133 International Journal of Scientific Research in Education, JANUARY 2021, Vol. 14(1), 133-142. Assessing the Extent of Public Education Policies and Rural Educational Development: A Study of Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State Amienseifa Sunny Yobolo Department of Educational Management, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Nigeria yobolosuny@gmail.com Kelechi Loretta Nwosu Department of Educational Management, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Nigeria kcwhiteus@yahoo.com Jane Uloaku Nwankwo Department of Educational Management Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Nigeria ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Abstract This study investigates the extent of Public Education policies and rural educational development: A study of Sagbama Local Government area of Bayelsa State. The poor state of the rural schools and their challenges accompanied by unfavorable government education policies towards the rural areas was the sole purpose that provoked this study. Three research questions guided the conduct of the study a structured questionnaire developed by the researcher was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by three experts in psychology, measurement and evaluation and Economics of education. Test for reliability was conducted to ascertain the internal consistency of the instrument and a coefficient of 0.77 was realized using Cronbach Alpha. The urban bias theory was adopted for the study. The study made use of an exploratory and survey design. A Population of 225 was sampled for the study. The mean and standard deviation were used for the data analysis. The study revealed that Government Educational policies are not geared towards the development of the rural education sector as almost all the rural human and materials education resources are poor and unattended to. The study recommended an urgent need for special educational policy to be formulated for the development of the rural schools. Keywords: Education, Education Policies, Rural Education, Educational Development, Rural School. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Yobolo, A. U., Nwosu, K. L., & Nwankwo, J. U. (2021). Assessing the extent of public education policies and rural educational development: a study of Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. International Journal of Scientific Research in Education, 14(1), 133-142. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Copyright © 2021 IJSRE