IMPLEMENTATION OF EDUCATION POLICIES FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL EMANCIPATION IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN AKURE SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ONDO STATE

Abstract

his paper examined the implementation of education policies for socioeconomic and political emancipation in public secondary schools in
Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State. Descriptive survey
research design was adapted for the study. The study population
consisted of all teachers and principals in public secondary schools in
Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State. Multi-stage
sampling procedure was adopted to sample respondents. From each of
the two education zones, ten public secondary schools were randomly
selected. From each school, ten teachers and a principal were randomly
selected using simple random sampling and purposive sampling
techniques. A total of 20 public secondary schools, 200 teachers and 20
principals were sampled for the study. A self-developed instrument
titled “Implementation of Education Policies for Emancipation
Questionnaire” (IEPEQ) was developed and the instrument was
validated by experts at the Institute of Education, University of Ibadan.
Cronbach Alpha method was used to establish the reliability of the
instrument, which yielded coefficient of 0.78. The collated data were
subjected to simple percentages in answering the three research
questions. The findings revealed that: 74.0% and 26.0% of respondents
agreed and disagreed that execution of education policies enhanced
achievement of social emancipation among students respectively. Also,
it was found that 47.0% respondents agreed that execution of
education policies promoted achievement of economic emancipation,
while 53.0% of the respondents disagreed with the view. More so,
90.50% and 0.50% agreed and disagreed that implementation of
education policies promote the political emancipation respectively.
Recommendations were made that the state government should 
provide appropriate monitoring and additional educational facilities for
education policies implementation toward attainment of secondary
educational objectives.