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    Assessment of post-licensing status of nursery/primary schools in Agege Local government area of Lagos state.
    (Institute of Education, Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University., 2023) Awosusi, Kehinde Blessing
    The study examined the variation in the post licensing timeline (age of existence) of nursery/primary schools clustered around Agege Area of Lagos State. It also determined the post licensing stature of the nursery/primary schools in terms of level of enrolment and quality of infrastructure. Additionally, it assessed the ranking status and rate of learners’ transition to recognized secondary schools through the selected schools in the study area. Finally, it compared the post-licensing status of the schools by different categories of proprietorship (private individuals, religious organizations owned and tertiary institution owned) in the area. These were with the view to providing information that could guide policy decisions on licensing of nursery/primary schools in Agege local government area of Lagos State. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The population for the study comprised nursery/primary schools clustered around the 11 Divisions (Wards) of the Agege Local Government Area (LGA) of Lagos State. One third (4) of the 11 wards in the LGA were selected through simple random sampling technique to form the sample frame for the study. The study sample comprised 20 Nursery/Primary Schools (NPS) in each of the wards (making 80 schools) using the quota sampling technique. The first 20 schools that are found in each ward were selected using accidental sampling technique. Two researcher-designed research instruments were used to collect data for the study are: Nursery School Post-licensing Status Questionnaire (NPSQ), to collect information on licensing timeline, level of enrolment, ranking status and rate of learners’ transition to recognized secondary schools; and Nursery School Quality of Infrastructure Assessment Scale (NPSIAS), to measure quality of infrastructures of licensed school used for the study. Data collected were analysed using frequency count and simple percentage. The results of the study showed that 8(9.6%) of the schools got licensed between 1980 and 1999; 43(51.8%) got licensed from year 2000 and above, while 32(38.6%) of the schools are yet to be licensed. The result also showed that 5(6.0%) of the schools had high level of enrolment; 35(42.2%) had moderate level of enrolment, while 43(51.8%) had low level of enrolment. A total of 30(36.1%) of the schools are of high quality in terms of physical infrastructure; 52(62.7%) of the schools are of medium quality in terms of physical infrastructure, while 1(1.2%) of the schools are of low quality in terms of physical infrastructure. Furthermore, the result showed that 8(9.6%) of the schools are of high ranking; 42(50.6%) are of medium ranking, while 33(39.8%) are of low ranking and 20(24.1%) of pupils exceed to private recognized secondary schools, 5(6.0%) of pupils exceed to federal recognized secondary schools, 26(31.3%) of pupils exceed to state recognized secondary schools while 32(38.6%) of pupils exceed to private and public recognized secondary schools. The result also showed that 64(77.1%) of the schools were owned by private individual when compare with 17(20.5%) of the schools that were owned by religious organizations, while 2(2.4%) of the schools were owned by tertiary institutions. The study concluded that there was variations in post-licensing timeline, level of enrolment, quality infrastructure, ranking status and rate of learners’ transition to recognized secondary schools of nursery /primary schools in Agege Local Government Area of Lagos State.