ASSESSMENT OF THE LEVEL OF STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVEMENT IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL POLICY IN BASIC SCIENCE IN SOUTHWESTERN, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study examined the level of stakeholders involvement in the implementation of the National Policy in Basic Science in the Southwestern Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised all principals, teachers, parents and state ministry of education officials in southwestern Nigeria. The sample of the study comprised 81 principals, 162 Basic Science teachers, 162 parents of Basic Science students and 30 State Ministry of Education officials. Multistage sampling procedure was used to select the sample. Two instruments were used to generate data for the study. Face and content validity of the instruments were ensured by two experts of Basic Science. While the reliability of the instruments were determined through Cronbach’s alpha and split half reliability. Reliability coefficient of the instruments yielded 0.73 and 0.632 for SQGIIBSC and QTINPBS respectively. The data collected for this study were analyzed using descriptive statistics of frequency, percentage and mean. The results of the study showed that stakeholders’ differential opinion at the level of government s’ involvement with parents are moderate at 50.6%, teacher are moderate at 52.5%, principal are also moderate at 50.6% and ministry of education officials are high at 50.0%. It was recommended among others that governments should show more interest in Basic Science by providing needed quality human and materials resources for high effective implementation of National Policy in Basic Science.