Challenges Facing Administration Mathematics Programme in Public Primary Schools in Gwagwalada Area Councils of F.C.T, Abuja, Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigated the challenges facing the administration of mathematics programme in public primary School in Gwagwalada area council of F.C.T, Abuja, Nigeria. Descriptive research survey design was used for the study. The population of the study comprised sixty (60) respondents, thirty (30) Mathematics and thirty (30) school administrators. The thirty (30) mathematics teachers and thirty school administrators (30) were selected from ten (10) public primary schools. Stratified random and sampling technique was used to select the respondents. The researchers developed a questionnaire which was used in the study. The questionnaire was tagged“ Challenge Facing Administration of Mathematics Public Primary Schools Questionnaire (CFAMPPSQ). The instrument was pattern to four-point likert-type on Strongly Agree = 4, Agree = 3, Disagree = 2 and Strongly Disagree = 1.Observation and checklist was also used in the study. Test-retest method was employed to determine the reliability of the instrument. Simple percentage was used to analyze the data collected. The study revealed that inadequate professional mathematics teachers ,inadequate instructional materials, inadequate infrastructural facilities such as (Mathematics laboratories, classrooms, table, chairs, ICT facilities, exam halls), poor capacity development programme of mathematics teachers, institutional corruption, political instability and inadequate funding of mathematics programme are the challenges facing the administration of mathematics programme in public primary schools in Gwagwalada area council of FCT.  Based on the findings, the researchers hereby recommended that: government should increase the funding of public primary schools in the country and direct all school administrators to increase the allocation for the administration of mathematics programme in their schools.