Community Participation In Basic Education Delivery In Primary Schools In Anambra State

Abstract

The study ascertained information on community participation in basic education delivery in primary schools in Anambra State. Two research questions guided the study and two hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 15,930 respondents made up of 1062 head-teachers and 14,868 School Based Management Committee (SBMC) representing the community members. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to sample 895 respondents made of 53 head-teachers and 742 SBMC members. A researcher-developed instrument titled ‘‘Community Participation in Basic Education Delivery Questionnaire (CPBEDQ)’’ was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by three experts and the reliability of the instrument was ascertained using Cronbach alpha which yielded reliability co-efficient values of 0.75 and 0.82 for clusters I and II respectively and the overall coefficient of the entire instrument was 0.79. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions, while t-test was used to test the null hypotheses. The study found out among others that community participate in the provision of school infrastructure for basic education delivery in primary schools in Anambra Stat.  Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that headteachers and community members should organize monthly meeting to solicit funds to improve their participation in provision of school infrastructure by building classrooms, purchasing school bus, erecting assembly hall and provision of sanitary facilities.