Quality Assurance In Rural Primary Schools In Nigeria
Keywords:
Rural Primary Schools, Quality assuranceAbstract
This study examined the issue of quality in rural primary schools in Nigeria.
Quality was linked to both individual and national development and thus
necessary to consider an approach that supports the practice of quality assurance
in a holistic rather than individualistic oriented method. Quality assurance system
should be seen as a process of enhancing and promoting collaboration and
participation for institutional development. This entails a shift to a more
pragmatic approach that encourages the involvement of everybody in the drive
towards ensuring quality in Nigerian rural primary schools. Therefore,
governments and policy makers need to put in place strategies that will serve to
improve the condition of teacher and teaching in order to improve student
achievement across rural schools in Nigeria
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