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CHALLENGES OF IMPLEMENTING THE NCE MATHEMATICS PROGRAMME IN STATE AND FEDERAL COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN SOUTH-EAST GEOPOLITICAL ZONE OF NIGERIA

Juliana Anayo Odo, Ph.D

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: This study investigated the problems that affect the implementation of NCE Mathematics Education programme in Colleges of Education. The population of this study comprises of seven federal and state colleges of education in south east geopolitical zone of Nigeria. The population consisted of 206 mathematics education lecturers in seven colleges of education in south east Nigeria. NCE Mathematics programme implementation questionnaire (NCEMPIQ) was the instrument used for data collection. The data collected was analysed using mean, standard deviation and t-test statistics. The findings indicated that the problems which affects the implementation of NCE mathematics education programmes is to a higher extent in state colleges of education than federal colleges. Inference drawn therefore was that the problems that affect the implementation of NCE mathematics education programme differ significantly with state colleges of education having a higher mean rating. On the bases of the findings, the following recommendations were made. Government and stakeholders in education should adequately fund NCE mathematics education programmes by providing adequate man power, facilities and equipment for teaching mathematics in order to achieve the objective of the programme. Keyword: Mathematics Education, Implementation, Programme, College of Education.

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