ABSTRACT

This study evaluated the resources for the implementation of Fine and Applied Arts Curriculum in Federal Colleges of Education in South East Nigeria. Eight research questions and eight null hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted an evaluative survey research design using the Stufflebeam’s Context, Input, Process and Product (CIPP) model modified by the researcher as Context, Input Process and Constraint (CIPC) model. The sample for the study consisted of 110 respondents comprising 34 lecturers and 76 students of Fine and Applied Arts in the three Federal Colleges of Education in South East Nigeria drawn through census sampling technique. A questionnaire titled: “Resources for the Implementation of Fine and Applied Arts Curriculum Questionnaire (RIFAACQ)” was developed by the researcher and validated by 3 experts; 1 from the Measurement and Evaluation, 1 from Educational Technology, all  from College of Education, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike. The third validate was from the Department of Fine and Applied Arts, Federal College of Education Eha-Amufu. The internal consistency of the items was determined using Cronbach’s Alpha method and the overall reliability coefficient of the RIFAACQ was 0.83.  The data collated were analyzed using mean and standard deviation scores to answer the research questions; while t-test statistic was used to test the null hypotheses formulated for the study at .05 level of significance. The study revealed the following findings: Human, infrastructural and instructional resources were not available for the implementation of Fine and Applied Arts Curriculum. The available human, infrastructural and instructional resources differed significantly in compliance with the bench mark in   national minimum standards for NCE; The human infrastructural and instructional resources were adequate to a low extent and lecturers and students did not differ significantly on the inadequacy of human, infrastructural and instructional resources for the implementation of Fine and Applied Arts Curriculum. Among the greatest challenges militating against the availability of resources for the implementation of Fine and Applied Arts Curriculum is inadequate budgetary allocation and funding of our Colleges of Education by the Federal Government. It was thus recommended among other strategies for overcoming challenges militating against the availability of resources for the implementation of Fine and Applied Arts Curriculum to include adequate budgetary allocation and findings of Federal Colleges of Education by the Federal Government.