Title: IMPROVING FUNDING IN EDUCATION FOR EFFECTIVE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY DELIVERY IN NSUKKA EDUCATION ZONE OF ENUGU STATE.

Authors:
Omeje, Benedicta A., Ugwuoke, Cajethan U. & Eze, Godwin E.

Abstract: Abstract Funds are needed for the procurement of materials and facilities needed for effective delivery of animal husbandry trade in Secondary Schools. Funds can be generated from different sources. The study was aimed at finding ways of improving funding in education for effective animal husbandry delivery in Nsukka Education Zone of Enugu State. Three specific objectives, three research questions and three null hypotheses guided the study and were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted a survey research design and was conducted in public secondary schools in Nsukka education zone of Enugu State. This education zone comprised of Nsukka, Igbo-Etiti and Uzo-Uwani local government areas. The population of the study was 132. This comprised of all the 73 government employed teachers of Animal Husbandry and 59 school administrators in the 59 Secondary Schools in Nsukka Education Zone. There is no sampling as the entire population was small and manageable. The instrument for data collection was structured questionnaire with fourpoint response options of Strongly Agree, (SA), Agree (A), Disagree (D) and Strongly Disagree (SD). The instrument was face validated by three experts from the Department of Agricultural Education, University of Nigeria Nsukka. Reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach Alpha method which yielded a coefficient of 0.78. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the three research questions while t-test statistic was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. It was found out that schools can source funds from government grants, school fees, sales of handcraft, parents and teachers association, donation from the philanthropists, among others for effective delivery of animal husbandry. Based on the findings, it was therefore recommended among others that government should improve the budgetary allocation to secondary education with more emphasis on funding animal husbandry trade. Keywords: Funding, Animal husbandry trade, curriculum, secondary schools

Publication Date: 2018-06-09