THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CAPACITY BUILDING AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN NIGERIA PUBLIC SECTOR: AN EXAMINATION (A CASE STUDY OF SOKOTO STATE TEACHER’S SERVICE BOARD)

Abstract

The concept of capacity building has become a buzz word in education reform discourse internationally both in developed and emerging economies. However, despite its wide usage, it is an often misunderstood social construct. For conceptual clarity then, capacity building has to do with the allocation of, and investment in resources - physical, intellectual or human especially when other intervening variables have failed within a given institutional or social context. To a certain extent, a systematic focus on capacity building within a given social sector in most societies, is a indication of disequilibrium within that particular sector even though capacity building should, ideally and proactively, be an integral part of strengthening social institutions and providing enabling conditions of premium performance by the individual s within the sector. Why should governments and other policy makers focus on capacity building?