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ABSTRACT
This research work sought to examine the impact of private school a threat to quality education delivery in Nigeria; a case study of Egor local government area of Edo state. The study made use of questionnaire to obtain data from respondent. Four objectives were raised for the study. The study found thatThe entrepreneurs were least motivated by factors such as payment of school fees and favourable government policy. Majority of the proprietors considered government policy to be threatening; especially in the collection of double taxation which often demoralised and placed financial constraints on the proprietors in the provision of quality learning inputs and management of private secondary schools. It also found that The factors that motivated private sector entrepreneurs to the school business were investigated in the study. it could be deduced from the ratings that the entrepreneurs were largely motivated to the school business by factors that included the desire to operate business venture, raise education standard, fill educational gap, financial capacity and provision of employment opportunities. The study concluded that students entrepreneurial skills development is inevitable to overcome the problem of youths unemployment that is pronounced in the Nigerian society. The capacity of the private sector to salvage the ailing education industry hinges on state government commitment to the implementation of the United Nations resolution in making quality education the right of all, especially in literacy, numeracy and essential life skills and thus recommended thatGovernment should provide enabling environment to remove the perceived policy threats and extraneous charges by giving constitutional recognition to the role of private sector in the establishment and operation of private secondary schools as an intervention strategy to make the cost of education affordable and expand access to quality education,
