ASSESSMENT OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SECONDARY EDUCATION IN NORTH-CENTRAL GEOGRAPHICAL ZONE, NIGERIA
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Ahmadu Bello University Zaria
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This study on the Assessment of the Contributions of Non-Governmental Organizations to the
Development of Secondary Education in North-Central Geographical Zone, Nigeria was
aimed at gathering information on the opinions of principals, teachers, Ministry of Education
officials and Non-Governmental Organizations officials on the contributions of Non-
Governmental Organizations in the development of secondary education. The study had
seven objectives, which aimed to ascertain; teachers‟ capacity building, the provision of
teaching facilities, the provision of learning facilities among others by Non-Governmental
Organizations on the development of secondary education in North-Central Geographical
Zone, Nigeria. Seven research questions were asked while corresponding hypotheses were
formulated. Descriptive survey design was used for the study. A total of 384 population
comprising 82 principals, 172 teachers, 95 MOE officials and 35 NGO officials were used.
Respondents were randomly drawn from the population using simple random sampling
procedure. The instrument used for data collection was self-developed questionnaire using
modified five points Likert scale of measurement. The questionnaire was validated by the
researcher‟s supervisory team and experts in research and statistics in the department. The
instrument was found to be reliable through pilot study which was carried out in Federal
Capital Territory. All the seven hypotheses formulated were tested using One Way Analysis
of Variance (ANOVA) at 0.05 level of significance. The major findings of this research
indicated that Non-Governmental Organizations played key role in staff capacity building
through organizing and sponsoring various staff development programmes such as workshop,
conferences, seminar; Non- Governmental Organization assisted in the provision of teaching
facilities but do not provide flip chart, ICT facilities and textbook; Non-Governmental
Organizations did not provide learning facilities except exercise books, pencils, erasers,
mathematical set to Secondary Schools; Non-Governmental Organizations didn‟t under take
Supervision of Instruction in Secondary Schools among others. Conclusions included that
Staff capacity building by Non-Governmental Organizations like workshop, conferences and
seminars for teachers, immensely in the development of secondary education in North-
Central Geographical Zone, Nigeria because it is an effective method of increasing the
knowledge and skills of teachers in order to teach more effectively, provision of facilities for
Teaching by Non-Governmental Organizations such as flip charts and models for teaching,
laboratories and workshops, computers and ICT facilities has immense contribution to the
development of secondary education in North-Central Geographical Zone, Nigeria because
available adequate and teaching facilities promote academic achievements, provision of
adequate facilities for Learning by Non-Governmental Organizations such as classrooms,
relevant text books has great contributions to the development of secondary education in
North-Central Geographical Zone, Nigeria because adequate and relevant facilities promote
academic achievements, instructional Supervision has great contributions to the development
of secondary education in North-Central Geographical Zone, Nigeria because it aims at
improving practice, improving student learning achievement, reflection, and improving the
overall school among others. Recommendations were made which include Non-
Governmental Organizations should endeavor to increase their areas of coverage in terms of
provision of capacity building programmes for teachers to benefit more, Non-Governmental
Organizations should extend the provision of teaching facilities to schools in the rural areas
so for the benefits to go round among others.