CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study

The Federal Government of Nigeria has adopted education as an instrument“par excellence” for effecting national development. The Federal Republic ofNigeria in the National Policy on Education (FRN, 2004) states that any successfulsystem of education must be hinged on proper planning, efficient administration,good organization and adequate financing. This demand the due processcompliance of the inspectorate of education. The Public Procurement Act (2007)looked at Due Process as a mechanism for ensuring strict compliance in other toharmonize and update the rules and procedures that should guide theimplementation of educational policy and contract award with the federalgovernment of Nigeria.

Nigerian since the early 80s has been confronted with magnitude ofeducational problems. This problem in brief include low priority accorded toinspection Un-wanted interference in the school administration by the politicalleaders, multiplication of school with few inspectors, refusal to implement the laiddown plan and poor financial management practices, Nigeria therefore has beenbattling with how to achieve its major educational objectives. These objectives11414include improving educational standard, quality assurance and reformation of thefederal and state inspectorate of education. It has not been easy for Nigeria torealize the above objectives some of the factors responsible for this are poorperformance because of the following reasons: Unwillingness of stake holders ineducation to enforce innovation due to political instability, misplacement ofpriorities, shortage of basic infrastructural amenities and utilities and problem ofqualified personnel government use due process policy and implementationmechanism to address a number of issues. Including budget implementationservice delivery, quality assurance, reformation of the inspectorate of educationand several developmental concerns.

Due process started by the budget monitoring and price intelligence unitunder madam Obiageli Ezekwesili 2007. Anumber of new rules and standards havebeen put in place by the inspectorate while there have been effort at sensitizing thestate branches of the federal inspectorate of the education. The prime objective ofthe Due process is to harmonize and update all the federal and state inspectorate ofeducation policies and practices on inspection. Also to strictly enforce the Dueprocess principles of transparency, in other to ensure efficient and integrity basedmonitoring of the implementation of FIS and SIE guide line with Due processprinciples.15