The main objective of the study was to evaluate Nomadic Education Programme (NEP) in Niger state.
Specifically, it described the socio-economic characteristics of the respondents; determined the nomadic
Fulani perception about the relevance and effectiveness of NEP; identified the reasons for the enrolment
and the subsequent withdrawal of the Fulani children in NEP; examined the satisfaction the nomadic
Fulani derived from NEP; established the correlates of NEP’s relevance and effectiveness from the
nomadic Fulani’s view point; and examined the problems associated with NEP in the study area.
Interview schedule was used to elicit information from one hundred respondents through multistage
sampling procedure. The descriptive statistics such frequency, mean and standard deviation were used to
summarise the data just as Pearson Correlation was used to make deductions. The study revealed among
others, that the NEP was rated poor and very poor as regard to the extent to which it has aided Fulani’s
attainment of their socio-cultural and economics values. However, it showed that the Fulani were fairly
satisfied with NEP’s ability to enhance reading and writing skill among the nomadic children. Also, the
study revealed that at p = 0.05 level of significance, type of education (? = 0.262) and membership of
social organisation (? = 0.376) had positive and significant relationship with the respondents’ level of
perceived relevance and effectiveness of NEP. It, therefore, recommended the creation of Nomadic
Parents’ Counselling Unit in NEP that would be attached to each of the nomadic Fulani social
organisations, and the overhauling of the NEP curriculum.