EVALUATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NIGERIA CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION SOCIAL STUDIES PROGRAMME IN FEDERAL COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN NORTH-WESTERN POLITICAL ZONE OF NIGERIA

This study sets to evaluate the implementation of NCE Social Studies curriculum in the North-Western zone of Nigeria. It considers three research questions and hypotheses on the curriculum contents coverage, qualification of teacher and funding of the program. The respondents for the studies are the lecturers of social studies and school management staff of the school under study. The population of the respondents is 108. A sample of 108 was used because the population was not much to leave anybody out of the study. The Pearson product moment correlation was used in the analysis of data at an alpha of 0.05 level of tolerance. The self-report questionnaire, observation and check list were the instruments used for the study. The study reveals significant relationship between implementation of social studies curriculum contents and adequate curriculum content coverage, the qualification of lecturers, the provision of fund by government for proper implementation and learning, The whole null hypotheses were rejected. This work recommended that the federal government particularly the ministry of education should provide adequate fund for building numerous spacious class rooms for Social Studies student and for the purchase of instructional materials and facilities needed for proper implementation of the program. Lecturers with requisite academic qualification and enduring years of experience should be used to effectively implement the NCE Social Studies curriculum in the Federal Colleges of Education. Lecturers should always display high level of commitment to their job, acceptable moral and maturity disposition both within and outside the school environment as they serve as role model to the student’s among others.