The Roles of Non-governmental Organisations in the Development of Literacy in Primary Schools in Ondo West Local Government Area, Ondo State, Nigeria
Adepoju Adetokunboh Abayomi, Akinboboye Folayemi Justinah, and Sam-Ogunmusi Temitope Grace
1,2&3Department of Primary Education, Adeyemi Federal University of Education, Ondo, Nigeria. Email: adecxyom@gmail.com
Abstract
The study examined the contributions of Non-governmental Organisation (NGOs) to literary development in Ondo West Local Government Area. Humanitarian Solidarity Theory was used as the theoretical framework and three research questions were raised to guide the study. One hundred and fifty-one samples were drawn from the population which consisted of teachers, head teachers, ministry officials, NGOs’ facilitators, directors, pupils and parents. A self-developed ten item yes or no questionnaire, unstructured interview, documents and observation were used as research instruments. Construct validity and face validity were used to establish the validity of the structured questionnaire while pilot testing was used to get its reliability. The study used descriptive statistics, simple percentage, to analyse quantitative data while thematic analyses were used to analyse qualitative data. The findings showed that NGOs have political and humanitarian aims and mainly donate consumable items, such as pencils and erasers, build structures, and award scholarships. Also, the study revealed that NGOs are confronted with a myriad of problems, such as corruption, paucity of funds and politicisation of operations. The study concluded that NGOs have contributed immensely to the development of literacy on Ondo and recommended that NGOs should collaborate with governments, join forces together, instead of operating in isolation, monitor their activities regularly and desist from politicisation of their programmes.
Keywords
literacy, consumables, humanitarian, development, politicisation
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