Primary School Handicraft: Public Schools Waste to Wealth in Plateau State, Nigeria

This paper focuses on primary school handicraft: public schools waste to wealth in Plateau State, Nigeria. The design adopted for this research work is the survey research design. The sample population of this study was 4653 teachers and 186 primary teachers, selected by the researcher out of the population, under study, the hypotheses were tested using t-test statistical tool, and probability of retaining or rejecting the hypotheses is P≤0.05.; craft produced was not taught in primary school, indicates that traditional crafts was not taught in primary schools. The item-by-item analysis shows that items 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 with mean values ranges from 1.19 1.20, 1.28, 1.22 and 1.19 are traditional crafts rated not taught, while item 6 with mean value of 1.76 was traditional crafts rated taught. The study recommends among others that Adequate provisions should be made by both the Federal Government, State, Local and private organizations to provide the required facilities for effective teaching and learning of craft and skill education for national development.