EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION PACKAGES AND QUALITY ASSURANCE OF SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN IN THE INTERNALLY DISPLACED CAMPS IN PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between educational intervention packages and quality assurance of school-aged children in the Internally Displaced Camps in Plateau State, Nigeria. A descriptive research survey design of correlational type was adopted for the study. The population comprising of the directors, the government representatives, foundations and adults in each of the 31 Internally Displaced Persons’ camps totaled 750 was used for the study. A representative sample of 250 respondents was chosen for the study using simple random sampling technique. The instrument tagged Educational Package Intervention for Quality Assurance Questionnaire (EPIQDQ) was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by the experts in Educational management and Counsellor Education. Split half reliability method was used to test the reliability index of the instrument. The data was subjected to Spearman Ranking order statistics. The reliability index of .75 indicates that the instrument was reliable for use. Three research questions were raised and two hypotheses were generated to guide the study. All the research questions were answered using Descriptive Statistics like mean score and standard deviation at 2.50 level of decision and the hypotheses were tested using Pearson Product moment correlation statistics at 0.05 significance level. The finding revealed that the Educational Package Interventions like counselling, moral health and entrepreneurial Educational Packages Intervention have significant relationship with the quality assurance of the school aged children in the Internally Displaced camps in Plateau State, Nigeria. It was however recommended that adequate educational human, material and financial resources be provided for the Internally Displaced camps so as to ensure effective educational package interventions and to enable the children to be compatible and relevant educationally with other members of the society. However, the interventions will aid quality assurance of the school aged children in the Internally Displaced camps and that, when they return to their traditional homes they would not lag behind educationally with other groups in the community.