%0 Journal Article
%T Quality Assurance in Nigeria Certificate in Education Programme: Implication for Primary School Teachers in North Central Geo-Political Zone of Nigeria
%A Abdullahi Umar Sabo
%A Adewara Oluwasegun
%A Elizabeth C. Hounveneou
%A Ibrahim G. Kontagora
%A Jacqueline B. Ukaegbu
%A Joseph Taiwo Fowoyo
%A Leah M. Tsado
%A Maimunat Shaaba
%A Mohammed Danjuma
%A Muhammad Madugu Idris
%A Rabi Y. Alhassan
%A Sani A. Doma
%A Siraj A. Magaji
%A Yahaya Murtala
%J American Journal of Educational Research
%D 2019
%R 10.12691/education-7-8-3
%X This study examines Quality Assurance in Nigeria Certificate in Nigeria programme: Implication for Primary school Teachers in North Central Zone of Nigeria. The study was carried out in five states of the North Central Geo-political zone of Nigeria. Descriptive survey designed was adopted for the study. Four null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The sample of two hundred and fifty (250) academic and non-academic staff was draw from the population through random sampling technique from five Colleges of Education in the North Central zone. The instrument Quality Assurance Practice Questionaire (QAPQ) was used for data collection after been validated by three research experts and pilot test was conducted to ascertain its reliability. The reliability was obtained using Cronbach Alpha with index of 0.87. Inferential statistics of t-test was used to test the resraech hypotheses. The results revealed that the mean rating of Quality Assurance practice in Colleges of Education in North Central zone is significantly high with sample mean of 15.42 which is greater than the population of 13.06 at 0.05 alpha level of significance. It was recommended that Nigeria government through NCCE should ensure strict adhrence to all the quality assurance strategies by all Colleges of Education in Nigeria
%U http://www.sciepub.com/EDUCATION/abstract/10824