Inadequate Infrastructural Distribution in Public Primary Schools in Delta State: Implication for National Development

Obed-Chukwuka Anthonia Nnenna, Rowell Ubogu

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This paper examines the challenges of the distribution of infrastructural facilities in public primary schools in Delta State. It addresses the concept of school infrastructural facilities in promoting teaching and learning for quality improvement in public primary schools education. Most primary schools in the state have suffered greatly from the unequal distribution of these facilities. This has also created enormous challenges for teachers and learners in the Delta State. The paper further identified challenges facing infrastructural distribution and their relationship with national development.  It recommends an even distribution of educational facilities in all the government primary schools to ensure equitable development and growth. We hope that an even distribution of these facilities in public primary schools will result in national growth and development.


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