Basic level: This level is for a period of nine years and it comprises of Primary Education and Junior Secondary Education. Post basic level

Prospectus

PREFERENCE OF LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION, LEVEL OF READING SKILLS AND PUPILS’ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN PRIMARY SCHOOL 5, SOKOTO STATE, NIGERIA

PhD Student

Supervisors Tukur, Salisu

MS: Dr. Kong Kim Lain

CS: Dr. Zarina Binti Mustafa

Field: Primary Education

Mode: Research- Full Time

About myself

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  Bachelor: Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, B. Ed. Primary Education English, 2008
  
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  Master: Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, M. Ed. Education, Philosophy of Education, 2017
  
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  Graduate Course: Florida State University, Literacy Skills in Primary School, 2019
  
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  Current Occupation: College Lecturer, @ Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, (Teacher Training Institution), Department of Primary Education, School of Early Childhood Care and Education and Primary Education, (ECCE/PED), from 2012 to date.
  

BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY

The formal form of the system of education in Nigeria is provided in three stages or levels:

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  Basic level: This level is for a period of nine years and it comprises of Primary Education and Junior Secondary Education.
  
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