QUALITY ASSURANCE IN POLICY IMPLEMENTATION OF SCIENCE EDUCATION IN NIGERIA: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES

Abstract

Nigeria as a growing nation can only meet up with other developed and industrialized nations when her Educational system is fully developed. It is a fact that no nation grows educationally without adequate implementation of her educational policies since it is not enough just to make policies. Therefore, there is inadequate and management of finance has lead to the inadequacy of training science facility in schools particularly in our institutions of higher learning, teachers are continually under pressure to cover the generally content- heavy syllabus and prepare students adequately to pass the examination often within limited time frame, the explanation for student attitude toward school science may be shortage of well- qualified teachers capable of providing positive experience. This paper focused on concept of science education, educational policy implementation in Nigeria, quality Assurance and it’s important to education, national policy on science education, prospect of science educational policy implementation. Challenges confronting quality assurance in policy implementation of science teacher education were also identified. The paper recommended among others that, for adequate implementation of science education policies, curricula content would have to be amended to reduce dependence on text books and also include the doctrine of an ethno- science. Traditional teaching format in classrooms which focuses on passing examinations should be discouraged and assessment which covers higher levels of cognitive, affective and psychomotor ability be encouraged. Above all, funding should be adequately and promptly provide for the issues of implementation to be carried out.

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