CORRUPTION AND EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ENUGU STATE: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS

Stephen Chinedu Chioke, Prof. Florence C. Agbodike

Abstract


The problem of the study is to examine if there is a relationship between corruption and educational development in Enugu State. Thus, the main objective of the study is to examine the extent corruption has affected the development of Education Sector in Enugu State 2010 – 2018. The research adopted Survey research method as the research method for this study. Both primary and secondary sources were used in the course of this research. Hence, structured questionnaire was constructed on a 5point Likert scale and was used to collect the primary data needed for this study, while textbooks, journal, unpublished works were duly consulted and adequately referenced as secondary sources. The population of the study comprises three hundred and sixty two (362) tutorial staff of chosen public secondary schools in the three Senatorial Zones in Enugu State. Stratified proportionate random sampling technique was adopted as the sampling technique for the study. To carry out the data analysis, the researcher adopted descriptive and inferential analyses using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). The main finding is that corruption affects the development of Education sector in Enugu State.  It concluded that academic corruption is a cankerworm which is notorious for retarding the development of education and academic performance of students. The study therefore recommends that since there are noticeable incidences of favouritism in allotment of grades, end of the term examinations should be marked like external examinations.

Keywords


Corruption, System Theory, Education, Sustainable Development, Empirical Analysis.

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