Review <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>literature</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>basic</strong> educati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> Nigeriaproblematic: <strong>on</strong>ly 34% had ‘sufficient’ or ‘near sufficient’ literacy <strong>in</strong> English, although more positivelyover 84% had ‘sufficient’ or ‘near sufficient’ levels <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> subject knowledge to teach primary Maths. Whileit is not known how much test preparati<strong>on</strong> teachers received and/or how test-savvy <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y were (and itshould be noted that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> assessment was not straightforward), <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> results are still cause for majorc<strong>on</strong>cern and ‘it is reas<strong>on</strong>able to c<strong>on</strong>clude that teacher qualificati<strong>on</strong>s bear little relati<strong>on</strong>ship to teacherpr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al work<strong>in</strong>g knowledge’ (Johns<strong>on</strong> 2010). Indeed, <strong>in</strong> a couple <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> studies, stakeholders haveexpressed <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> view that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> now defunct Grade II teach<strong>in</strong>g certificate was <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> greater practical use than<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> NCE (Adekola 2007; Thomas 2011).Johns<strong>on</strong> (2010) also c<strong>on</strong>curs with Adekola (2007) <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> need to target teachers’ literacy and pedagogyskills <strong>in</strong> relati<strong>on</strong> to how to teach literacy based <strong>on</strong> good-quality <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> teacher capabilities. Inadditi<strong>on</strong>, Adekola’s (2007) analysis <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> nati<strong>on</strong>al assessments <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> primary pupils <strong>in</strong> 2001 and 2003 and a<str<strong>on</strong>g>review</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> studies <strong>in</strong> teach<strong>in</strong>g and learn<strong>in</strong>g led him to suggest a greater emphasis <strong>on</strong> develop<strong>in</strong>g teachers’communicati<strong>on</strong> skills <strong>in</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> languages <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>. He also noted a need for research <strong>in</strong>to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> relativecosts and benefits <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> different ways <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> deliver<strong>in</strong>g teacher educati<strong>on</strong>.The PTTE underl<strong>in</strong>ed <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> importance <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> teachers improv<strong>in</strong>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir s<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>t skills, engag<strong>in</strong>g with emoti<strong>on</strong>al<strong>in</strong>telligence issues and provid<strong>in</strong>g psycho-social support for learners (FME 2011a), which would seem tobe c<strong>on</strong>firmed by <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> evaluati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> CFS <strong>in</strong>itiative (UNICEF 2009a).10.5.2 Quality <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>in</strong>-service teacher educati<strong>on</strong>There have been criticisms that delivery <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> CPD or <strong>in</strong>-service tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g has been neglected by states (Tahirand Girei 2008). Problems that affect <strong>in</strong>-service programmes <strong>in</strong>clude:A focus <strong>on</strong> upgrad<strong>in</strong>g qualificati<strong>on</strong>s (thus, with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> same curriculum issues related above for preserviceeducati<strong>on</strong>) ra<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r than improv<strong>in</strong>g classroom teach<strong>in</strong>g (Adekola 2007; FME 2009b; FME2011a); No recogniti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> teachers’ prior teach<strong>in</strong>g experience <strong>in</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> curriculum (Adekola 2007); Politicised, uneven and/or very limited access to <strong>in</strong>-service tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g (Adekola 2007; Garuba 2006;Boult<strong>on</strong> et al. 2009; UBEC 2012a; Dunne et al. 2013);Limited access to CPD opportunities, especially <strong>in</strong> rural areas (Aledabu 2005; FME 2005; Adekola2007); Often <strong>on</strong>e-<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>f workshops ra<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r than a planned series <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al development (Adekola 2007;Dunne et al. 2013);Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g is organised by LGEAs or SUBEBs with no <strong>in</strong>put from schools to address specific needs(Boult<strong>on</strong> et al. 2009);CPD facilitators are <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ten <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> same pre-service educators, with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> same capacity needs menti<strong>on</strong>edabove, or o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rs with similar needs for capacity build<strong>in</strong>g (e.g. school supervisors) (Dunne et al.2013);Where teachers undergo <strong>in</strong>-service teacher educati<strong>on</strong>, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>re is no system to replace absent teachers(Boult<strong>on</strong> et al. 2009; Williams 2009; Dunne et al. 2013); andTeachers <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ten have to pay out <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir own pockets to attend workshops (Adekola 2007; Sherry2008).Accord<strong>in</strong>g to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2004 ESA primary school head teacher survey, primary teachers had received ‘a fairspread <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g’ (FME 2005) although it is not known to what extent <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g was spread evenlyam<strong>on</strong>g schools and teachers, nor what <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> quality <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g was like. Stakeholders <strong>in</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> UBECimpact assessment <strong>in</strong> several states voiced c<strong>on</strong>cerns about <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> quality <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>in</strong>-service tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g (UBEC2012a). The ma<strong>in</strong> topic was classroom management, which (some) teachers had accessed <strong>in</strong> just underEDOREN – Educati<strong>on</strong> Data, Research and Evaluati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> Nigeria 121
Review <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>literature</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>basic</strong> educati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> Nigeriahalf <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> schools. This was also <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> topic that gave <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> greatest level <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> satisfacti<strong>on</strong>, reportedly help<strong>in</strong>gto boost teacher morale and improve communicati<strong>on</strong> with pupils (FME 2005).Teachers, educati<strong>on</strong>al stakeholders and researchers have expressed a need for more classroom- andschool-based <strong>in</strong>-service tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g (Adekola 2007; Hardman et al. 2008; Sherry 2008; Dunne et al. 2013),although this too has its challenges (see Secti<strong>on</strong> 10.6). The PTTE also recommended more <strong>in</strong>-school andbetween-school supervisi<strong>on</strong> (FME 2011a).10.6 Recent <strong>in</strong>itiatives <strong>in</strong> teacher educati<strong>on</strong>While it is impossible to attribute improvements <strong>in</strong> pupil learn<strong>in</strong>g outcomes to specific <strong>in</strong>puts, reports <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>recent teacher educati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong>itiatives have shown signs <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> improved teacher motivati<strong>on</strong> and pupil<strong>in</strong>volvement <strong>in</strong> less<strong>on</strong>s, which may relate <strong>in</strong> some way to modest ga<strong>in</strong>s reported <strong>in</strong> pupil atta<strong>in</strong>ment.However, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> report<strong>in</strong>g <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> specifics <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>in</strong>terventi<strong>on</strong>s and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> evaluati<strong>on</strong>s is patchy and moredetailed studies, where <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y exist, are unavailable, so it is hard to gauge <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> relative impact <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se<strong>in</strong>terventi<strong>on</strong>s; moreover, it may be too early to tell (see boxes 10.2 and 10.3).10.6.1 School-based acti<strong>on</strong> researchPositive outcomes were reported from a World Bank-sp<strong>on</strong>sored school-based acti<strong>on</strong> research anddevelopment programme that <strong>in</strong>volved over 500 schools across 23 states and 34 LGEAs and encouragedreflective practice and mentor<strong>in</strong>g (Adekola 2007), claim<strong>in</strong>g that:It <strong>in</strong>creased <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> awareness <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> teachers regard<strong>in</strong>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> need for change; andIt had a positive impact <strong>on</strong> primary teachers <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> programmes, who experienced<strong>in</strong>creased levels <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> happ<strong>in</strong>ess and c<strong>on</strong>fidence <strong>in</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir teach<strong>in</strong>g, feel<strong>in</strong>g better able to help pupilslearn.Adekola reports that although World Bank fund<strong>in</strong>g ceased <strong>in</strong> 2004, grants for teacher development havesubsequently been made available to states through UBEC (see Secti<strong>on</strong> 6.4). Some <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> states thatparticipated <strong>in</strong> an acti<strong>on</strong>-research teacher development project are said to have applied for fund<strong>in</strong>g butevidence is lack<strong>in</strong>g as to whe<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> teacher development model has successfully been susta<strong>in</strong>ed.Moreover, no evidence was presented as to whe<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r classroom teach<strong>in</strong>g and/or pupil learn<strong>in</strong>g hadimproved through <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> model.Box 10.2 Evaluat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>-service teacher development <strong>in</strong>itiativesThe evaluati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> an ESSPIN-supported small-scale literacy and numeracy programme <strong>in</strong> Kwara Statecame to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> follow<strong>in</strong>g c<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong> about <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> difficulties <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> evaluat<strong>in</strong>g a literacy and numeracy teacherdevelopment programme <strong>in</strong> Kwara State:It is difficult to attribute an observed change (<strong>in</strong> levels <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> achievement) to a specific <strong>in</strong>put (<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> literacyand numeracy programme), with<strong>in</strong> a process as organic as school improvement. Work to improvegeneric teach<strong>in</strong>g skills and ensure that teachers understand and apply <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>basic</strong> pr<strong>in</strong>ciples <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> howchildren [learn], and work to improve <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> way that schools are led and managed, and even moresignificantly supported by a re<strong>in</strong>vigorated LGEA advisory service are likely also to have had an impact,as is <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> hard to quantify, but massively significant, <strong>in</strong>creased sense <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> purpose with<strong>in</strong> schools andclassrooms that has resulted from be<strong>in</strong>g part <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a comprehensive, <strong>in</strong>tegrated reform agenda.Source: Breakell (2012: 24)EDOREN – Educati<strong>on</strong> Data, Research and Evaluati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> Nigeria 122
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