An Assessment of Qualitative Education Delivery in Nigeria: A Case of SustainableDevelopment Goal Paradigm

The study aims to assess the extent of qualitative education delivery in Nigeria and its impactin achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The study aims to expand theknowledge frontier by examining the attitude of government and policies towards qualityeducation delivery and the level of investment in education. The study opted for a descriptivesurvey research design because it gives the opportunity to study a large sample of entities byselecting and studying samples chosen from the population to discover the relative incidence,distribution, and interrelations of sociological and psychological conditions. Academic stafffrom three tertiary institutions in Southwest, East, and South formed the population. A simplerandom sampling technique was then employed to select forty academic staff each from thethree Universities hence 120 Academic Staff members were selected for this study. A selfstructuredinstrument titled, “Assessment of Qualitative Education Delivery in Nigeria: A Caseof Sustainable Development Goal Paradigm Questionnaire” (AQEDNCSDGPQ) was used togenerate data. This Questionnaire instrument was divided into two sections: Section Agenerated items on respondents’ biodata while Section B generated statement 20 closed-endeditems on 4-Likert scale type of SA, A, D, and SD. The instrument was validated, and thevalidators claimed the instrument met content and construct validity while the use of the Splithalfreliability method, (r) value of 0.889 was obtained meaning a positively high correlationthat the instrument is reliable and relevant to this study. Analysis of Covariance, ANCOVA isused to analyse the data and tested at 0.05 significant level. The study revealed that thegovernment's attitude towards education, its investment level in the sector, and policyformulation contribute immensely towards the provision of Delivery of Quality Education. Itthen concluded that for Quality Delivery of Education to be assured, the government must showpositive behavior towards education, improvement in resource allocation by way of investment,and formulation of functional policies among others. It then recommends that only skilledpersonnel and professionals with sound educational backgrounds should be recruited to managethe education sector.