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A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE SPATIAL
DISTRIBUTION OF POST-PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The world
keeps advancing as time flies and this proves the need for education, in other
to meet the advancement of civilization to ensure sustainable development
(Taiwo 1980:p68). Education plays a pivotal role to the economy of any nation
and the world at large. There will be about 3% increase in a nation’s economy
with a positive approach on the state of education, according to World Bank.
Education exposes individuals to a full knowledge of their fundamental human
rights to avoid being trampled on (World Bank, 2002). When a nation’s
intellectual resources are well utilized, it will aid development of the
society.
Post-primary
education plays a significant role in the social, mental, and career being of a
child. What a child is taught in his post-primary education goes a long way in
giving that child a sound education and career. A quality Post-primary
education adds meaning to the growth of the society. The rate at which students
in Nigeria migrate from primary to secondary school is about 88%, which is
quite impressive; but the problem faced by most of these students is lack of
continuity based on some factors.
Spatial
distribution of post-primary schools is a part of human rights and development
for the economic growth of a nation, though the spatial distribution of
post-primary education in Nigeria is uneven. It is therefore pertinent to bear
in mind that educational opportunities are equally measured based on spatial
distribution.
In the past,
some sub-Saharan African countries spatial distribution of post-primary
education was mostly used by the elites as weapons to suppress some people in
the country. Due to this, some parts of the country stand to gain from some
educational presence than the other, and this is still prevalent in Nigeria.
Spatial
distribution of post-primary schools involves the location (proximity between
home and school), the cost of tuition fees and the cost of transportation. Sustainable
development is achieved when human and land resources are in the same spatial
context; though the invention of science and technology has actually helped to
tackle the challenge of physical barrier. Tobler’s first law of geography
asserts that there is a high level of relationship between things that are
close, to those that are not (Tobler, 1979).
The spatial
challenge of post-primary education is often times neglected and this has
negatively affected the young minds of the country and the growth of the
country as well. This challenge has equally cut-off some youths who would like
to obtain quality education, most especially the rural dwellers. Some Nigerian
children have to walk long distance to acquire quality education.
However, the
purpose of this study is to seek for means with which these problems can be
tackled; a comparative analysis of the spatial distribution of posts primary
schools in Nigeria.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Recently,
the level of post-primary school drop-outs in Nigeria is becoming alarming; as
this is tied the barrier of spatial distribution of post-primary schools’
children. Many students are discouraged from going to school because the waste
a lot of time and money going to school. A school located very far away from a
student can make the student imbibe the bad attitude of lateness; which can
with time become a bad habit.
Another
problem is the cost of transportation to school located at a long distance.
Students whose schools are far away from home spend so much on transportation.
However,
poverty is another challenge of spatial distribution of post-primary schools in
Nigeria as 110 million Nigerians live in abject poverty (Osinbajo, cited from
vanguard 2015). Many Nigerian parents struggle to send their children to
school, talk less of when they have to take care of transportation expenses as
most of them cannot afford money to send their wards to the boarding house.
These are
some of the problems that spurred the researcher to take up this study.
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The major
objective of this study is to carry out a comparative analysis of the spatial
distribution of post-primary schools in Nigeria.
Other specific objectives
include:
a) To determine the factors responsible for
spatial distribution of post-primary schools in Nigeria.
b) To
examine the effects of spatial distribution of post-primary education on the
economy.
c) To examine the impact of spatial
distribution of post-primary education on the performance of students.
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
The following research questions are
generated to guide this study:
a) What are the factors responsible for spatial
distribution of post-primary schools in Nigeria?
b) Are the effects of spatial distribution of
post-primary education on the economy?
c) What are the impacts of spatial distribution
of post-primary education on the performance of students?
1.5 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS
H0: There are no factors responsible for spatial
distribution of post-primary schools in Nigeria.
H1: There are factors responsible for spatial
distribution of post-primary schools in Nigeria.
1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This study
is meant to inform and educate school administrators and the government that
there is need to revisit the spatial distribution of post-primary schools, as
most Nigerian students travel long distance to have access to education.
This study
will be of immense benefit to other researchers who intend to know more on this
topic and can also be used by non-researchers to build more on their work. This
study contributes to knowledge and could serve as a guide for other work or
study.
1.7 SCOPE OF THE STUDY/LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
This study
is restricted to a comparative analysis of the spatial distribution of
post-primary schools in Nigeria.
Limitations
of study
1.
Financial constraint- Insufficient fund tends to impede the efficiency
of the researcher in sourcing for the relevant materials, literature or
information and in the process of data collection (internet, questionnaire and
interview).
2.
Time constraint- The researcher will simultaneously engage in this study
with other academic work. This consequently will cut down on the time devoted
for the research work.
1.9 DEFINITION OF TERMS
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS: Is a study that compares and contrasts two things:
two life insurance policies, two sports figures, two presidents, etc. The study
can be done to find the crucial differences between two very similar things or
the similarities between two things that appear to be different on the surface.
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION: Is the arrangement of
a phenomenon across the Earth's surface and a graphical display of such an
arrangement is an important tool in geographical and environmental statistics.
It is also
the study of things in terms of their physical locations; basically we're
asking where things occur and how they relate to each other. It's a useful
field of analysis. After all, everything happens somewhere.
POST-PRIMARY SCHOOLS: The post-primary
education sector comprises secondary, vocational, community and comprehensive
schools. ... Post-primary education consists of a three-year Junior Cycle
(lower secondary), followed by a two or three year Senior Cycle (upper
secondary), depending on whether the optional Transition Year (TY) is taken.
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