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November 2015 Vol. 3 No.11

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Merit Research Journal of Education and Review (ISSN: 2350-2282) Vol. 3(11) pp. 304-309, November, 2015

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A comparative analysis of the contributions of private and public primary schools to educational development in Nigeria

Kabiru Mohammed Badau (Ph.D)

Department of Science Education, Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, Nigeria

E-mail: badaubadau@yahoo.com
Tel: +2348038068439

Accepted August 23, 2015

Abstract

Qualitative primary education is the bedrock of educational development. This paper examined the contributions of private and public primary schools to educational development in Nigeria. In the process, private and public primary schools were compared on different variables such as size, quantity, equity, efficiency and quality as indicators of educational development. The paper concluded that both private and public primary schools contribute immensely on the different indicators to educational development in Nigeria.

Keywords: Comparative analysis, contributions, educational development, Private primary schools, Public primary schools