Influence of Funding on Quality Assurance of Upper Basic Education Basic Technology Curriculum Implementation in River State

Abstract

The main purpose of the study was to determine the extent to which funding influences quality assurance of Upper Basic Education Basic Technology Curriculum implementation in Rivers State. The study was guided by one research question and one null hypothesis. A survey research design was adopted for the study. The population used for the study comprised 446 principals in Basic schools in 23 Local Government Area (L.G.A) in River State. Among the population, 306 were public schools and while the remaining 140 were private schools approved by the River State ministry of education. The sample size was 264 principals selected from the population. The instrument used for data collection was 11 item questionnaires grouped into one section according to the research question that guided the study. The items were structured in four point rating scale. The instrument was validated and the reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach Alpha which yielded 0.90. Mean, standard deviation and t-test statistics were the statistical tools used. Based on the data analysis, the study identified that funding influences quality assurance of Upper Basic Education Basic Technology Curriculum to a high extent in Rivers State. Based on the findings of the study recommendations were made among which include; government should increase budgetary allocation to education for quality assurance in Basic Technology curriculum implementation.