to get all the necessary and required information concerning the activities

• DEFINITION OF TERMS

The following terms are defined:

1. Quality Assurance: This refers to requirements provided by the Federal Ministry of Education FME through the Federal Inspectorate Service FIS in satisfying the rules, regulations before establishments of a private nursery and primary schools.
2. Private school: Private schools also known as independent schools or non-state schools that are not administered or controlled by government.

• Enforcement: This refers to the conscious attempt by the FME through FIS to ensure implementation and execution of the national educational plans for achieving sustainability in educational sector.

1. Standards: These requirements provided by FME which should be attained by every private school

1.8 ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY

This research work is organized in five chapters, for easy understanding, as follows

Chapter one is concern with the introduction, which consist of the (overview, of the study), historical background, statement of problem, objectives of the study, research hypotheses, significance of the study, scope and limitation of the study, definition of terms and historical background of the study. Chapter two highlights the theoretical framework on which the study is based, thus the review of related literature. Chapter three deals on the research design and methodology adopted in the study. Chapter four concentrate on the data collection and analysis and presentation of finding.  Chapter five gives summary, conclusion, and recommendations made of the study

 

 

 

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