Government efforts and the challenges of achieving quality education among secondary schools in Delta State, Nigeria (2012-2020)
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This study investigates the efforts and challenges faced by the Delta State government in achieving quality education in secondary schools from 2012 to 2020. The research focuses on the provision of school facilities and education funding as critical initiatives while also examining the factors hindering the attainment of quality education. The documentary method
was exclusively adopted for data collection and analysis, utilizing reputable secondary sources such as journal articles, government documents, newspapers, magazines, and internet sources. The findings reveal that the government’s efforts to entrench quality education at the post-primary level necessitate reassessment, as the provided school facilities have not kept abreast with the escalating number of public secondary schools in Delta State, resulting in a lack of uniformity. Additionally, the study exposes
the government’s failure to adequately address these issues, resulting in a stagnation of student academic performance, as evidenced by The West
African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results. Furthermore, the research highlights increasing disparities in accessing secondary education due to natural disasters such as floods, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, and the prevalence of student truancy induced by cultism. The
study recommended, among others, the need for improved school facility provisions and effective education funding strategies.
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