EFFECTIVE PLANNING OF TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMME FOR FUNCTIONALITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

Abstract

Planning is one of the management tools for obtaining and analyzing data and facts in order to provide necessary information for decision makers. Effective planning in teacher education entails the collaboration of all necessary stakeholders in the planning and execution of programme to ensure compliance and result attainment. This study is a survey design research carried out in Imo and Abia States. It appraised teacher education programme for teachers’ functionality and sustainable development in Nigeria using effective and participatory planning as a tool to achieve the aim. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided this study. Research-made questionnaire form the instrument for data collection and this was adequately validated by three experts and the reliability co-efficient obtained at 0.82 by the cronbach alpha method. The mean score and standard deviation were used to answer the research question and z- test statistics was used to test the hypotheses. It was found that effective teacher education has profound influence over the functionality of teachers leading to sustainable development in Nigeria. The study recommended among others that teacher education programme planners should use participatory planning for better result.