International Journal of Sub-Saharan African Research (IJSSAR)

Background: Funding of education in Nigeria has been a major problem. Ways to reverse this ugly trend has remained a topical subject in several nationally and internationally treaties such as UNESCO blue print and the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. This topical subject has formed the focus of the study which aimed at assessing the profits accrue to substantial funding of secondary education for quality attainment during inflation in South - South Nigeria.
Objective: To evaluate the profit of substantial funding of secondary education for quality attainment during inflation in South-South Nigeria (2023- 2024).
Method: A descriptive survey research design was adopted. The population was 60,203 respondents which comprises of all the Chief Inspectors of Education (122), principals (1815) and teachers (58266) in public secondary schools of Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River states. A sample of 7350 respondents was selected from Edo, Cross River and Delta states through the simple random sampling technique. A questionnaire was used to generate data. It was subjected to content validity by two colleagues who are experts in measurement and evaluation and their corrections and suggestions were incorporated into the final draft. The Cronbach Alpha reliability was used to determine its reliability which yielded a coefficient index of 0.81. The mean and standard deviation was used to analyze the data.
Result: The result indicated that the provision of sufficient teachers, recruitment of qualified teachers, adequate teaching aid, decent staff welfare package, among others are the profits accrue to substantial funding of secondary education.
Conclusion: It was concluded that substantial funding of secondary education is a necessity for quality attainment.
Recommendation: An increase in budgetary allocation to education to 26% of UNESCO standard was recommended.