Economic Hardship and Curriculum Implementation in Nigerian Basic Schools
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This paper assessed the impact of economic hardship on curriculum implementation in Basic schools in Nigeria. Secondary data were used in the study and the data were collected in both online and print resources. The study revealed that economic hardship has affected teachers’ job performance in basic schools and has negatively impacted the implementation of curriculum in Nigerian Basic schools. The high cost of instructional resources, instructional facilities and operational cost of running schools have disrupted effective implementation of school curriculum in Nigeria as a result of economic hardship and inflation. Based on this findings, the paper recommends that government should increase the salaries of teachers in basic schools across the country and provide subsidized school buses to aid their movement to schools. Government should provide instructional resources to schools and subsidize those that the schools are directly purchasing. Government should increase budgetary allocation to basic schools to aid the completion of infrastructural facilities in the schools.
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