Effectiveness of Religion and National Values Curriculum as Agent of Social Change for the Improvement of Primary Education in Ogun State, Nigeria

The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of religion and national value curriculum as agent of social change for improving primary school education in Ogun State, Nigeria. The population used for the study consists of two hundred (200) primary school teachers in Odeda Local Government, Ogun State. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 20 primary school teachers which were randomly selected from each of the chosen school for the study. The research instrument used for the study was a questionnaire contain items of the study, seeking information for the purpose of this study. Two research hypotheses were tested for the study. The data collected were analyzed using Chi-square (X2) at 0.05 level of significance. The result revealed that there is significant effect of national value education curriculum on moral improvement in primary school education. It was therefore recommended that, Religion and value education should be incorporated in the national policy