An Assessment of Quality Primary Education in Kwara Metropolis: Issues and Implication for Sustainable Development
Lateef A. Yusuf and Abayomi A. Alaka
ABSTRACT
This paper examines quality of primary education in Kwara metropolis. The study adopts a descriptive survey research design with questionnaire as major instrument of data collection. One research question and three hypotheses were developed for this study, while simple stratified random sampling technique was used to select 180 respondents across three local government areas that constitute Kwara metropolis. The researchers developed a 15 item instrument tagged “Quality Primary Education Inventory” (QPEI), of 0.82 with reliability index at test-retest was used for data collection. The statistical tools employed are Chi-Square and t-test. Results show that teachers perceived quality of primary education in Kwara metropolis are very low with a total of 914 which represents 34.8%. There exist also no statistically significant difference on the perception of rural-urban teachers, male-female teachers, and headmaster-class teachers, concerning low quality of primary education in Kwara metropolis. Based on the above, there is need to provide the needed resources to ensure quality education at the primary level of education in Kwara State. The research is able to establish that low quality education has very little or no impact on nation’s socio-political and economic development. The Sustainable Development Goal four (4) re-affirms that only quality education would be instrumental for the sustenance of nation’s development.
