THE RISING COST OF EDUCATION AND IT IS IMPLICATIONS ON THE YOUTH
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Abstract
The purpose of the study was to investigate the rising cost of education and its implication on the youth in public secondary schools in Ungogo L.G.A. The background of the study touches on efforts made to curb low participation and the progress made in other parts of the world. It touches on efforts made to improve participation and the challenges faced, which forms the basis of the study to find out the influence of rising costs in education on students’ participation in public secondary schools in Ungogo L.G.A. The theoretical framework was based on education production function theory. The study employed descriptive design. The target population was the 28 principal, 434 teachers and 13949 students in all public secondary schools in Ungogo L.G.A. The sample size of this study was 28 principals, 196 teachers and 370 students. The sample in total consisted of 594 respondents. To select schools stratified sampling design was used and students and teachers from the selected school were selected using simple random sampling design. All the principals from the 28 schools were involved because their number was too small for sampling. The study utilized questionnaires and interview schedule. The reliability of the instruments was done by performing Pearson’s product correlation. To enhance the validity, the instruments were approved by the supervisors in the department of educational administration and planning. The data was collected by the researcher. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics using the Statistical Packages for Social Scientists (SPSS) software. The data was presented using frequency tables, graphs and pie charts. The study found that the cost of school meals affect students’ participation in education in Ungogo L.G.A, Kano state, lowering the participation of students in secondary schools. PTA levies were found to contribute to students dropping out of school. It was also found that school uniform contributes to students dropping out of school. The findings indicate that opportunity cost also influence the students’ participation in education. The study concluded that rising cost have influence on students participation in education in public secondary school in Ungogo L.G.A.
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