Influence of Environmental Factors on Effective Administration of Universal Basic Education (UBE) Programme in North Central Nigeria

This study investigated the Influence of Environmental Factors on Effective Administration of Universal Basic Education (UBE) programme in North Central Nigeria. The purpose of the study was to ascertain the influence of environmental factors on effective administration of UBE programme in North Central Nigeria; determine the extent of provision of infrastructural facilities and instructional materials, on effective administration of UBE programme in North Central Nigeria. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The survey research design was employed for the study. The total population of the study was 124,363 teachers and head teachers, from 13349 primary schools in North Central Nigeria, 399 teachers constituted the study sample. Environmental Factors and Administration of UBE Questionnaire (EFAUBEQ) was used to collect data from respondents in the study area. Means and standard deviations were used to answer the research questions, while chi-square was employed to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that infrastructural facilities, and instructional materials, have significant influence on effective administration of UBE programme in North Central Nigeria. Based on these findings, the following recommendations were made among others, government and education authorities in particular should provide enough classrooms, resource centers in schools and should also ensure that these follow the standard specification to ensure academic activities in UBE schools in the study area, government and education authorities in particular should provide adequate instructional materials in UBE schools to ensure quality teaching in the study area, towards effective administration.