Assessment of the Extent of Implementation of the Universal Basic Education Curriculum in Rivers State

Abstract

The study assesses the Universal Basic Education Curriculum and its extent of implementation in Rivers State. The study used a descriptive research design. The study population consisted of all elementary school teaching staff, while the target population is 7439 elementary school teaching staff in Rivers State and the sample size for this study was 366 teaching staff. The questionnaire was adopted as a data collection tool with a reliability coefficient of 0.82, using the test-retest method. The research questions were analyzed using the mean and standard deviation statistics, while the hypotheses were tested using a z-test at the 0.05 significant level. Based on the data collected and analyzed, the study reached the following conclusions: The study provided evidence to a large extent, that UBE curriculum has created awareness of education in Rivers State, the UBE curriculum is free and available to Rivers students. The UBE curriculum has reduced the dropout rate In Rivers State, the UBE curriculum has adequate infrastructure that has been used for the effective implementation of the UBE curriculum in Rivers State and qualified teachers have been employed to use the curriculum of UBE for the effective implementation of the UBE curriculum at Rivers State.