Stake Holders in Nigerian Education as Facilitators in Effective School Library Service Development

Abstract

The paper highlights the objectives of the Universal Basic Education Programme in Nigeria and the relevance of effective school library service to the realisation. It also reviews the state of school library service in Nigerian schools and discusses the suggestions made by librarians, teachers and students for improved school library service. The roles of stakeholders in Nigerian education in development of virile school library service in Support of the Universal Basic Education are discussed and recommendations that would facilitate rapid developments in the area of school library service are made.