Abstract:
This study was designed to ascertain teachers’ perception of management of primary schools by the UBEB in Uvwie and Warri South Local Government Areas of Delta state. Four research questions and two null hypotheses were formulated to guild the study. The study adopted descriptive survey design. The population of the study comprised 1,720 public primary school teachers. The sample of this study comprised of 325 teachers from 48 public primary schools. Instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled “Teachers’ Perception of Management of Primary Schools by Universal Basic Education Board” (TPMPSQ). The instrument was validated by three experts, from Educational Foundations and one from Measurement and Evaluation, all from Faculty of Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The instrument was trial tested and Cronbach Alpha reliability test was used to determine the internal consistency of the instrument and an overall reliability co-efficient 0.81 was obtained. Data were analysed using mean scores and standard deviation to answer the research questions and t-test statistics was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Among the findings of the study is that to a low extent, urban and rural primary schools teachers’ comply with Minimum Standards for Universal Basic Education. It was recommended among others that the disparity between urban and rural primary schools on the implementation of Minimum Standards for Universal Basic Education should be checked and addressed.
