Quality in Teacher Production: Imperative for Improved Teachers Quality

Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to determine access and quality in teacher production set out by the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) and complied by Colleges of Education in Kogi State. The researchers formulated four null hypotheses and designed a 14 item questionnaire that was administered on 200 lecturers randomly selected from 2 colleges of Education in Kogi State. Using Chi-square for data analysis, the findings reveals among others that set out criteria for teaching and learning facilities, as well as admission policy are at variance with what is utilized in these institutions. As regards to these, the researchers make some recommendation that if NCCE insists on strict adherence to the quality of teacher and incorporating these recommendation, quality