Quality Assurance for Achievement of the Objectives of Basic Education in Kwara and Kogi State of Nigeria

Abstract

Basic education is vital to the national development. The government of the federal republic of Nigeria invested financial, human and material resources in it so that its objectives could be achieved. However, two decades after its implementation, the nation is yet to overcome most of economic and socio-political challenges it was meant to address. This could be due to poor quality graduates turned out from basic education institutions in particular and all level of education in general. Thus, there is need to investigate the quality management process in education system. Basic education provides the foundation for other levels of education and its quality would determine, to a large extent, the quality of education at higher levels. This paper therefore examines the quality assurance adopted in the implementation of basic education Programme and the extent of achievement of basic education objectives in Kwara and Kogi State of Nigeria with a view to suggesting possible ways of improvement.