Stm Resources and Human Capital Development in Basic Education Secondary Schools of Fct

Abstract

The study sought to assess the status of Human Capital Development (HCD) in Nigerian secondary schools at the basic education level in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.  One hundred and fifty-two teachers drawn from both private and public junior secondary schools were sampled.  Purposive stratified sampling was used and two sets of questionnaires were used as instruments to obtain information from the two separate samples of 140 science teachers and 12 school heads.  Data collected for the study were analyzed using frequency counts and percentages.  Results revealed that, among others, that infrastructural facilities and human resources are grossly inadequate to support human capital development at the basic education level especially in our public schools and the case of private schools are just a bit better.  A number of appropriate recommendations geared towards improving HCD at the basic education level were thereby provided.

Keywords: Basic Education, Entrepreneurial skills, Human Capital Development, Human Resources, STM Resources and Quality assurance.