ABSTRACT
This study is “Assessment of the implementation of Universal Basic Education Programme in Nigeria” (1999 – 2009). Universal Basic Education aims at giving free and compulsory education to Nigerian children from primary school to junior secondary school. Universal access to education has been the prime target for Nigeria in the last four decades and at the global level, Nigeria is a signatory of world declaration in Education for All by 2015, but Universal Basic Education Programme (UBEP) implementation has continued to face serious challenges, like high dropout rate in primary school, low transition to junior secondary school etc.