Title: The role of educational management in changing education paradigms in Nigeria

Authors: Roseline O. Osagie

Addresses: Department of Educational Studies and Management, Faculty of Education, University of Benin, P.M.B. 1154, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria

Abstract: In the 2011 May/June, Senior School Certificate Examinations conducted by the West African Examination Council (WAEC), only 30.70% of the candidates scored credit in Mathematics and English Language. This mass failure in numeracy and literacy in the last 11 years has been attributed to the quality of the education system in Nigeria. This study investigated the role of education managers in changing the education paradigms in the secondary school system. The study found that management's apathy to formulate and implement policies for the provision of instructional materials for teaching and learning has militated against success in these examinations.

Keywords: management in education; education paradigms; secondary schools; mass failure; instructional materials; education quality; WAEC exams; Nigeria; secondary education; numeracy; literacy.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2014.060230

International Journal of Management in Education, 2014 Vol.8 No.2, pp.117 - 125

Published online: 31 May 2014 *

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