QUALITY ASSURANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ABUJA NIGERIA
Mesu Felicia Ayodele Our Lady Of Apostles Secondary School, Yaba Lagos
Volume 4, Issue 2, December 2024
The study investigated quality assurance and management of inclusive education in secondary schools in Federal Capital Territory Abuja, Nigeria. Four research questions and four hypotheses guided the study. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 4,240 (88 principals and 4152 teachers) While the sample size consisted of 424 respondents (73 principals and 353 teachers). The instrument for data collection titled, ‘Quality Assurance and Management of Inclusive Education Questionnaire’ (QAMIEQ) was used. The instrument yielded 0.91 as validity index. The instrument was pilot tested on 10 principals and 40 teachers and it yielded 0.71 as reliability index. Descriptive Statistics of mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions. While hypotheses were tested using t-test at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study showed that there is significant impact of supervision, curriculum, school facilities and funding on the management of inclusive education in secondary schools in FCT Abuja, Nigeria. The study recommended among others that Quality Assurance Agency of FCT Education Authority should ensure that hindrances to supervision are reduced to the barest minimum by providing resources such as personnel and funds to propel regular monitoring of all secondary school in the FCT. This is to ascertain the level of curriculum adaptation for all categories of learners and take necessary actions for the management of inclusive education.