A Study of the Establishment and Growth of Private Schools in Katsina 1980 - 2010

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2012 in the subject History - Africa grade: 60 = B Ahmadu Bello University (Ahmadu Bello University Zaria Nigeria West Africa) course: B.A History language: English abstract: Education is the bedrock and key to any nation's national development. However with the general falling standard of education in Nigerian Public Primary and Secondary Schools there has been the demand for more private schools to come in to compliment government efforts in the education sector through provision and delivering of high standard quality and quantitative education. Therefore this project work sets to analyze and explore the historical and educational reasons behind the establishment and growth private schools in Katsina State with particular reference to Katsina Metropolis and its environs as the study is from 1980 - 2010. This is added to the fact that some proprietors of private schools have deviated from their traditional role and making money to the bedrock of establishing schools. Moreover their proliferation has become a serious/great concern to all stakeholders. Thus efficient method of research was applied to come up with a reliable result in the form of conducting interviews with resource persons as well as consulting newspapers magazines archival and government documents internet among others. Thus in the course of major finding it was discovered that some of the people joining the business of private school believed money is bedrock. No wonder the highest rate of examination malpractices indiscipline and exploitation of teachers are recorded in private schools and this has crippled the role of education in national development. Consequently all the necessary measures and proper solutions to all the stakeholders is provided in the recommendation section.