International NGO Journal

  • Abbreviation: Int. NGOJ
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8225
  • DOI: 10.5897/INGOJ
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 264

Article

The prospect of UBE programme in Akwa Ibom State, south-south Nigeria

E. N. Eddy1* and M. E. Akpan2    
1National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) No. 1 Blantyre street, Wuse II, P. M. B. 5074. FCT, Abuja, Nigeria. 2Department of General Studies, Nasarawa Polytechnic, Nasarawa, Nasarawa State, Nigeria.  
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 05 January 2009
  •  Published: 28 February 2009

Abstract

In this paper, the origin of Universal Basic Education (UBE), its objectives, contents and problems facing the implementation of the programme have been discussed. The major problems facing the success of the UBE programme in Akwa Ibom state were found to include, population explosion and lack of qualified/adequate teachers. Measures that can be adopted to correct some of these failures have been highlighted. The implementation of the UBE programme in Akwa Ibom State is viewed by the authors as a measure that should be improved to the latest.

 

Key words: Akwa Ibom State, UBE, implementation.

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