Impact of corruption on human capital development and education in Kano South Senatorial district

Abstract

Corruption is mismanagement of resources and unethical practices that affect the implementation of policies on the organizations, institutions and government agencies. The study seeks to identified how corruption affects the human capital development and education in Kano south senatorial district. The study employed Qualitative method via interview with the informants in the area of the study. Though, secondary data was equally used to support the data for proper interpretation and analysis. The paper adopted human capital theory to provide a basic justification for large public expenditure on education, the theory extracts that investment in human capital will lead to greater economic output. The study finds out that
human capital is important at any level on education but corruption, tribalism and nepotism affect every aspect, and also the study find that corruption has major effect on human capital development and education. Indeed, corrupt policies have led to high population in schools, inadequate facilities, poor implementation of policies and school material are diverted for personal used. The study recommends that the state should have political will to invest on human capital development and education as well as to combat the gravity of corrupt practices to the barest minimal.