Curriculum Contents for Quality Education Delivery and Sustainable National Development in Nigeria

Abstract

This study “Curriculum contents for Quality Education Delivery and Sustainable National Development in Nigeria’ investigated public opinion and other Education stakeholders’ reservations to the provision of quality education delivery across Nigeria. Three hundred and eighty-two (382) respondents, 268 males and 114 females were randomly selected and used as a sample of the study across six (6) geo political zones in Nigeria. The samples cut across teachers, family members, educational administrators, policy makers, university lecturers, and politicians. Survey research design was employed for the study.  Cluster sampling technique was used to identify the sample of the study. Self-developed questionnaire was used to generate information for the study. Chronbach’s reliability coefficient of .701after test re-test was obtained. Simple percentage count was used to report the demographic variables of the study while descriptive statistics was used to answer the research questions, the hypotheses were tested using z test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) at 0.05 level of significance. The Findings of the study have showed there is need to reform the Nigeria Basiceducation curriculum to provide elements of skills acquisition. All education stakeholders should team up to provide conducive learning environment for teaching and learning. No significant gender difference was found across the sample that the perceived curriculum impacted sustainable National Development at z = 2.7, Quality teacher production need to be revisited by the Nigeria National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE). Based on the findings the writer offers some recommendations; the Nigeria National Curriculum Reviewers should reflect National development through education. School plants should be revisited to provide befitting structures, teaching and learning materials as a means for individual and community overall development. There is need to improve salary of teachers to avoiding attrition from schools. Stigmatisation of teachers should be avoided as a means of improving performance of teachers.