ESHEYA GREGORY
Department of Educational Foundations,
Ebonyi State College of Education, Ikwo
&
UGADU SUNDAY OSE
Department of Educational Foundations
Ebonyi State College of Education, Ikwo
Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
Abstract.
The study was titled “influence of low enrolment and the declining status of Colleges of Education in South
East Nigeria”. The objective was to examine how the low enrolment of students has been causing the
declining status of colleges of Education in South East Nigeria. A descriptive survey design was adopted,
while questionnaire was used for data collection. The sample of the study was 20 lecturers each from the
seven selected public Colleges of Education, totaling 140 lecturers. Mean and standard deviation were
used to answer the research questions and t-test used to test the hypothesis. The paper therefore identified the causes of this low enrolment of students as it poses great danger to the development of both Primary and Secondary Schools which are the major targets and beneficiaries of this level of teacher educational institutions. The paper made some recommendations on how to solve the low enrolment of students and check the declining status of Colleges of Education such as employing those who possess the National Certificate in Education (N.C.E), making teaching more attractive by increasing teachers salary and other incentives; reducing the school fees paid by the students and also restoring the phased out Teacher Training
Colleges (T.T.C).
Key Words: College of education, low enrolment, declining status.
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