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Kaduna State Education Policies and the Implementation by the State Universal Basic Education Board in Kaduna Metropolis, 2015 - 2023: An Appraisal

Jane Salihu Ikang, Dr Lawrence Okechukwu Udeagbala

Abstract

This study sets out to examine the education policies of Kaduna State government as implemented by the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), with issues on gender inclusivity, parent, teacher, and community participation, school feeding programs, social mobilisation, public private partnership intervention, in implementing the Kaduna State education policies. The study made use of both primary and secondary sources of data. The primary source of data used was interviews with some of the stakeholders in the education sector. The secondary sources of data included data from the Kaduna State Ministry of Education, Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board, Kaduna State Bureau of Statistics, books and journals. The study focused on four local government areas of Igabi, Chikun, Kaduna South and Kaduna North Local Government Areas, which form the metropolis of Kaduna state. The study assessed the role of the Kaduna State Basic Education Board as a regulatory body for basic education in the state and the synergy with the kaduna State Ministry of Education as its supervisory body. The study discussed the emergence of the board, the organogram of the board, and its primary functions and responsibilities. The policies discussed were, school basic management committee, girl child education, gender inclusive, nomadic education, integrated Islamic quaranic technical education, the findings of this study shows the state universal basic education board has made significant effort to implement these policies to the people of kaduna metropolis of kaduna state, the board has encountered some challenges in its efforts to implement the state education policies, such as parents teachers disagreement, welfare of teachers, monitoring and evaluation, conditions of educational infrastructural facilities, the study is a descriptive analytical and thematic historical study.

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