TEACHERS’ QUALITY AND QUANTITY IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA

ABDULKADIR OBA IBRAHIM; BENJAMIN TUNJI OLAOSEBIKAN; ABDULSALAM ABDULLAH

TEACHERS’ QUALITY AND QUANTITY IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA

ABDULKADIR OBA IBRAHIM, BENJAMIN TUNJI OLAOSEBIKAN, ABDULSALAM ABDULLAH

Abstract

The paper assessed teachers’ quality and quantity in the implementation of secondary schools Physical Education curriculum in Nigeria. The design of the study was analytic descriptive survey and the Purposive sampling technique was used to select the samples from the Six Geo- political zones of the country. The population for the study was all the 54,521 secondary schools students with a sample size of 656 students. The data collected were statistically analysed using descriptive statistics of mean (𝑥̅) and standard deviation (sd) to test and analysed bio- data variables and to answer research questions, while inferential statistics of One Sample t- test was used to test all the hypotheses. The finding from the study revealed that teachers’ quality and quantity influence implementation of secondary schools Physical Education curriculum in Nigeria. The study recommended that there is need to organize workshop on attitudinal change for on the Physical Education Teachers and School Administrators on the implementation of secondary schools Physical Education Curriculum in Nigeria.

Keywords

Teachers’ quality;quantity;implementation and physical education curriculum

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