IMPACT OF ECONOMIC CRISIS ON EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BAUCHI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BAUCHI STATE

Abstract

This research work examined the impact of economic crisis on education, some factors such as government inability to inspect and provide adequate instructional materials to some of the
secondary schools in the locality, lack of proper auditing and planning for schools, parents’ poor attitude towards education were found to be some of the effects of this ugly impact on
education. To achieve the aim of this research work, four hundred and twenty two questionnaire were distributed among five selected secondary schools in Bauchi Local Government Area using random sampling techniques. The research work discovered graduate unemployment as being caused by the economic crisis in the area. Some of the recommendations made are that Considering the fact that economic crisis has affected the society’s education, Government should as a matter of necessity, provide free education for all citizens in the country, also for the fact that level of the impact of economic crisis on the society’s education is high, government should embark on special poverty eradication programmes that will reduce or eradicate poverty in the society so as to pave way for effective societal education financing.