ABSTRACT

This study determined the relationship between the adequacy of resources and the management of universal basic education in Abia state. The study adopted a correlational survey research design. The sample of the study comprised 400 respondents which was made up of 23 head teachers and 377 teachers drawn from the population of 1,037 (consisting of 60 head teachers and 977 teachers in Abia state). The sample size was determined using the Taro Yamane sampling formula while the sampling technique adopted was a multi-staged sampling procedure. The instruments for data collection were a 38-item Researcher developed questionnaire titled Adequacy of Resources Questionnaire (AREQ) and an 18-item Effective Management Universal Basic Education Questionnaire (EMUBEQ). The instruments were validated by three experts two from Department of Educational Management and one from measurement and evaluation, all in College of Education, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State. Cronbach Alpha method was used to determine the internal consistency of the two instruments which yielded reliability indices of 0.75 and 0.81 for AREQ and EMUBEQ respectively. Four briefed research assistants helped in the administration and collection of the instrument. Out of 400 copies of the two instruments administered, 386 representing 97 percent return rate were used for data analysis. Pearson product moment correlation was used to answer the six research questions raised for the study while linear regression analysis was used to test the six null the hypotheses that guided the study at 0.05 level of significance. The findings showed among others that physical facilities, human resources, financial resources, instructional resources significantly to a positive very high extent relate to the management of universal basic education in Abia state while library resources significantly to a positive  high extent relate to the management of universal basic education in Abia state. The study concluded that resources to a very high extent relate to the management of universal basic education in Abia state. The study therefore, recommended among others that Government should provide adequate physical facilities to schools irrespective of type and location for effective management of Universal basic education.