The study assessed the role of school management team in implementation of universal basic education in Umuahia North Local Government Area, Abia State. The study adopted descriptive survey design. The sample size of the study was three hundred and five (305) respondents and their responses were duly used in this study. The questionnaire was well-structured and validated before administered to the respondents. The data collected from the questionnaire was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 25, whereby mean and standard deviation were used to evaluate the research questions, while independent t-test was used to test hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study found that the principals are not involved in policy making which makes implementation of the programme not to be realistic, the school based management board members are not involved in the policy making and implementation of the programme, that the government do not provide the adequate facilities and personnel needed for the implementation of the programme and that teachers who are at the implementation level are not retrained and given adequate remuneration to enhance the implementation of the programme. There is no significant difference between the mean ratings of male and female teachers on the role of principal in the implementation of universal basic education and the role of school board in the implementation of universal basic education in Umuahia North Local Government Area, Abia State. The study recommended among other things that the principals should be involved in policy making so that the implementation will go well with them, that the government should see education, precisely Universal Basic Education, as socially desirable. In this respect, it has to evolve viable strategies which include getting in place groups that will provide reasonable and accurate data on the Universal Basic Education clientele. Moreover, there should be a need to monitor the different groups involved in the Universal Basic Education for effective implementation of the programme.