Abstract:

This study investigates the availability of human and material resources for the implementation of the new basic education curriculum in English language in Kaduna North LGEA of Kaduna State. A total number of twenty (20) teachers from ten (10) randomly selected Junior Secondary schools from Kaduna North Local Government Area were used for the study. The results of the study showed that 65% of the English teachers used for the study are qualified while 35% of the English teachers are not qualified. 65% of the teachers indicated that the number of available English Language teachers are inadequate while 35% indicated that the English Language teachers available are adequate. The findings also revealed that there is insufficient supply of instructional materials (such as students textbooks, teachers guides, charts, slides, projectors, tapes, audio and video, CDs, DVDs etc) and facilities such as language laboratories, ICT and libraries in all the schools visited. It is recommended that adequate English language teachers should be employed and deployed to schools for quality basic education curriculum delivery. It is also recommended that a comprehensive training/retraining exercise that would enable teachers undergo remedial/capacity building programmes be provided for teachers. Similarly instructional materials should be provided in sufficient quantities in all schools to facilitate the teaching-learning process.

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