PRIMARY EDUCATION IN NIGERIA CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS
ABSTRACT
The research topic is “challenges and prospects of Primary education” in Nnewi South Local
Government, Anambra State the researcher embarked upon in order to investigate the challenges
facing Primary Education in public primary schools. Primary education has just been given proper
recognition by the federal governments.
The researcher in her investigation looked into; purposes of Primary education, Origin of Primary
education, qualities of an ideal Primary education, curriculum of Primary education, challenges facing
Primary education, and ways to overcome the challenges and its prospects since the time of
implementation.
Also, the researcher explained the importance of Primary education to the nation. The researcher
administered questionnaire to collect relevant information on the research topic and selected ten
public primary schools at random in the selected local government. Percentage calculation was used
to analyze the data.
Finally, relevant recommendations were made for the management of Primary education in public
primary schools.
PRIMARY EDUCATION IN NIGERIA CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS
