Abstract
<p><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;">The most often debated topic among stakeholders in education and the generality of Nigerians<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"> today is the issue of decline in the quality of education at all levels (primary, secondary and<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"> tertiary institutions). To substantiate the foregoing debate, a new World Bank Report (2018)<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"> warns of learning crisis in Nigeria and other developing countries which face moral and economic<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"> problems because primary and secondary schools fail to equip students with the right education to<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"> succeed in life and that without learning, education would fail to deliver on its promise to eliminate<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"> extreme poverty and create shared opportunity and prosperity for all. Despite the establishment of<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"> Universal Basic Education (UBE) in 1999, which is saddled with the responsibility of ensuring the<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"> acquisition of the appropriate levels of literacy, manipulative and life skills as well as the ethical,<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"> moral and civic values needed for laying the foundation for lifelong learning for children, have<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"> continued to be a mirage. In view of the foregoing, this study examined the factors responsible<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"> for schooling without learning in primary and junior secondary schools. Those factors include<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"> insuffiient budget allocation to education, lack of adequate infrastructure, lack of qualified<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"> teachers and poor remuneration package, and corruption. In addressing the aforementioned<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"> factors, this study used World Bank’s (2018) solutions which have four steps. The fist step is to<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"> find the truth from facts; the second step is to assess the learning so that it become a measurable<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"> goal; the third step is to make schools work for all children and the fourth step is to mobilize<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"> everyone who has stake in learning. In addition, recommendations were provided to ensure that<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"> the rising case of schooling without learning is eradicated.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /></span></p>
Highlights
Effective learning entails that students are able to comprehend and understand what has been taught in the classroom by their teachers
The recent report from the World Bank revealed that Nigerian primary and secondary school children went to school without leaning
Even though the Nigerian government has continued to reiterate its commitment to the development of the education sector, Nigeria’s education sector has received much lower than 26% of national budget, as recommended by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) so as to enable the nations to adequately cater for rising education demands
Summary
Effective learning entails that students are able to comprehend and understand what has been taught in the classroom by their teachers. The recent report from the World Bank revealed that Nigerian primary and secondary school children went to school without leaning They opined that some of them finished schools without knowing anything. They warned that primary and secondary schools are failing to train students to prosper in life If this trend continues, it can be concluded that millions of young Nigerian students are faced with the prospect of lost opportunity and lower wages in later part of their lives (World Bank Report, 2018; Ololube et al, 2016). To provide opportunities for the child to develop life manipulative skills (Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2013). The policy states that in order to realize the above objectives of basic and post-basic education and gain from its contribution to the national economy, the government shall take necessary measures to ensure that: a.
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