EDUCATIONAL POLICIES-IMPLEMENTATION AND STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN NIGERIAN

Abstract

It is no longer surprising that in Nigeria today, educational standard occupies a very central space in public discussions. The public's unhappiness becomes more prominent following the annual release of various external examination results and at times internal ones. This is because, the outcomes don’t always match the government and parental investment/ expectations. In respect of the above, the study examined the influence of policy implementation on students’ academic achievements in Nigerian. Relevant concepts were discussed and related literature reviewed. In the course of the investigation, it was discovered that Nigeria has had beautiful policies capable of bringing the desired outcome in her system of education but has had a very poor/bad implementation processes which have affected the system to the point of marring students’ academic achievement. Based on this finding, the researcher recommended inter-alia, thus; 1. Policy formulation must be critical to the available resources. The formulators should ensure that the nation has the required funds to carry such policy before formulating it. So it won’t fall dead on arrival. 2. Nigeria is a policy-rich environment but poor in implementation. Corollary, the Federal Ministry of Education should coordinate annual joint review meetings to evaluate the degree to which key components of the Education Policies are being implemented.