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    Re-crafting Private Secondary Schools in Kwara State for Competitive Advancement in the 21st Century the Challenges and Prospects
    (Department of Early Childhood and Educational Foundations University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 2024-10-22) ALABI, Jimoh Adeniyi; IJAIYA, Badirudeen Adebayo; ALIYU, Yunus; AMINULLAHI, Salman Alawaye
    Privatisation initiative has greatly assisted in the expanding access to secondary education in Nigeria and most especially in Kwara State. Nowadays, they are facing many challenges ranging from funding, facilities, equipment, condition of service, low quality of teachers, low student enrolment and irregular inspection among others, which undermine the achievement of the stated objectives in the curriculum of secondary education for competitive advancement in the 21th Century. Thus, this study examined the re-crafting of private secondary schools in Kwara State for competitive advancement in the 21st Century: The Challenges and The Prospects. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 5 officials of Kwara State Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development; 3 officials of Kwara State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) and 3 officials of Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB). Also, purposive sampling technique was used to select all 188 private secondary schools in Kwara State and from the schools, purposive sampling technique was used to select all the Proprietors; Principals; 1 official from the Parent-Teachers Association (PTA) and 1 experienced teacher from each of the schools to make a total number of 763 respondents. The findings revealed that private secondary schools in Kwara State were staffed with qualified teachers and despite various challenges faced, the population tendency shows that a large market exists for private school providers. Based on the findings, it is recommended that government should collaborate with owners of private schools and accept them as partners in providing quality education for national development. Likewise, the proprietors should not compromise the standard they have been sustaining by ensuring that qualified applicants are recruited in order to realised the set goals.