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IMPACTS OF JIGSAW II CO-OPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGY ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND RETENTION IN MENSURATION AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KANO STATE, NIGERIA
The main concepts, procedures, and logic that solve problems are the focus of mathematics. It is generally acknowledged as being essential to any society's progress. This is so because a country's ability to develop is reliant on its progress in science and technology. But without mathematics, science and technology are impossible (Musa, 2006). All fields of study, including science, technology, business, agriculture, and health, use mathematics. Maths is one of the fundamen...
View DetailsA COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF OUT-DOOR PLAY ENVIRONMENT IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PRE-SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA
Background to the Study
Children's play has always been a natural phenomenon. Children who are healthy and not disabled (physically challenged), according to Aziza (2000), cannot live without playing in their natural environments. In some cultures, play is regarded as a sure sign of a healthy and vibrant child. This is due to the fact that play keeps a child active and occupied.
Historically, artifacts and documents have demonstrated t...
View DetailsA COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS ON THE CHALLENGES OF TEACHING PRACTICE EXPERIENCES OF HOME ECONOMICS STUDENT-TEACHERS AND POSSIBLE PANACEA
Background of the study
A student teacher observed that the practical component of teacher training - practice teaching - was a challenging and stressful element of the course. She didn't seem to appreciate the experience. The experience of this student teacher describes her own thoughts about practice teaching. This anecdotal reference positions the research issue as both relevant and productive in the context of existing research on teacher preparation in Sout...
View DetailsA COMPARATIVE SURVEY OF THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA
Background to the Study
The early schools in Nigeria were built by Christian Missionaries, and their goal was to convert the "Leaten" or benighted Africans to Christianity via education (Abdullahi, 1995). The early Missionaries recognized the significance of instruction, particularly via the medium of English and local langu...
View DetailsA COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN WASSCE AND NECO EXAMINATIONS
ABSTRACT: This work made a Comparative study of Students‟ Performance in WAEC and NECO in Imo state, Nigeria (2011-2015). It comparatively ascertained the relationship in the performance of students in WAEC and NECO in mathematics, biology and physics, using 8 secondary schools in Imo state. As a descriptive research, the study population comprised 8 secondary schools in Imo State. The researcher, therefore, used WAEC and NECO grading of candidates, who scored A1-C6, D7,...
View DetailsAN INVESTIGATION OF THE RELEVANCE OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY INTO TEACHING – LEARNING PROCESS
ABSTRACT: This project was on the relevance of educational psychology into teaching learning processes in secondary schools in Enugu North Local Government Area of Enugu State. The study was specifically aimed at investigating the importance and help educational psychology has rendered to teaching – learning processes in order to achieve these objectives, the following questions were formulated and used:
What is the relevance of educational psychology in...
View DetailsCOMPETENCY IMPROVEMENT NEEDS OF TECHNOLOGY TEACHERS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BASIC TECHNOLOGY
Background of the Study: A good educational system is a strong base for technological development. It equips people with knowledges and skills for designing methods and process that will enable them to make maximum use of their natural resources for the benefit of the society. The development of a nation also depends mostly on the type of technology education, the process of impartation inherited or invented and the ability to train her citizens to sustain the level of s...
View DetailsCONSTRAINTS OF EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION
BACKGROUND OF STUDY: Vocational/ technical education are among the vital tools an individual can use to be developed. It is a training for useful employment in trade, industries, agriculture, business and home making etc. the emphasis on vocation/technical; education is to prepare one for self reliance. American vocational association (1971) sees vocational subjects as those designed to develop skills, abilities, understanding, attitude, work habit and a...
View DetailsIMPACT OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY ON THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF INTEGRATED SCIENCE
Abstract: This study investigated the impact of Educational Technology on the teaching and learning of Integrated Science in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue state. The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of educational technology on the teaching and learning of Integrated science, find out the availability of educational technology facilities in the teaching and learning of integrated science and the extent to which integrated science te...
View DetailsINFLUENCE OF CLASSROOM SIZE ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NIGERIA
Abstract: This research was performed to examine the influence of class room size on academic performance of secondary school students in Nigeria since classroom congestion and low utilization rate of classrooms are common features of secondary schools in Nigeria which have negative impact on both secondary school teacher productivity, student learning input and secondary school student academic performance that at the end influences the reputation of a school.
INFLUENCE OF SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN LAGOS STATE
Background of the Study: The various components of the school environment, such as classrooms, libraries, technical workshops, laboratories, teacher quality, school management, teaching methods, and peers, have been identified as factors that can influence students' academic achievement (Ajayi, 2001 and Oluchukwu, 2000). Therefore, it is crucial to thoroughly examine and effectively oversee the school environment in order to improve students' academic...
View DetailsPROBLEMS AND POSSIBLE SOLUTION OF TEACHING AND LEARNING COMPUTER SCIENCE IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Background of the study: The Education by the end of the 20th century no longer prepares individuals to secure white colar Jobs or life long employment in local industries or services. Rather education is for individuals and National developments. Similarly, the major objective of education is to bring about desirable change in behaviour in individuals and society at large. Abimade (1998) stated that the realization of the noblerole of computer in man’s quest for or com...
View DetailsTHE EFFECTIVENESS IN USING MULTI MEDIA IN PRESCHOOL EDUCATION
ABSTRACT: The study aimed at investigating the influence of Multi-media materials on preschool children’s learning achievement in number work in Little Angel Montessori. The use of Multi-media materials in teaching number work is minimal hence low achievement. The purpose of the study was to investigate whether the use of Multi-media materials influences their achievement of children in learning number work with special reference to the influence of Aud...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF PRACTICAL WORK ON THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF SOME CONCEPTS IN BIOLOGY IN SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Science is a great enterprise which nations depend on, in-order to advance technologically. Science therefore is receiving much emphasis in education because of its significance and relevance to life and society. Biology is the science in which we study living things. You can learn about an organism by reading about it. You can also learn about the organism by picking it up and studying it. The former is...
View DetailsTHE PARENTAL STATUS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOL
ABSTRACT: This project work was undertaken to survey the influence of socio-economic background in the academic performance of students a case study of some selected secondary schools in Ikeja local government area of Lagos State. To find solution to the problems, which give to undertaking the survey questionnaire, were raised to check influence of socio-economic background on the academic performance of students in some selected public secondary school in Ik...
View DetailsTHE ROLE OF EDUCATION AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: According to Uwadia (2010), Education in a broad sense is a process by which an individual acquires the many physical and social capabilities demanded by the society in which he/she is born into to function. It is to a nation what the mind is to the body, just as a diseased mind is handicapped in the coordination and direction of the bodily activities. Therefore, the single most significant complex of social – control tools for...
View DetailsA CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AVAILABILITY AND USE AND STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Computer science plays a vital part in the lives of all people. As stated by Bajah, the government's ambition to produce a scientifically educated populace, as well as the necessity to successfully equip her industry with much-needed manpower, necessitated a complete reevaluation and enhancement of the technique employed in teaching computer science (1970). This will improve understanding and, to a degree, encourage interest in na...
View DetailsA CRITICAL REVIEW OF TEACHERS’ QUALIFICATION AND SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT; ITS IMPACT ON JUNIOR STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN BASIC SCIENCE
ABSTRACT: The study focused on a critical review of teachers’ qualification and school environment; its impact on junior student performance in basic science. The study investigate if the school environment truly affects the teaching-learning processes of Basic/Integrated Science in view of Overcrowded classrooms; Lack or inadequate school library; and Lack or inadequate science laboratory. Research questions were pos...
View DetailsA CRITICAL SURVEY OF TASK SIZE AND ITS EFFECT ON SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN BIOLOGY
ABSTRACT: The National Policy on Education emphasizes the importance of task on the academic achievement of students and mandates that the final grading of a learner in any course of study must take into account all their performances over a period of time. The problem of the practice of assigning task to students and how it affects their academic achievement calls for attention. Therefore, this research work is aimed at determining the effect of task size on...
View DetailsA CRITICAL SURVEY ON INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS USED IN TEACHING AND LEARNING OF BUSINESS STUDIES
ABSTRACT: The study attempted to investigate the appraising instructional materials as being used in secondary schools in Mainland Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria. The study equally reviewed some important and extensive literatures under sub-headings. The descriptive research survey design was applied in the assessment of respondents’ opinions towards the subject matter. In this study, four null hypotheses were formulated and tested w...
View DetailsA DISCUSSION OF INFORMATION LITERACY AS AN EDUCATIONAL REFORM FOR UTILIZING TECHNOLOGY IN THE CURRICULUM
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to examine discussion of information literacy as an educational reform for utilizing technology in the curriculum in selected secondary schools in Ikeja Local Government, Lagos State. Specifically, the study examined what a technological information literate person is .The measures federal ministry of education has put in place to promote the integration of ILS into the curriculum. the challenges faced by school...
View DetailsA REVIEW OF CLASSROOM SIZE AND INFLUENCE ON SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
ABSTRACT: This research was performed to examine the influence of class room size on academic performance of secondary school students in Nigeria since classroom congestion and low utilization rate of classrooms are common features of secondary schools in Nigeria which have negative impact on both secondary school teacher productivity, student learning input and secondary school student academic performance that at the end influences the reputation of a school. In analyz...
View DetailsA STUDY OF EXAMINATION MISCONDUCT AMONG STUDENTS OF COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
ABSTRACT: One of the worst problems eating deep into the society today in examination misconduct among students especially in the secondary and tertiary institutions. The problem has assume such an alarming dimension that it has become a source of serious concern to parents, teachers, religious leaders as well as right thinking leaders of the society who are interested in ensuring that good moral, norms, and education has the capability in indicating in stude...
View DetailsA STUDY OF THE FACTORS AFFECTING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF GIRLS IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
ABSTRACT: This research work investigates the study of the factors affecting academic performance of girls in senior secondary schools in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. Introduction of this study includes background to the study, significance of the study, purpose of the study, scope of the study, limitation to the study, definition of some related terms and research questions was formulated that was used for the analysis of data in chapter f...
View DetailsA STUDY OF THE CAUSES OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY AMONG FEMALE STUDENTS AND ITS EFFECTS ON THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
ABSTRACT: This research work is carried out to find out the causes of teenage pregnancy among female student in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area in Edo State. It deals with the purpose of the study, which is to find out the problems teens are facing concerning unwanted pregnancy and unwed parenthood. To suggest ways of helping any youth facing the dilemma of unwed parenthood as well as practical suggestions for adolescents in avoiding the pitfall of being pregnant. Related l...
View DetailsA STUDY ON ONLINE LEARNING AND ITS IMPACT ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
ABSTRACT: The major objective of this study is to explore the impact of online learning on academic performance of secondary school students using Akure Metropolis of Ondo State as case Study. The study adopted a survey research design accompanied with data collated from both primary and secondary sources. With the aid of convenience sampling method, 147 participant who are student and teachers in selected senior secondary schools in Akure Metropol...
View DetailsA STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF CHILD LABOUR ON SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to examine the impact of child labour on school attendance and academic performance. Specifically, the study examined the relationship between children’s family background and the incidence of child labour, relationship between child labour participation influence children’s academic performance, relationship between child labour participation influence his/her participation in school attendance, relationship b...
View DetailsA STUDY ON THE PROBLEMS FACING SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Education is the process of bringing desirable change into the behavior of human beings. It can also be defined as the process of imparting or acquiring knowledge or habits through instruction. Education, for any nation, whether developed or developing, is to help solve the problems that affect that nation. This is why according, is to National Policy on Education (FRN, 2004:4), “Government has stated that for the benefit of all citizen...
View DetailsA SURVEY OF INDISCIPLINE AMONG STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS: ITS EFFECTS AND CAUSES
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to study the effect and causes of indiscipline among student in public secondary school using selected school in ota local government area of ogun state. Specifically, nature of indiscipline among students in public secondary schools in Ota local government, ascertain the factors responsible for indiscipline among students in public secondary schools in Ota local government, To know the effects of...
View DetailsA SURVEY OF TEENAGE PROBLEMS IN NIGERIAN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to examine a survey of teenage problems in Nigerian secondary schools with special reference to secondary schools in Niger State. Specifically, the study examined examine the need for effective counseling in secondary schools. The study also determine the impact of counseling services on teenage problems in secondary schools. Lastly, the study recommend ways of improving counseling to teenagers i...
View DetailsAN INVESTIGATION OF THE CHALLENGES FACED BY ADOLESCENTS IN KATSINA STATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to investigate a survey pertaining to the challenges faced by teenagers in Nigerian secondary schools, specifically focusing on secondary schools located in Katsina State. The study specifically investigated the necessity of implementing efficient counselling services in secondary educational institutions. The study additionally investigates the effects of counselling services on adolescent issues within secondary educa...
View DetailsAN ASSESSMENT OF TRUANCY AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS: INSIGHTS FROM NIGERIA
ABSTRACT: This project work is essentially concerned with the investigation of the study of truancy with among secondary school students in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. A proper research was carried out on those causes that lead to truancy in secondary schools. In carrying out the research, research questions are been set in order to direct the researcher in administration of questionnaires. There is also review of relevant literature on tru...
View DetailsADMINISTRATIVE STAFF QUALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS
ABSTRACT: A conscious and deliberate gift to give to the child is to get the child educated and this is what every parent strive to give to their children. However, the school as a custodian of knowledge and a tool for public growth and development is faced with so many challenges but the overwhelming challenge is the administrative challenge it is daily faced with. An aspect of this administrative challenge is the administrative staff quality which is related to the eff...
View DetailsA STUDY ON CHALLENGING PEDAGOGICAL CONCEPTS IN FUNDAMENTAL SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS AMONG JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Background of the study: According to a number of sources, the ideals of science and technology in relation to national development are ingrained in the minds of leaders from African and third world countries (Logan, & Skamp, 2021). Since as early as 1880, students in Nigeria's secondary schools have been exposed to the scientific method. In the beginning, it was taught as a general science, but later, it was broken down into its component parts of physics, chemistry,...
View DetailsAN ANALYSIS OF SCHOOL MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS AND STUDENTS' ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to examine the problems of school management and students' academic performance in secondary schools using 10 selected secondary schools in Calabar, Cross Rivers as case study. Specifically, the study was aimed at identifying school factors which affect students' academic performance in the study area, investigate the extent to which those factors affect secondary students’ academic performance in C...
View DetailsA CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE ROLES OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) AS A FACILITATOR OF QUALITY EDUCATION IN NIGERIAN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
ABSTRACT: Information and Communication technology has been recognized to play pedagogic FUNCTIONS that could in principle complement the traditional practices of the education sector. This study was conducted to appraise the FUNCTIONS of ICT as a change agent towards quality education in tertiary institution in Nigeria. The study adopted the survey method. A total of 133 respondents were enrolled in the study. Using the chi-square statistical tool,...
View DetailsAN ASSESSMENT OF ABERRANT BEHAVIOR AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to examine a study of aberrant behavior among secondary school students in selected secondary schools in Ethiope East Local Government, Delta State. Specifically, the study examined whether parents in some ways, either knowing or unknowingly contribute to the deviant behaviour of students in secondary school. And also, whether the nature of the school administration has influence whet...
View DetailsAN ASSESSMENT OF FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR EXAMINATION MALPRACTICE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Background of the study: The infamously problematic practice of examination malpractice in Nigeria is analogous to the rapid onset of an unpleasant social malaise that seems to defy any type of therapy and may be analogous to a sickness. It is widely recognized for its reputation for being awful. There is evidence in the literature to suggest that examination is one of the most contentious topics in education today due to the fact that, by its very nature, it attracts a great...
View DetailsAN ASSESSMENT OF FLIPPED CLASSROOM AND ITS EFFECTS ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to examine the effect of flipped classroom on academic performance of primary school pupils using selected primary schools in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State as case study. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprise of all the teachers of selected primary schools in Akure South Local Government Area of&nbs...
View DetailsAN ASSESSMENT OF PRE-PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION ON PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS’ PERFORMANCE
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out on an assessment of pre-primary school education on primary school pupils’ performance . Specifically, the study examined the extent to which government support Pre-primary pupils education in Nigeria. The study also find out if there are adequate instructional materials in other to aid Pre-primary schools pupils academic performance. The study further evaluate how effective the curricul...
View DetailsAN ASSESSMENT OF READING CULTURE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS AND THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to examine reading culture of primary school pupils and their academic performance in english language using 6 selected schools from UYO local government area of Akwa Ibom state. Specifically, the study examined relationship between pupils’ attitude towards reading and their academic performance in English language in Uyo Local Government Area, relationship between poor libraries or none at...
View DetailsAN ASSESSMENT OF TEACHERS EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION AND ITS IMPACT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ECONOMICS
Background to the Study: In any developing country, it is critical to describe the nature and trajectory of educational advancement. Education is a systematic intellectual and moral instruction aimed at acquiring information, character development, and mental growth in order to secure human life (Karl, 2016). This is made possible through good teaching and learning. The skill and capability of prospective instructors and school management have a significant i...
View DetailsAN ASSESSMENT OF TEACHERS TEACHING METHODS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out on the assessment of teachers teaching methods of computer science students with special reference to Kwara state University. Specifically, the study examine if participatory teaching methods helps in teaching computer science. The study also find out if role playing in class as a teaching technique improves computer science student academic performance. Lastly, the study evaluate how teacher...
View DetailsAN ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT OF PARENTAL LEVEL OF INCOME ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF JUNIOR SECONDARY STUDENTS IN BAYELSA: PERSPECTIVE OF LOW INCOME EARNING PARENTS
Background of the Study: Parents plays a critical role in the educational improvement of their ward. As a result, the socioeconomic level of parents affects children's educational development and achievement negative or positive. In same manner, parents engagement in their children's education is extremely pivotal to the academic success of the youngsters(Barbarin, 2008). Similarly, teachers plays a signif...
View DetailsAN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT: The focus of this study is on the assessment of the implementation of various aspects of the UBE programs in the Nigeria using Bauchi state as a case study. Survey research design was adopted for the study. convenient sampling method was used for the study as 50 respondents comprising of 20 SUBEB official, 10 Head Teachers and 20 Teachers from five selected primary school in Tafawa Balewa, Bauchi State forms the population of the study. D...
View DetailsAN ASSESSMENT OF THE INFLUENCE OF FIELD STUDY ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF GEOGRAPHY STUDENTS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to investigate a study into the influence of field study on academic performance of geography using Geography Department, Uniben as a case study. Specifically, the study examined influence of field study on the academic performance of geography students, the influence of field study in the understanding of geography as a subject and identify the limitations associated with field study in the field of geography. The study e...
View DetailsA CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THE ADVERSE IMPACT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON ADOLESCENT EDUCATION
ABSTRACT: ICT gadgets are easily accessible to children due to parents care-free attitudes. The study identified various ICT gadgets children are easily addicted to. Findings from the study revealed most parents have ICT gadgets at home. Based on the findings in this study and the interpretation of tables, it was concluded that significant relationship exist between the use of modern information technology devices such as computers, television, internet, cell phones and child...
View DetailsAN ASSESSMENT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDUCATIONAL FUNDING AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT: This research work was conducted to examine the Respondents’ responses on the assessment of the relationship between educational funding and Economic Growth in Nigeria. The survey research design was used in carrying out the study since it required the collection of data from a large number of respondents within the limited time scheduled for the completion of the project. Relevant research questions to show the findings of the study. A q...
View DetailsA STUDY ON THE INFLUENCE OF EARLY MARRIAGE ON THE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF FEMALE MINORS
ABSTRACT: The aim of this research is to analyse, interpret, and understand the impact of early marriage on the educational achievement of young girls. The objective is to suggest appropriate interventions that can enhance their well-being in terms of education, thus enabling them to make meaningful contributions to society as empowered individuals in contemporary Nigeria. The purpose of this inquiry was to examine the attitudes of the general public towards...
View DetailsAN ASSESSMENT ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEACHERS’ ATTITUDE AND STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN BUSINESS STUDIES
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: A teacher is a significant figure in the school environment where he works and so his attitude to work tends to have significant implications, which cannot be dismissed with a wave of hand if academic excellence is to be achieved in our educational institutions where as the teacher is the key player in the educational field, the child is at the centre. In order to achieve academic excellence in the 21stcentury and beyond, the role of...
View DetailsAN EVALUATION OF CLASS SIZE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN BIOLOGY
ABSTRACT: The study looked at the class size as it relates to academic performance of students in biology in Ojo Local Government of Lagos State Nigeria. The study population was total number of students in all secondary schools in both public and private secondary schools in the LGA of the state while a study size of 100 respondents was randomly selected from the 4 schools in Ojo Local Government of Lagos State. One validated instrument Students’ Class Size Q...
View DetailsAN EVALUATION OF METHODS USED FOR IMPROVING LOW ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN SECONDARY SCHOOL
Background of the study: The more complicated nature of learning and the increasing demands placed on instructors as a result of these changes have made the job of teaching a more difficult one. This new position requires not just the increased delivery of knowledge to pupils, but it also requires an examination of the challenges connected with learning and teaching. The National Policy on Education (Adebayo, 2022) in Nigeria emphasized that our children should be educated pr...
View DetailsAN EVALUATION OF TEACHERS' PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS AND THEIR IMPACT ON STUDENTS' ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT (A CASE STUDY OF LAGOS STATE)
ABSTRACT: This study on an evaluation of teachers' problem-solving skills and their impact on students' academic achievement. The study is was specifically focused on examining if problem-solving method can enhance critical thinking among secondary school student; ascertaining if brainstorming as a problem-based technique has the capacity of inculcating problem solving skill into secondary school student; investigating if problem-based teaching method...
View DetailsAN EVALUATION OF TEACHING AND LEARNING GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURES IN SELECTED PRIMARY SCHOOLS: A CASE STUDY OF KADUNA NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: In today's culture, both the teaching of and the study of the English language are considered to be of utmost importance. This is due of the many different functions it fulfills within the country's overall geopolitical framework. In Nigeria, the English language is utilized for a variety of reasons, including communication, education, the economy, and social life. Not only is the English language taught as a topic in the educational system, b...
View DetailsAN EVALUATION ON STUDENTS PERCEPTION AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN CHEMISTRY (A CASE STUDY OF SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOL IN DAWAKIN TOFA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KANO STATE)
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Chemistry as a science subject plays a vital role in transforming the environment and improving the general quality of life. It is essentially needed for a nation’s technological development. As a core science subject, the proper teaching and learning of chemistry in secondary schools facilitates student’s enrollment in many professional disciplines like Nursing, Medicine, Pharmacy, Agriculture, Engineering and Geolog...
View DetailsAN EXAMINATION OF THE EFFECT OF NIGERIA PIDGIN ON WRITTEN ENGLISH AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Background of the study: In Nigeria, English is considered a second language by most people. Because Nigerians already had their first language, also known as their Mother Tongue (L1), before the introduction of the alien language known as "English" into the nation, it is considered to be a second language. In this particular case, a language that is not native to the context (English) left that environment and came into contact with another language or languages (N...
View DetailsAN EXAMINATION OF THE PROBLEMS FACING SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: Education is the process of bringing desirable change into the behavior of human beings. It can also be defined as the process of imparting or acquiring knowledge or habits through instruction.
Education, for any nation, whether developed or developing, is to help solve the problems that affect that nation. This is why according, is to National Policy on Education (FRN, 2004:4), “Government has stated that for the benefit of all citize...
View DetailsAN EXAMINATION OF THE CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS OF TRUANCY AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
BACKGROUND OF STUDY: Truancy is a growing concern that is being recognised as a developing and emerging issue, characterised by the deliberate act of students purposefully missing one or more classes. Truancy is a pervasive issue worldwide that is well recognised as a detrimental force that undermines educational programmes, causing various obstacles and impediments for secondary school pupils in their academic pursuits (Adeyemi, 2011; Animasahun, 2007). Trua...
View DetailsAN INVESTIGATION INTO THE IMPACT OF CLASSROOM SIZE ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF STUDY: The foundation for freedom and global progress continues to be high-quality education. In order to create regulations that would improve the quality of education from elementary school to tertiary institution, all hands must be on deck globally. Continuous, effective monitoring must also be effectively developed to check any elements that may thwart this global endeavor. As a result, most nations mandate that kids attend school for a cert...
View DetailsAN INVESTIGATION INTO SS2 STUDENTS DIFFICULTY IN LEARNING ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF BIOLOGY IN IKWO LGA OF EBONYI STATE.
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to investigate into SS2 students difficulty in learning ecological aspects of biology in Ikwo LGA of Ebonyi state. Specifically, the study was aimed at examining whether lack of adequate instructional materials makes the learning of ecological aspects of Biology difficult, examine whether lack of qualified teachers makes the learning of ecological aspects of Biology difficult, examine whether lack of science laborator...
View DetailsAN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSES OF POOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG THE PHYSICAL AND HEALTH IMPAIRED STUDENTS
Background to the study: The immense contributions of education to the development of any society in the world cannot be over-emphasized. Education is one of the most important aspects of human resource development. For this reason, every child has the opportunity to achieve his/her academic potential. However, despite the quintessential purpose of education, it is sad to observe that poor academic performance have become more pronounced especially amon...
View DetailsAN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSES OF PREMARITAL SEX SECONDARY SCHOOL GIRLS AND ITS IMPACT ON THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN KOGI STATE
ABSTRACT: The research work focuses on the causes of Premarital Sex among Secondary School Girls and Its Impact on their Academic Achievements in Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi State. One Hundred and Fifty Questionnaires were administered to female students in different schools. The data were analyzed and the following findings were discovered: Participation in Sex Education was at a low stage; Drop out cases were paramount in that vicinity; there i...
View DetailsAN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSES OF TRUANCY AMONG STUDENTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOL
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this project is to deal with the problem of truancy with particular reference to influence of peer group, inadequate school materials, poor feeding at home, poor method of teaching, too much work in the morning at home before coming to the school etc. in Ikpoba Okha Secondary School Students, Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area in Edo State of Nigeria. In this project, I have tried to find out the cause of the above problem in this...
View DetailsAN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSES, PREVALENCE AND EFFECT OF FEMALE PROSTITUTION IN NIGERIA TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS: A CASE STUDY OF COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, EKIADOLOR-BENIN
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: Prostitution has become rampant in our society today among growing teens and youths. These young people see selling of their bodies as the fastest way of getting income for their keeps. In the past those engaged in prostitution use to be women selling their bodies. However, today men have joined the trade of selling their bodies for different reasons including drugs, jobs or contracts and also good grades in exams. This is because sex consumers i...
View DetailsAN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CONSTRUCTION PROCEDURE IN CHEMISTRY OBJECTIVE TEST AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Background of the study: Since the very beginning of the educational system, standardized testing has been an essential component of it. The idea of testing may be conceptualized as the act of presenting a person with a series of activities, the successful completion of which is contingent on the individual's possession of a certain set of knowledge and skills. As a result, the testing system in our educational institutions has been given a boost as a direct result of the...
View DetailsAN INVESTIGATION INTO THE IMPACT OF TWO TEACHING STYLE ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN HOME ECONOMICS
Background of the study: Any level of education's main goal in teaching is to effect fundamental change in the student (Tebabal & Kahssay, 2021). Teachers should use the most effective teaching techniques that best meet particular goals and level exit outcomes in order to enhance the transfer of information. In contrast to student-centered approaches, many teaching professionals used teacher-centered techniques in the conventional era to convey inform...
View DetailsA COMPREHENSIVE INQUIRY INTO THE FACTORS INFLUENCING THE SUCCESSFUL ENGAGEMENT OF WOMEN IN ADULT EDUCATION IN NIGERIA
Background of the study: The central tenet of the Nigerian educational system is the development of the whole person into a responsible and productive member of society. This is accomplished through the acquisition of the appropriate knowledge, mental and physical capabilities, and competencies that serve as equipment for the individual to function in and contribute to the growth of the society in which he resides. Adult education, and particularly education geared at women,...
View DetailsAN INVESTIGATION OF FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND ITS EFFECT IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS: A CASE STUDY OF OREDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
Background To The Study: Even if man has virtually perfect power over all things on earth, he is nonetheless susceptible to the environmental challenges that he has produced on a physical, biological, and social level. This is something that cannot be denied. The human race has either substantially eliminated communicable illnesses or is on the cusp of doing so, while at the same time, they are working to eradicate the agents that spread dise...
View DetailsAN INVESTIGATION OF THE CORRELATES OF JOB SATISFACTION AMONG BUSINESS STUDIES TEACHERS IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to examine the correlates of job satisfaction among business studies teachers using selected secondary schools in Port-Harcourt Local Government Area as case study. Specifically, the study aimed at examining how promotions relates to satisfaction of business studies teachers in junior secondary school, identifying how recognition relates to job satisfaction of business studies teachers in junior seconda...
View DetailsAN INVESTIGATION OF THE SCHOOL FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO POOR TEACHING AND LEARNING OF CHEMISTRY IN SECONDARY SCHOOL
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out on the school factors contributing to poor teaching and learning of chemistry in secondary schools using some selected secondary schools in Arewa Dandi local government Area of Kebbi State as a case study. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size consist of chemistry students and teachers of the selected secondary schools in Arew...
View DetailsAN INVESTIGATION ON TEACHERS AND STUDENTS PERCEPTION OF FACTORS AFFECTING STUDENTS PERFORMANCE IN GEOGRAPHY EXAMINATION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The term ‘‘examination’’ or ‘‘test’ has been defined as an instrument or systematic procedure for measuring a sample of a person’s behaviour with a view to evaluating that behaviour against standards i.e. in comparism with a given domain of performance tasks (criterion-referenced) or against norms i.e in comparism with others in the group (norm-referenced) (Barnes, 2018, Davis ,2022). Geography...
View DetailsTEACHERS PERCEPTION OF THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 LOCKDOWN ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was identified in Wuhan city, Hubei Province, China in December 2019 as a pneumonia of unknown origin (Zhu N, Zhang 2020). Later, the international committee on taxonomy of viruses (ICTV) identified the causative agent of COVID-19 as a novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus−2 (SARS–CoV−2) ( ICTV 2020). COVID-19 outbreak spreads rapidly not only in China, b...
View DetailsA SURVEY OF SCHOOL-AGE ADOLESCENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS GENITAL MUTILATION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Female circumcision has been a prevalent situation in many countries around the world, including Nigeria. However, with the increasing awareness on the role played by women in the social well-being of the community, female circumcision has become an issue of global concern. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) also known as Female Genital Cutting (FGC), Female circumcision, or Female Genital Mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is defined by the World Health Organiz...
View DetailsAN INQUIRY INTO THE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO MASS FAILURE IN EXTERNAL EXAMINATION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: Educational system in Nigeria is the abysmal failure of students in public examinations, particularly at the secondary level of education. According to Uduh (2009), the high percentage of candidates who failed WASSCE yearly is reflected in the low percentage of the candidates that meets the university admission requirements. The situation is so pathetic that stakeholders keep on wondering why this level of education has persistently f...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF COMPUTER-BASED TEST USE ON SECONDARY STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out on the investigation on the usage of computer based test on the performance of secondary schools students in Nigeria . Specifically, the study examined effect of CBT on the performance of secondary schools students, investigate the problems associated with the use of CBT in Nigeria, discover if any measure is stop or put an end to the problems OF CBT in Nigeria, proffer solutions to the problem...
View DetailsAN EVALUATION OF NIGERIAN STUDENT UNREST CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS (A CASE STUDY OF ILE IFE OSUN STATE)
Background Of The Study: Higher institution is the institution which one attends to after his secondary school education. It is the apex form of education where one chooses his career. Olaitan (2004) stated that in Nigeria, it comprises of universities, polytechnics and colleges of education. Among these three, the university education remains the apex form of education of all the tertiary institutions. Aguba (2006) stated that the origin of tertiary institut...
View DetailsAN ANALYSIS OF THE CAUSES AND REMEDIES FOR STUDENT UNREST IN RIVERS STATE
ABSTRACT: The primary objective of this research endeavour was to examine the underlying causes and propose potential solutions to the issue of student unrest in the Port-Harcourt metropolis. The study involved a sample of 200 respondents. The data was analysed using the t-test statistical methods. All of the hypotheses were tested at a significance level of 0.05. The study findings indicate that there is no statistically significant variation in the perspect...
View DetailsAN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF MATHEMATICS TEACHERS' PRACTISES IN THE CLASSROOM
ABSTRACT: Mathematics is the only subject that cut across all sciences. The high level of students’ deficiency in mathematical knowledge will not only have negative effects on their performances in mathematics but also in other science subjects. The importance of effective teaching of the subject cannot be over-emphasized. The aim of this study was to investigate the classroom processes used by secondary school mathematics teachers in Edo state.&nb...
View DetailsANALYSIS OF FACTORS THAT ARE MILITATING AGAINST EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
ABSTRACT: Teaching is a set of events, outside the learners which are designed to support internal process of learning or the process through which information often education training is passed. While learning is about a change; the change brought about by developing a new skill, understanding a scientific law and changing an attitude. Education as a tool for the empowerment and sustainable development is indispensable both to the individual and the state at large. Thi...
View DetailsANALYSIS OF THE STUDENTS PERCEPTION ON THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF MATHEMATICS ANXIETY AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
ABSTRACT: Anxiety in mathematics is a reoccurring phenomenon in students of different grades and classes. The impact of mathematics anxiety spans from poor academic performance to poor individual analytical and problem solving skills. This study was undertaken in this light to critically examine and assess the causes and effect of mathematics anxiety among students of secondary school. This assessment was uniquely carried out from the perception of the s...
View DetailsEXAMINING STUDENTS' DISPOSITION TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF E-LEARNING
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out on the examine students attitude towards the adoption of e-learning using Vocational and technical schools in Delta State Nigeria as case study. To achieve this 4 research questions were formulated. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprise of the students of two selected technical and vocational schools in Delta State, Nigeria. I...
View DetailsAPPLICATION OF AUDIO VISUAL AIDS IN TEACHING ACCOUNTING IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
INTRODUTION: Teaching and learning activities are interesting when instructional materials are used effectively and efficiently in a classroom-teaching situation. It is necessary for the teacher in the learning of Accounting in Nigeria to use visual aid material as instructional tools in order to make their teaching more interesting that is to arouse the learning interest, sustain their attention for effective learning. But the problem in many secondary schoo...
View DetailsAPPRAISAL OF METHOD OF TEACHING BUSINESS STUDIES IN SECONDARY SCHOOL
ABSTRACT: The broad objective of this study is to present an appraisal of method of teaching business studies in secondary schools using Bariga Local Government Area of Lagos state (CMS Grammar School Bariga) as case study. The study adopted the survey descriptive research design and with the aid of convenience sampling method, the researcher purposively selected one hundred and fifty (150) participant for the study. Self- structure questionnaire was issued t...
View DetailsEVALUATION OF BUSINESS STUDY INSTRUCTIONAL METHOD IN IKORODU JUNIOR GRAMMAR SCHOOL
ABTRACT: The primary objective of this study is to conduct an assessment of the business studies curriculum implemented in secondary schools, with a specific focus on the Junior Grammar School situated in the Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State. The investigation employed a survey-based descriptive research methodology, wherein the researcher deliberately opted for a sample size of 150 participants through the convenience sampling approach. A total o...
View DetailsASSESSING CLASSROOM SIZE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
ABSTRACT: This research was performed to examine the influence of class room size on academic performance of secondary school students in Nigeria since classroom congestion and low utilization rate of classrooms are common features of secondary schools in Nigeria which have negative impact on both secondary school teacher productivity, student learning input and secondary school student academic performance that at the end influences the reputation of a school. In analyz...
View DetailsASSESSING LABORATORY ACTIVITIES AND ITS THE IMPACT OR EFFECT ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN CHEMISTRY
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to examine the impact or effect of laboratory activities on students academic performance in chemistry. Specifically, the study examined the availability and use of laboratory facilities in schools, investigated the frequency of students to laboratory activities in schools, explored if the exposure of students to laboratory activities will improve their academic performance and determined the exposure of student...
View DetailsASSESSING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND ITS INFLUENCE ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
ABSTRACT
The general focus of this study was to examine the influence of learning environment on academic performance of secondary school students in English language using Warri south local government of Delta State as case study. The survey research design was employed for the study. The target population for this study comprised of students of selected secondary schools in Warri South, in Delta State. Five(5) secondary schools were ra...
View DetailsASSESSING THE CAUSES OF DRUG ABUSE AND ITS EFECTS AMONG SCONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
ABSTRACT: This research is carried out to critically review the causes of drug abuse among secondary school students in Oredo Local Government Area, Benin City as a case study. To make this research a reality questionnaires were administered to collect information, the information was collected from different places. The motive behind the research on the causes of drug abuse among secondary school students stem from the belief that students now engage more on drugs than befor...
View DetailsASSESSING THE EFFECT OF POST COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out on the assessment of the effect of post covid-19 pandemic on tertiary institutions using university of Lagos as case study. To achieve this 5 research questions were formulated. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprise of the entire student of University of Lagos. In determining the sample size, the researcher purposively selecte...
View DetailsASSESSING THE HOME ECONOMIC EDUCATION AWARENESS LEVEL AMONG JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out on assessing the home economics education awareness level among junior secondary school students in Ekpoma, Edo State. Specifically, the study ascertaining if the students offer home economics as a subject in school; find out the competency level of their home economics teachers; find out if the students engage in home economics practical; and examine the awareness level of students in home economics. The study employed th...
View DetailsASSESSING THE IMPACT OF TEACHING AIDS FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF HOME ECONOMICS IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
ABSTRACT: This study was set to achieve certain objectives among which are to assess the impact of teaching aids for effective teaching and learning of Home Economics in senior secondary schools in River state. The study adopted survey research design. The area of the study was Port Harcourt, River state. The target population for this study consisted of 111 senior secondary schools in Port Harcourt educational zone and 1597 teachers out of which on...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE UTILIZATION OF INTERNET SERVICES AMONG STUDENTS IN FEDERAL INSTITUTIONS IN KADUNA STATE
The convergence of information and communication technologies as typified by the Internet is increasingly having more influence on all aspects of the society as it has become an integral part of the daily lives of many people. It has had a transformative impact on the mode of information sharing and access globally. Information and knowledge disseminated through the slow process of oral communications or with paper materials can now be transferred rapidly from an individual to an infinit...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF PRIMARY EDUCATION STANDARD AND THE EDUCATIONAL GROWTH IN NASARAWA STATE
Abstract: The study examines primary education standard and the educational growth in Nasarawa state. The specific objectives aims to find out whether lack of funding affects the availability of infrastructural facilities, find out the extent to which non adherence to teaching curriculum affect the standard of education in Nasarawa state, examine if there is a relationship between the availability of teaching materials and teachers output and examine the effe...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL IN TEACHING OF BASIC SCIENCE
Background of the study: Technology advancements have pushed instructional resources, particularly projected and electronic materials, to the forefront as the most radical means of globalization and social development, favorably affecting the classroom teaching-learning scenario. The availability of instructional material in teaching and learning of students has made both teaching and learning highly enjoyable for basic science teachers. According to Bamidele,...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF AWARENESS AND PRACTICE FOR PROMOTION OF MENTAL HEALTH AMONG STUDENTS
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to examine assessment of awareness and practice for promotion of mental health among students with a special reference to University of Lagos, Lagos state. Specifically, the study examined if there is an awareness of mental health among students. The study also find out if students develop a positive attitude towards the practice of mental health. The study further evaluate if school...
View DetailsAN EVALUATION OF CHILD HAWKING AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Street dealing and kid hawking have become a global phenomena and a global issue, according to Amato and Kerth (2021). According to the United Nations International Children Education Fund (NCICEF), there are between 100 and 200 million child labourers in both developed and developing nations. According to estimates for Nigeria, 20% of children aged 10 to 14 are participating in child labour and street trade. It is believed that there are betwee...
View DetailsEARLY CHILDHOOD CARE EDUCATION: EVALUATION ADHERENCE OF PROVIDERS TO THE NATIONAL MINIMUM STANDARDS ON EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Background of the Study: People and nations are what they are because of the nature and types of education they have been exposed to. Education is a process of developing knowledge ability in learners in such a way that they use it to improve their society. Following the Nigerian National Policy on Education (NPE), the Federal Republic of Nigeria (FRN) (2004), defined education as that process that helps to develop the whole being, ph...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENTS
Background to the Study: Education is the most important component of human resources development and is accorded a pride of place in many countries‟ developmental activities. There is no doubt that the importance of education cannot be underscored because there is no country that has succeeded without educating its people. Education according to Osokoya (2009) helps to improve security, health, prosperity and ecological balance in the world. It encourages so...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF PROGRAMMING SKILLS POSSESSED BY A COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION STUDENT FOR SELF EMPLOYMENT
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: Science education aims at producing scientist for national development as well as individuals who will be self reliant and competent in their specialization. According to Hornby (2010) to be competent means that a person has the ability or power to demonstrate knowledge , skills and attitudes that are sufficiently required to perform a given task. It is a functional ability to apply to practical situation the essential principles...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF STUDY HABITS AND THEIR IMPACT ON SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS' ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
BACKGROUND OF STUDY: Scholars and educational authorities have long been interested in the relationship between study habits and student academic achievement. Students in any educational environment are always striving for academic achievement, and academic performance is their ultimate aim. However, Dizney (2003) and Okegbile (2003) found that the majority of kids are underachievers in school (2007). One of the most common reasons for pupils' underdevelo...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF TEACHING AND LEANING OF I.R.S AND THE INSTRUMENTALITY OF ICT IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL AYEDAADE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, OSUN STATE
Background to the Study: Information and communication technology (ICT) is gaining importance in today's society, dubbed the information age, since it is considered to facilitate and accelerate our entrance into an information-based environment. In addition, it should be accessible, relevant, and efficiently provided. ICT is now seen as a determining element for a nation's success. It is a dynamic area that has significant ethical, social, and politic...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING ENGLISH GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURES IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The teaching and study of the English language is extremely vital in today's culture. This is due to the different functions it plays in the country's geopolitical framework. English is widely used in Nigeria for communication, education, economic, and social purposes. English Language is not only taught as a topic in schools, but it is also the basic subject through which all other subjects are taught. Despite this, the grammatical part...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE CAUSES OF POOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN AGRICULTURE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Agricultural Science is a science subject taught in Nigerian secondary schools with the aim of educating students in the knowledge and practice of agriculture in order to increase food production and contribute to the country's overall economic growth and development. Agricultural Science is described as "the analysis of the relationship between soils, plants, and animals in the production and processing of food, raw material...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE CAUSES, EFFECTS AND REMEDIES OF POOR SANITARY CONDITION IN SOME SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Background of the study: Sanitation is the hygienic means of promoting health through prevention of human contact with the hazards of waste as well as the treatment and proper disposal of sewage or waste-water. Poor sanitation leads to hazards which can be physical, microbiological, biological or chemical agent of disease. Waste that can cause health problems including human and animal excreta, solid waste, domestic waste water (sewage or greywater) industrial waste and agric...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE CHALLENGES OF STAFF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
INTRODUCION: Training is considered as the process of upgrading knowledge, develop skills, bringing about attitude and behavioural changes and improving the ability of the trainee to perform tasks effectively and efficiently. Also training is a systematic approach to less ring and development to improve individual team, and organizational effectiveness. Alternatively, development refers to activities keeping to the acquisition of view knowledge or skills for...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT OF COVID 19 PANDEMIC ON EXTERNAL EXAMINATIONS IN NIGERIA: A CASE OF 2020 WAEC, NECO AND GCE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Sometimes in 2019, there was an outbreak of a viral disease (Coronavirus: COVID-19) in Wuhan, China. This epidemic recently turned into a ravaging pandemic which posed a serious threat to global public health and eventually led to the total lockdown of major cites globally, Nigeria inclusive (Lin et al., 2020). This pandemic has also led to the early closure of Schools and Citizens have been advised to isolate themselves and...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE LEVEL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION AMONG TERTIARY EDUCATION STUDENTS IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OTUOKE IN BAYELSA STATE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Biotechnology is one of the most important scientific revolutions of the twenty first century, with applications that have the potential to revolutionise many industry sectors. The rapid development and applications of biotechnology has triggered many discussions from different academic fields, such as economics, politics, ethical and educational. Parallel to the recent developments in biotechnology, our students need to become more k...
View DetailsAN EVALUATION OF THE BIOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PROFICIENCY AMONG TERTIARY EDUCATION STUDENTS AT FEDERAL UNIVERSITY LAFIA, NASARAWA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Biotechnology has emerged as a significant scientific revolution in the twenty-first century, offering transformative applications across various industry sectors. The rapid advancement and utilisation of biotechnology have sparked extensive discussions across various academic disciplines, including economics, politics, ethics, and education. In light of the recent advancements in biotechnology, it is imperative for our students to ac...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR THE EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF BIOLOGY IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: Education is a preparation for life. This is related to the acquisition of skills to earn a living. Today as always, the definition of education is the ever change and increasing in scope. Our schools are confronted with new pressures arising from changing needs with students; societal expectation, economic changes and technological advancement are to look into (Federal Ministry of Education, 2008).
Ali (2002) believes that the word science...
View DetailsAN EVALUATION OF THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR BIOLOGY INSTRUCTION THAT IS BOTH EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: Education plays a crucial role in equipping individuals with the necessary skills and knowledge to navigate and succeed in various aspects of life. This pertains to the process of acquiring skills in order to generate income. The concept of education continues to evolve and expand in its scope, just as it has always done. According to the Federal Ministry of Education (2008), schools are currently facing various challenges due to evolving student need...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF ICT IN COVID-19 HEALTH EDUCATION
BACKGROUND OF STUDY: Pandemics present challenges of an entirely different type than other disease outbreaks or the vast majority of other natural disasters. Because these diseases strike global populations which have no immunological experience with them, their spread is far more rapid, and frequently, more deadly than any comparable disease outbreaks. Essentially by definition, pandemics impact virtually every corner of society almost simultaneously, in con...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE UTILIZATION OF INTERNET SERVICES AMONG STUDENTS IN FEDERAL INSTITUTIONS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The convergence of information and communication technologies as typified by the Internet is increasingly having more influence on all aspects of the society as it has become an integral part of the daily lives of many people. It has had a trans-formative impact on the mode of information sharing and access globally. Information and knowledge disseminated through the slow process of oral communications or with paper material...
View DetailsASSESSMENT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SIWES TO BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES
Background of the study: The type of a country's educational system and program is often thought to have an impact on its degree of development. This statement is accurate to the degree that a nation's technical goals are often embedded in its educational goals and programs. Therefore, education for development is a real tool for every nation's socio-economic emancipation and economic independence. Social, economic, and industrial growth are now based on the degre...
View DetailsATTITUDE AND PRACTICES OF FEMALE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TOWARDS FAMILY PLANNING IN SCHOOLS IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA
Background of the study: The practice of family planning has called for global attention because of its importance in decision making on population growth and issues of development. Childbearing and the use of contraceptives are some of the most important decisions on reproduction that could be taken by couples to curtail the number of children they want to have. Therefore, the issue of family planning and its methods has led many married women to either acce...
View DetailsATTITUDE OF BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS TOWARDS TYPING AND SHORTHAND COURSES
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out on the examine the attitude of business education students towards typing and shorthand courses using Lagos State University Students as case study. To achieve this 3 research questions were formulated. The survey design was adopted and Taro Yamane formula was used to determine the sample size for this study. The population size comprise of the Business Education students from year 2 and 3 in Lagos Stat...
View DetailsATTITUDE OF PARENTS TOWARDS FEMALE EDUCATION IN UHUNMWONDE LOCAL GOVERNEMNT AREA OF EDO STATE NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF STUDY: The attitude of parents towards female education is a topic many people frown at in the developing and undeveloped countries. It is regarded of them as taboo that female education is very important to enable matured persons especially parents acquint themselves with the efficacy of female education in the position sense. Female education has been misunderstood by many as a means of sexual harassment due to ignorance.
The topic i...
View DetailsATTITUDE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TO SCIENCE AND SCIENCE TEACHING
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: The major challenge facing science educators and researchers in the state is the underachievement in science subjects among the secondary school students. Science is an umbrella covering many subject areas including physics, chemistry, biology, and mathematics. For stance Sweeny (2003) declared that of particular science education, as suggested by the number of students who successfully pass secondary level science examination. He fur...
View DetailsATTITUDE OF TEENAGERS TO ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN ADO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, EKITI STATE
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to examine the attitude of teenagers to English language in Ado local government area, Ekiti State using six selected secondary schools in Ado local government area, Ekiti State as a case study. Specifically, the study was aimed at finding out the attitude of teenagers to English language, the level the teenagers were able to speak English language amidst diverse languages, the academic performance of teenagers in English...
View DetailsATTITUDE OF STUDENTS TOWARDS THE LEARNING OF SOCIAL STUDIES IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
BACKGROUND OF STUDY: Man’s capacity to learn, to organize learning, to communicate this learning as knowledge, to other members of the species, and to act on the basis of learning and knowledge constitute the subject matter of education (Golsin, 1965). According to develop his mental capacity in such a way as to arm him to play a specific role in a developing programme. It also sets value on the human factor in development which makes man capable of sha...
View DetailsATTITUDE OF TERTIARY STUDENTS IN ABIA STATE TOWARDS INSTAGRAM SELFIES
Background Of The Study: Social media currently seem to take the centre stage in the field of information and communication technology(Nche, 2012). It has become an integral part of modern society. Consequently, social networking websites such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have created new ways to socialize and interact. Users of these sites are able to add a wide variety of information to pages, to pursue common interests and to connect with others...
View DetailsATTITUDES OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION STUDENTS TOWARDS STUDENTS’ INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME (SIWES) (A case study of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State)
Background to the Study: Attitude as a concept is concerned with individuals’ way of thinking, acting, and behaving. Attitudes are formed as a result of some kind of learning experiences. Attitude is fundamental to understanding social perception of people because they strongly influence people. Ojo (2000) said that it is the disposition of men to view things in a certain way and to act accordingly. This notion of attitude however, could be said to have...
View DetailsATTITUDES OF UNDERGRADUATE YOUTHS TOWARD DEMOCRATIC VALUES: IMPLICATION FOR SOCIAL STUDIES
Background to the Study: Citizens are the hearts and soul of democracy and hence there must be active and informed involvement of the people at all levels of governance as willing participants in defining and maintaining their democracy. The youths of any society are a potential force to reckon with in that society, Nigeria not exempted. They constitute a large chunks of the decision making groups in the society. The Nigerian youths for...
View DetailsACCESSIBILITY AND APPLICATION OF AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS FOR INSTRUCTION AND LEARNING FOR STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
Background of the study: The teacher’s task is by no means easy as it involves someone who has some ideas, knowledge, information or experiences trying to share what he or she has with someone else who does not have a similar experience. It is a communication task which requires the teacher to use every available means to convince the learners to buy his/her ideas or accept the message. It is not enough for the teacher to give information, he or she must support what he...
View DetailsAVAILABILITY OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, SUPERVISION PROCEDURES AND QUALITY ASSURANCE PRACTICES IN PUBLIC SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ONDO STATE, NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The change and development of any nation in the globe begins and ends with the education of a high-quality educational system. Because of this, no nation ever progresses beyond the degree of education she possesses. In addition, education is widely recognized as the social building block for the economic, political, and political development of every nation. Given the information presented above, the Federal Republic of Nigeria (2004)...
View DetailsAVAILABILITY AND APPLICATION OF AUDIO VISUAL RESOURCES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING IN UNIVERSITY OF UYO
ABSTRACT: The enhancement of the educational system cannot just be attained through the utilisation of traditional media technologies. Audiovisual aids, as instructional resources, play a significant role in facilitating the teaching and learning processes. This study seeks to investigate the use of audiovisual aids in the instruction of art education within the Department of Education at the University of Uyo. The research employed a descriptive survey design, incorporating...
View DetailsAVAILABILITY OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF COMPUTER SCIENCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN IFELODUN GOVERNMENT AREA KWARA STATE
ABSTRACT: The broad objective of this study bothers on the availability of instructional materials for effective teaching and learning of computer science in secondary schools using Ifelodun Local Government Area in Kwara State as case study. Survey research design was adopted for the study and with the aid of convenient sampling method, the researcher selected One hundred and fifty (150) participant from selected secondary schools in Ifelodun Local Governmen...
View DetailsAVAILABILITY OF LABORATORY FACILITIES FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING-LEARNING OF MATHEMATICS, INTEGRATED SCIENCE AND COMPUTER SCIENCE IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NASARAWA L.G.A
INTRODUCTION: In Nigeria as well as in other countries, education is perceived as a tool for socio-economic and political developments and as such it is accorded the necessary attention. This position is amplified in the Nigerian National Policy on Education, which stated that education is an instrument par excellence for effecting national development, (The National Policy of Education, 2004). It is added further that educati...
View DetailsAVAILABILITY OF LABORATORY FACILITIES IN CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT IN SCHOOLS
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to examine the availability and utilization of laboratory resources and achievement of students in Senior Secondary School Chemistry. Participants were 120 SS III students and five Chemistry teachers in the selected Secondary Schools in Ijebu Ode Local Government Area of Ogun State. Participants completed the availability and utilization of laboratory inventory-type questionnaires. Correlation research design was adopted for the st...
View DetailsAVAILABILITY OF TEACHERS AND LABORATORY FACILITIES FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF HOME ECONOMICS IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
ABSTRACT: This research was carried out to assess the availability of teacher and laboratory facilities in Home Economics in junior secondary school in State . Teachers and Student from each of the selected schools in Igbo-Eze Local Governement of Enugu were randomly exampled. Three research questions were formulated to find out the availability of teachers and laboratory facilities in effective teaching and learning of Home Economics. After a thorough...
View DetailsAWARENESS AND PERCEPTION OF COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING AMONG TEACHERS IN SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ETI-OSA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF LAGOS STATE
Background of the study: According to study conducted by Cancer Research UK in 2021, cancer is the primary cause of death in countries all over the globe. The World Health Organization (WHO) ranks colorectal cancer (CRC) as the fourth leading cause of mortality from cancer. In Saudi Arabia, colorectal cancer is the most prevalent form of the disease among men, while it is the third most prevalent form among females. Since 2002, there has been a discernible ri...
View DetailsBASIC TECHNOLOGY TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION ON THE AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
ABSTRACT: This study examined basic technology teachers‟ perception on the availability and utilization of Information and Communication Technology for teaching in secondary schools in Kwara State. The study used cross-sectional survey design and simple random sampling was used to select the sample. Fifty six junior secondary schools with a total population of 376 and a sample size of 112 Basic Technology teachers with a total population of 445 were sampled f...
View DetailsBROKEN HOMES AND ITS EFFECTS ON STUDENT’S ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS
ABSTRACT: The project examines broken home and its effects on academic performance in some selected secondary school in Odeda local government area of Ogun state. The chapter one comprises of introduction, the chapter two based on review of related literature, and causes of broken home, while chapter three based on research methodology and method of data collection, chapter four emphasise on data analysis, tables, and the final chapter which is ch...
View DetailsBUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS’ AWARENESS AND UTILIZATION OF E-LEARNING
ABSTRACT: The study investigated the awareness of e-learning and its utilization by business education students in Anambra State tertiary institutions. Four research questions were posed and four hypotheses formulated. A total of 1603 business education students in four tertiary institutions in Anambra State made up the population of the study, out of which 320 students were used as sample. The research instrument was a structured questionnaire titled “...
View DetailsBUSINESS EDUCATION TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS REGARDING THE STRUCTURE OF JSC BUSINESS STUDIES EXAMINATION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Education as defined by the National Policy on Education revised (2004) is a dynamic instrument per excellence for effecting National development and a potent means for ensuring the welfare of the people and the equalization of life chances. In the same vein a renowned Nigerian Educationalist, Fafunwa (2004) defined Education as “an aggregate of all the processes by means of which a person develops abilities, attitude...
View DetailsCAPACITY BUILDING OF RENEWABLE ENERGY EDUCATION
ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to point out the need for renewable energy education in Ghana and to study the possibilities of education export from Finland. Ghana was chosen as the target country based on personal and professional interest. Ghana is currently facing a severe energy shortage due to inefficient energy resources and growing consumption. In order for new energy technologies to work education is needed. BioSampo, a vocational education...
View DetailsTHE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOUR IN HIGHER LEARNING INSTITUTIONS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Deviant can be said to be all types of behaviour or acts which are inconsistent with the rules and regulations of an organizational set up. Organization as defined by Ejiogu (1990) is a social unit that pursues specific goal which they are structured to serve. Typical organization includes prisons, schools, churches and universities. In each organization members interact with one another to achieve the desired goal. This type of incon...
View DetailsCAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF PRE-MARITAL SEX AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NSUKKA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Sex is a term that is universally used so you would expect a good amount to be known about it. This is in part because the majority of societies regulate sexual activity. The family unit is the place where sexual activity or interactions are scheduled to occur between two sexes. Premarital sexual sex isn’t restricted to only young couples and a lot of couples who aren’t married are at risk of pre-marital sexual relations....
View DetailsCAUSES AND EFFECTS OF TARDINESS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS WITHIN THE OVIA SOUTH WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Lateness to school started long ago, every where in a way that cannot be controlled in recent time. The problem of lateness has eaten deep into Nigeria children the problem of pupils lateness to school has now turn to national problem. Lateness merely means arriving after expected time (Adegboyega et al; 2017).
Children commonly miss their school or coming lately because of their usual habits, such as waking up late due to laziness...
View DetailsCAUSES AND EFFECT OF STUDENT’S FAILURE OF MATHEMATICS IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION
ABSTRACT: The main purpose of this study is to find out the causes and effect of student’s failure of mathematics in senior secondary school certificate examination using Secondary Schools in Markurdi LGA as case study. The study adopted the survey descriptive research design and with the aid of convenience sampling method, the researcher purposively selected one hundred and fifty (150) participant for the study. Self- structure questionnaire was i...
View DetailsCAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DROPOUT AMONG STUDENTS
ABSTRACT: The broad objective of this study focused on the causes and effect of school dropout in using Owan Local Government Area of Edo state.Survey design was employed for the study with the of Owan Local Government Area of Edo state. With the aid of convenient sampling technique, participant were selected from College of Education, Ekiadolor-Benin who served as the respondent of the study. Well structure questionnaire was issued to the enr...
View DetailsCAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DROPOUT AMONG UNDERGRADUATES IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF LAGOS STATE
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to examine the causes and effects of dropout among undergraduates in Nigeria using Lagos State. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprise of students of Lagos State University. In determining the sample size, the researcher conveniently selected 229 respondents, 215 were received and 210 were validated. Self-constructed and va...
View DetailsCAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DROPOUT AMONG UNDERGRADUATES IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF BAUCHI STATE UNIVERSITY
ABSTRACT: The present investigation was conducted with the primary objective of scrutinising the underlying factors and subsequent ramifications associated with the phenomenon of academic attrition within the Nigerian undergraduate population, with a specific focus on the region of Bauchi State. The survey design was implemented and the utilisation of simple random sampling techniques was employed in this study. The demographic composition encompasses individ...
View DetailsAN EXAMINATION OF THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
ABSTRACT: The main aim and objectives of this research were to unravel the causes and effects of teenage pregnancy in secondary school students in some selected secondary schools in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. The numbers of related literature were reviewed in order to know the way which peer group. Family background, environment, socio-economic status of parents, negative effects and socialization of mass media have been the major caus...
View DetailsAN EXAMINATION OF THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF TRUANCY ON PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS
ABSTRACT: This project work is essentially concerned with the investigation of the study of truancy among primary school pupils in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State. A proper research was carried out on those causes that lead to truancy in primary schools. In carrying out the research, research questions are been set in order to direct the researcher in administration of questionnaires. There is also review of relevan...
View DetailsCAUSES OF THE PREVALENCE OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL FEMALE STUDENTS
ABSTRACT: The study examined the causes of the prevalence of teenage pregnancy among secondary school female students using selected secondary schools in Ijebu Ode as case study. Three research questions were formulated to guide the study. The sample size consisted of 119 teachers in the selected secondary schools in Ijebu Ode who were randomly selected. The statistical methods adopted were descriptive statistics. The major findings were; lack of h...
View DetailsCAUSES OF THE REDUCTION IN THE ENROLLMENT OF BUSINESS EDUCATION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Business education is a field of education which deal with business experiences for specialized occupational uses. Business education involves teaching students the fundamentals, theories, and process of business. As an arm of vocational education, its essential roles in the task of nation building is inestimable and well known to accountant, scientists, educationists and to people of all works of life. The realization of the essentia...
View DetailsAN INVESTIGATION OF THE CAUSES, EFFECTS AND CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS: A CASE STUDY OF OREDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: It is undoubtedly true that man as almost complete dominion over all things on earth, yet he has remained subjected to physical, biological and social environmental problems which he created. Man has largely conquered or is on the way to conquering communicable diseases but in the process of liquidating vectors of diseases. He runs risk of upsetting the circle of nature to the extent that he endangers food supply, pollutes the water he drinks and the...
View DetailsCHALLENGES OF EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF BUSINESS STUDIES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Background of the study: Education, according to Whitehead (2022), is the process through which society's cultural norms and values are passed down from one generation to the next. According to the same point of view, Atwater and Yammarino (2022) defined education as the collection of all the processes by which an individual cultivates abilities, attitudes, and forms of behaviour that are deemed to be of positive value in the society in which he live...
View DetailsAN EXAMINATION OF THE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH TEACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Abstract: Although English language is now the language of government, business and commerce, education, the mass media, literature and internal as well as external communication, there are still problems in the teaching of English as a second language in secondary schools. Students presume that English language is a difficult language to learn and so do not make effort to learn it. Teachers also find it difficult to cope with the heavy demand required for effective teaching...
View DetailsAN EXAMINATION OF CHILDHOOD TRAUMA, RESILIENCE AND LOCUS OF CONTROL AS PREDICTORS OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOURS AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
ABSTRACT: The study examines childhood trauma, resilience and locus of control as predictors of deviance behavior among secondary school student sung Ogbomosho South in Oy State as case Study. The study employed survey research design and purposive sampling method. Using the purposive sampling, the researcher conveniently selected one_hundred and twenty respondents who are principal, counsellor, head teachers and class teachers in ten(10) selected secondary s...
View DetailsA STUDY ON CLASS SIZE AND TEACHER’S EFFECTIVENESS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to examine class size and teacher’s effectiveness in secondary schools in Ado-Ekiti. Specifically, the study assess the relationship between large class size and the quality of teaching, learning and assessment. The study also find out if large class size distract the teacher from been effective. The study further identify if class size enables the teacher to know the strength and weakness...
View DetailsA CORRELATIONAL ANALYSIS CLASSROOM GOAL STRUCTURE, STUDENT MOTIVATION AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Academic achievement has become a trending issue of priority to make students academic achievement better and higher (Azmoundeh, 2003). Academic achievement cannot be executed outside the classroom because from this area where transfer thought begins and students presence in classroom impacts improvement of their ability in doing their best to achieve academic excellence (Appleton, 2007). The Nigerian classroom has changed signif...
View DetailsEXAMINATION OF CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND TEACHERS' EFFICIENCY IN ENSURING SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY : There is no human endeavour that does not require proper management for its proper functioning. All types of organization government establishments, business enterprises, hospitals, schools, cooperatives, churches among other require good management to function effectively. Managing is one of the most important activities that covers all originations. Where people work together for the attainment of a set objective, there is a need for manageme...
View DetailsCLASSROOM SIZE AND IMPACT ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF STUDY: Quality education remains the pivot for global prosperity and liberty. As a result, all hands must be on deck globally to develop policies that will improve qualitative education from elementary school to postsecondary institution, and constant, effective monitoring must be effectively established to check all elements that may stymie this global goal. As a result, most civilizations compel children to attend school for a set number of ye...
View DetailsCOMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN THE PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS STUDENTS
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out on the comparative analysis of the academic performance of private and public secondary school students using Ikeja local government area, Lagos state as case study. To achieve this, three(3) research questions were formulated. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprise of students of the five(5) selected secondary schools...
View DetailsCOMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MALE AND FEMALE STUDENTS PERFORMANCE IN ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS
ABSTRACT: The main objective of this study us to compare the performance of male and female students in English and mathematics using Ogbomosho South Local Government in Oyo State as case study. The study adopted the survey research design and randomly enrolled participants using the convenience sampling technique to choose the sample size in the study. A total of 141 responses were validated from the enrolled participants where all respondent are student and teachers of sele...
View DetailsCOMPARISON OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE, BASIC SCIENCE AND COMPUTER SCIENCE IN EXTERNAL EXAMINATION
ABSTRACT: The study compared the scores of students in English Language, basic science and Computer Science at the Junior Secondary School Certificate Examination (JSSCE) in Edu Local Government Area (LGA) of Kwara State, Nigeria. The research design was correlational for which the t-test and one –way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were employed. The sample for the study consisted of all students who sat for the 2011, 2012 and 2013 JSSCE in six out of the eleven...
View DetailsCONSTRAINTS OF EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to examine the constraints of teaching technical education in secondary schools in Enugu East Local Government Area. Specifically, the study examined if non-availability of finance is affecting students enrolment in technical education .also, if technical education is really helping individual to be self-reliance. Furthermore, if inadequate infrastructural facilities is affecting the development of tec...
View DetailsCO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA
Background Of The Study: The planning of the establishment of Institute of Management and Technology Enugu, there not in progressive forms till 1967 to a college of technology up to the ordinary diploma level.
An institution of administration which provide short come in-service training courses for civil servants of various grades and a co-operative college offered a certificate course in co-operative studies to co-operative inspector from the minis...
View DetailsCOVID-19 AND VIRTUAL LEARNING ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
ABSTRACT: This study examined the covid-19 and Virtual Learning on the academic performance of students using GreenSpring Scools Lekki, Lagos as a case study. The study focused on the effect of Covid-19 pandemic on Education. It examined the impact of virtual learning on academic performance and investigated the extent to which Covid-19 and Virtual Learning impacted students’ academic performance. Simple random sampling wa...
View DetailsCRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CAUSES AND EFFECT OF MASS FAILURE OF MATHEMATICS IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION (CASE STUDY OF UYO LGA OF AKWA IBOM STATE)
ABSTRACT: There has been a problem for some years now, student’s poor academic performance in senior secondary School certificate examination. It is always on the increase, in the light of this significant problem that this study is based to find out the causes and effect of mass failure in senior secondary school certificate examination (SSCE) in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa ibom State, however, the centre of interest is on senior mathematics examination. In the p...
View DetailsCURBING MALPRACTICE IN EXAMINATION; THE ANTIDOTE FOR A SANE SOCIETY
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: All over the world in the education sector, the examination process makes the difference in the actualization of the goals of education, Nwadiani (2005:2) asserted that “the goals of national educational systems and indeed national development become like mirage if examination ethics is not encouraged and instituted”. Examination is one of the major means of assessing and evaluating students’ skills, knowledge and at...
View DetailsAN EXAMINATION OF DIFFICULT CONCEPTS IN CHEMISTRY AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS
INTRODUCTION: Chemistry as defined by Okeke and Ezekamgha(2000) as a branch of science that deals with composition and changes of matter. Chemistry is highly important for technological development and advancement of any nation. The number of chemists, physicists, doctors and science educators in a nation tells if the nation is developed, developing or underdeveloped.
Chemistry is regarded as the “central science” because everything from our skin to the...
View DetailsDIFFICULT TEACHING TOPICS IN BASIC SCIENCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA
Background of the study: According to a number of sources, the ideals of science and technology in relation to national development are ingrained in the minds of leaders from African and third world countries (Logan, & Skamp, 2021). Since as early as 1880, students in Nigeria's secondary schools have been exposed to the scientific method. In the beginning, it was taught as a general science, but later, it was broken down into its component parts of physics, chemistry,...
View DetailsAN EVALUATION OF DIGITAL MEDIA LITERACY AND INNOVATION TEACHING SKILL AMONG COMMUNICATION EDUCATORS IN EBONY STATE USING EBSU AND FUNAI
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: It is becoming more typical for individuals who live in the 21st century to completely immerse themselves in a digital world. When compared to the previous decade, in which the internet served to link people all over the globe, individuals in the modern day simply cannot survive without their digital devices. In point of fact, the digitalization of the environment not only has an effect on the way individuals live their lives but also...
View DetailsIMPACT OF INTERNET USAGE ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN NIGERIA
Background of the Study: The internet can be conceived as a rich, multi-layered complex ever-changing text for information dissemination and a medium for collaborative interaction between individuals and computers without regards for geographical limitation of space (Jagboro, 2003). The internet today is a worldwide entity whose nature cannot be easily or simply defined. To many, the internet is a large computer network linking together millions of small...
View DetailsEXAMINATION OF THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT IN TERTIARY INSTITUTION
Background of the study: A financial institution is an organized body concerned with the management of money. This is to say that the institution is responsible for the leading and borrowing of money in other words, it is an institution involved in financial intermediation where money is mobilized and channeled from the public sailing (those who have surplus funds want to save to those who want to invest in productive activities. Some of the institution in Nigeria...
View DetailsFACTORS AFFECTING THE PERFORMANCE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
ABSTRACT: The study investigated the factor affecting the performances of computer science students in Junior Secondary Schools in Enugu North Local Government Area of Enugu state. Four research questions were formulated to guide the study. The questionnaires were constructed by the researchers in line with the research questions. Ten schools out of the fifteen schools in Enugu North Local Government Area were used for the study. The population for the study were all co...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF DRILL AND PRACTICE ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL IN LAGOS STATE
ABSTRACT: This study examines The Effect of Drill and Practice on the Academic Achievement of Students in English Language in Junior Secondary Schools in Lagos State. The purpose of this research was to determine the achievement scores of students taught English Language with drill and practice those taught using conventional teaching methods. and Determine the interest of students taught English Language with drill and practice those taught usi...
View DetailsTHE EFFECT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMES ON THE WELLBEING OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT: The study was conducted basically to find out the effect of physical education programmes on the well-being of secondary school students in Otta Local Government Area of Ogun State. The population for this study consisted of male and female students in three selected secondary schools in Otta Local Government Area of Ogun State. Two hundred secondary school students were served with questionnaire forms to elicit responses on information about influe...
View DetailsIMPACT OF EDUCATION IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS (A CASE STUDY OF MUSHIN LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCIL)
Background to the Study: According to National Population Commission (2012) it is generally believed that Nigeria has a total population of 170 million people, out of this number 67% live in the rural areas while the remaining 34% live in the urban centres.Nigeria is a country in Africa continent located in West of Africa close to the equator extending from latitude 4˚N to14˚ and from longitude 3˚E to 15˚E. Except for the Atlantic ocean to the south, Nigeria is surrounded by...
View DetailsIMPACT OF FAMILY BACKGROUND ON CAREER CHOICE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT: This research was performed to examine the influence of family on the career choice of secondary school students. In analyzing the data collected for the purpose of carrying out this research, the statistical tool known as the Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPC) and the statistics were used. The use of sample percentage was employed, and Tables were used in presenting the data. Primary and secondary data were also used.
The study was conducted in Edo state, Nigeria an...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF ECONOMIC BACKGROUND ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
ABSTRACT: This research will be conducted to evaluate how economic background affect student’s performance in economics in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State. The following research questions were formulated for the study:.
1. Does the economic status of parents affect the educational performance of student
2. Does parent’s educational status affect the educational performance of their children?
3...
View DetailsTHERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF GROUP COUNSELLING ON THE STUDY HABIT PROBLEMS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Abstract: The study investigated the effect of group counselling on study habit of senior secondary school students’ towards schooling in Federal Government College, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. Two objectives were stated and two null hypotheses were formulated and tested at .05 level of significance. Experimental design was used for the study. The target population for the study comprised all the 356 (SS1) students in Federal Government Colleg...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF PRIVATE SCHOOL ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Educationally it is generally agreed that private schools have contributed positively to the academic performance of students in secondary schools. Presently, some elites seem not to agree that private schools are doing anything to encourage or enhance student’s performance. Some based their arguments on the falling standards of education in Nigeria. They claim that with the involvement of private individuals in running of schools, the standard...
View DetailsIMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON CHOICE OF CAREER AMONG YOUTHS IN NIGERIA
Background of the study: Education is universally recognized as the answer to socio- economic problems of the world. Nations and individuals look up to education to provide a cure for poverty, ignorance, drought, excessive rainfall, mental deficiency, joblessness, bad government, poor communication system, hunger and inadequate shelter among other things. Every nation of the world aspires toward quality of life and social status. Career selection is one of many important choi...
View DetailsTHE PROBLEMS AND PROSPECT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING OF COMPUTER SCIENCE IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT: This study investigated the problems and prospect of teaching and learning of computer science in Nigeria. Data was collected from 50 respondents comprising of 10 instructors and 40 students randomly selected from the Edo State institute of management and technology. The analysis of data collected revealed that inadequate professionally trained teachers, inadequate computers, inadequate instructional resources, inadequate instructional resources, lack of motivation...
View DetailsTHE ROLE OF CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT IN TEACHING AND LEARNING OF ECONOMICS
Background of the study: The National Policy on Education (NPE) introduced some noble ideas at Channeling Education to the development of Nigeria’s economic, political, sociological and human resources. One of the innovative ideas in the policy is the liberalization of the Educational assessment and evaluation by using them in part or in whole on continuous assessment of the progress of the individual (Federal Republic of Nigeria F.R.N 2004). Prior to the ins...
View DetailsPERCEPTION OF PARENTS TOWARDS SEX EDUCATION IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
ABSTRACT: Education helps to develop desirable habits, skills, and attitudes, which make an individual a good citizen. It prepares an individual for change within the basic moral standards, and change within the core values of society, sex education is basically vital for this purpose. Several reasons have been advanced on why it is most suited for these purpose and as such seriously needed. It is to this effect that this research seeks to investigate the per...
View DetailsCAUSES, EFFECTS AND CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS: A CASE STUDY OF OREDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
ABSTRACT: The study was carried out on the causes, effects and control of communicable diseases in secondary schools in Oredo local government area of edo state. A survey design was adopted for the study. A self structured valid and reliable questionnaire was the main instrument used for the collection of data. The research questions formulated were tested using the instrument. Results primarily showed that various communicable diseases exist among the studen...
View DetailsATTITUDE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL HEADMASTERS TOWARDS SCHOOL INSPECTION
ABSTRACT: The main purpose of this work is to examine the attitude of primary school headmasters towards school inspection in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State. To be able to achieve the above purpose, the following test was carried out. The population of the study was collected from eight male headmasters and twenty two headmistress. Collection were also made from three groups of headmasters and headmistress. The instrument used for the stud...
View DetailsCAUSES AND PROBLEMS OF DIVORCE AND ITS EFFECT ON CHILD EDUCATION IN SELECTED SCHOOLS IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, EDO STATE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Marriage of a youth in ancient society was parts of the responsibilities of his parents. The young man had no choices and no say. He accepted his wife his joy and thanks. In some cases, a wife was married for him at a time he could certainly not afford to keep a wife all maintenance was borne by the parents. In the past marriage were a matter within the clan or within clan’s and its environs parents were not anx...
View DetailsPROBLEM OF INDISCIPLINE AND ITS IMPACT ON ACADEMIC ACTIVITY IN SECONDARY SCHOOL
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to investigate the problem of indiscipline and its impact on academic activity in Edo State. The incessant occurrence of chaotic and some time criminal behaviour not only by the audit population but also the students of this country in recent times has since begun to give cause for concern, particularly to parents, government and school administrators. Questionnaires from a sample of five secondary schools students consisting of hundred...
View DetailsPEER GROUP INFLUENCE ON THE ADOLESCENT AND THEIR PERFOMANCE IN SCHOOLS IN EGOR LOCAL GVOERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
BACKGROUND OF STUDY: The educational foundation of a child starts right from the home. It starts with informal education which being with the parents when the child is of age he will be sent to school for final education. At school the child is exposes to so mine people like the teacher, classmates and health of school. All these people associated with the education of the child certainly influence the students greatly. The academic performance of the child are greatly i...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF DISORDERLINESS ON SCHOOLWORK IN HIGH SCHOOL
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to investigate the problem of indiscipline and its impact on academic activity in Edo State. The incessant occurrence of chaotic and some time criminal behaviour not only by the audit population but also the students of this country in recent times has since begun to give cause for concern, particularly to parents, government and school administrators. Questionnaires from a sample of five secondary schools students consisting of hundred...
View DetailsPARENTING STYLES AND SELF CONCEPT ON EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT OF NIGERIA SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN IKPOBA OKHA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
ABSTRACT: This study investigates parenting styles and self concept. It was with the view of seeing how they influence the emotional adjustment of adolescents in Nigeria. It’s reference is particularly to senior and junior secondary school in Ikpoba Okha local government area of Edo state. The research question was drawn for three lasting elated literature, in different parenting styles, self-concept and emotional adjustment, were...
View DetailsCAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADULT EDUCATION GRADUATES IN ENUGU STATE NIGERIA
ABSTRACT: This study aims at identifying the career opportunities open to adult education graduates in Enugu State. As a guide to the study, some research question is posed based on the following. Identifying people’s awareness of these adult education graduates and their job potentials.
Whether they are embracing this new programme in the field of learning with enthusiasm. And if they are aware of job opportu...
View DetailsAN INVESTIGATION OF THE RELEVANCE OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY INTO TEACHING – LEARNING PROCESS
ABSTRACT: This project was on the relevance of educational psychology into teaching learning processes in secondary schools in Enugu North Local Government Area of Enugu State. The study was specifically aimed at investigating the importance and help educational psychology has rendered to teaching – learning processes in order to achieve these objectives, the following questions were formulated and used:
What is the relevance of educational psychology in...
View DetailsATTITUDES OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION STUDENTS TOWARDS STUDENTS’ INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERICENCE SCHEME (SIWES)
Background to the Study: Attitude as a concept is concerned with individuals’ way of thinking, acting, and behaving. Attitudes are formed as a result of some kind of learning experiences. Attitude is fundamental to understanding social perception of people because they strongly influence people. Ojo (2000) said that it is the disposition of men to view things in a certain way and to act accordingly. This notion of attitude however, could be said to have propelled studen...
View DetailsIMPORTANCE OF IMPROVISATION IN TEACHING INTEGRATED SCIENCE IN SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOL IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA
BACKGROUND OF STUDY: Improvisation are those things that enables students to have mental picture of what has been taught and to retain the message in their memory for a very long time e.g. Radio, Television, Charts, Micro-Projectors, Still Pictures, Specimen e.t.c. It can be referred to as those things that the classroom teacher uses to impact knowledge to pupils in the classroom in order to achieve his objectives.
According to Ogunmola, (2002) cited that improvisat...
View DetailsAN IDENTIFICATION OF FACTORS AFFECTING THE EFFECTIVE TEACHING OF PHYSICS PRACTICAL IN OVIA SOUTH WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
BACKGROUND OF STUDY: Man was able to progress to a high degree of civilization through the careful study of the causes of natural phenomena. These studies led to the accumulation of a large body of information, which is embodied in quantitative laws and theories, which in turn led to further discoveries. From these scientific discoveries, the inventive mind of man developed the machine and industrial processes which are in direct proportion to the degree of c...
View DetailsCAUSES AND EFFECT OF POOR READING HABIT AMONG JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN IKPOBA OKHA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, EDO STATE
ABSTRACT: This study is carried out in order to examine the causes and effects of poor reading habits among junior secondary school students in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. It has been observed that most JSS students cannot read, for this reason it is the intension of the researcher to look at those factors that make reading a difficult problem for students to examine that likely affects their reading difficult and the nation at large as well as the suggest...
View DetailsFUNCTIONAL ACCOUNTING EDUCATION CURRICULUM FOR SUSTAINABLE YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
Background of the study: The primary goal of accounting education is to produce competent and ethical professional accountants capable of making a positive contribution over their lifetimes to the profession and society in which they work. In the face of increasing changes that they will meet later as professional accountants, it is essential that students develop and maintain an attitude of learning to learn, to maintain their competence later as professional accountant...
View DetailsTHE EFFECTS OF INDISCIPLINE ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Background to the Study: Discipline, according to Jemibewon (1976) is a highly desirable quality of human being or social group. Discipline behavior is accepted as essential characteristics of any educated or cultured person. Discipline, therefore, is a subject of great concern to parents, teachers, and administrators who are interested in the moulding of the character of young people.
In Nigeria, there appears to be a great concern about the lack of ind...
View DetailsPRACTICE OF PERSONEL HYGIENE KNOWLEDGE AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN
Background of the study: Basic hygiene refers to practices that help to maintain health and prevent the spread of diseases. It involves regular washing of body, washing the hands when necessary, cutting of nails, washing ones clothing, keeping the hair neat and brushing of teeth. School children are particularly vulnerable to neglect of basic personal hygiene (Enahoro and Orokj, 1986). The consequences in terms of morbidity and mortality are also more severe in them compared...
View DetailsTHE EFFECTS OF QUALIFICATION OF ENGLISH TEACHERS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN EXTERNAL EXAMINATIONS (A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED SCHOOLS IN KARU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA)
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: The quality of education is directly related to the quality of instruction in the classrooms. It is a fact that the academic qualifications, knowledge of the subject matter, competence, and skills of teaching and the commitment of the teacher have effective impact on the teaching learning process (National Education Policy 1998-2010). Quality improvement in education depends upon proper training of teachers. The teachers cannot play any of the roles u...
View DetailsTHE EFFECTS OF INDISCIPLINE ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
ABSTRACT: The objective of this research work is to find out the effects of indiscipline on academic performance of secondary school students in Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State.
Indiscipline as a feature of Secondary schools in Nigeria was no longer a news. Despite general consensus of every body that a relatively peaceful atmosphere is needed before a minimum amount of learning could be achieved, this phenomenon has persisted in our schools.
... View DetailsFACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY
Background of the Study: Education as the key to development has the capacity to upgrade teaching effectiveness as well as learning efficiency among learners. Efforts by have being made by school administrators to improve the performance of Public secondary school students. The school environment, which include the classrooms, libraries, technical workshops, laboratories, teachers’ quality, school management, teaching methods, peers, etc are variables that affect studen...
View DetailsECONOMICS TEACHER’S EFFECTIVENESS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN IMO STATE
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to examine economics teacher’s effectiveness and academic performance of senior secondary school students in selected secondary schools in Owerri municipal Local Government, Imo State. Specifically, the study examined the qualification of economics teachers in senior secondary schools affect the performance of the students.and also ascertain how the teachers method in teaching economics affect th...
View DetailsINFLUENCE OF CLASSROOM SIZE ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT: This research was performed to examine the influence of class room size on academic performance of secondary school students in Nigeria since classroom congestion and low utilization rate of classrooms are common features of secondary schools in Nigeria which have negative impact on both secondary school teacher productivity, student learning input and secondary school student academic performance that at the end influences the reputation of a school. In analyz...
View DetailsATTITUDE OF STUDENTS TOWARDS THE LEARNING OF SOCIAL STUDIES IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
ABSTRACT: The main focus of this study is to attitude of students towards the learning of social studies in junior secondary schools using Ifelodun Government Area Kwara State as case study. Survey design was employed for the study with the aid of convenience sampling method, eighty (80) participant who are secondary school teachers were selected as the participant of the study. Well structure questionnaire was issued to the enrolled participants of whi...
View DetailsATTITUDES OF TEACHERS AND PARENT TOWARD CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN SECONDARY SCHOOL
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Corporal punishment is kind of punishment the causes severe pains to the body. It can be in various forms among which are flogging, picking pains, frog jump, uprooting trees and so on. Flogging which was mostly used in secondary schools was abolished in 1959 by the federal government thus generating argument between and among parents and teachers. Parents, teacher and even the society at large are arguing that corporal punishment be re-introduce to se...
View DetailsAN ASSESSMENT OF GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IN ADULT LITERACY PROGRAMMES
ABSTRACT: This project investigated the involvement of government in adult literacy programme sin Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area. The introductory aspect of this project deals with background of the study, statement of problem, purpose of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitation, limitations and definition of terms. The researcher reviewed some related literature and project work related to adult education, concept of adult literacy, lit...
View DetailsFACTORS THAT INFLUENCE SCHOOL DROPOUT AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: Dropping out of school is a well-documented social problem and often present daunting circumstances for adolescents. Dropping out is also associated with delinquency, and low school achievements. One of the major reasons for children being kept out of school was the lack of education of parents.
The issue of school dropout in Nigeria has been with us for a very long time. Fafunwa (2008) noted that dropout is one of the most...
View DetailsEDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY FOR LIFELONG LEARNING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Abstract: In this study, our focus was to carryout a critical analysis on Educational Technology For Lifelong Learning And Sustainable Development. The study specifically was aimed at discussed the concepts educational technology, lifelong learning and sustainable development in detail. The paper also described how instructional media and technologies can be employed to facilitate lifelong learning, and by implication, sustainable development. Some chal...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF INTERNET AND THE WAY IT INFLUENCE STUDENTS READING CULTURE
Background of the study: Reading is an essential tool for lifelong learning. It is important for everyone to develop the rudiments of reading and the culture of reading always so as to survive in life. Reading according to Holte (1998) adds quality to life and provides access to culture and cultural heritage. He pointed out that reading empowers and emancipates citizens and bring people together. Okeke (2000) reaffirms that the art of reading is a priceless instrument fo...
View DetailsCURBING MALPRACTICE IN EXAMINATION; THE ANTIDOTE FOR A SANE SOCIETY
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to examine the curbing of malpractice in examination; the antidote for a sane society. This study was carried out in Ikeja Local Government Area of Lagos State. Specifically, the study examined various school library resources available in selected secondary schools and the various areas examination malpractice has impacted selected secondary schools in Ikeja Local Government Area, Lagos Stat...
View DetailsATTITUDE OF STUDENTS TOWARDS THE LEARNING OF SOCIAL STUDIES IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
ABSTRACT: The main focus of this study is to attitude of students towards the learning of social studies in junior secondary schools using Ifelodun Government Area Kwara State as case study. Survey design was employed for the study with the aid of convenience sampling method, eighty (80) participant who are secondary school teachers were selected as the participant of the study. Well structure questionnaire was issued to the enrolled participants of whi...
View DetailsA COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE USE OF "ICT" IN TEACHING BIOLOGY IN SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS
ABSTRACT: This study assesses the Use of "ICT" in Teaching Biology in Some Selected Secondary Schools in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State. It investigates the use, importance and significance of ICT in teaching Biology in secondary schools in Mushin LGA of Lagos. The purpose of this research was to determine students performance in Biology within a non-ICT equipped secondary school system; to determine students performance in biology within an ICT eq...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF TEACHERS’ WELFARE PACKAGE ON TEACHERS’ JOB SATISFACTION IN ORHIONMWON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
Background to the Study: Education is a means of propagating the felt end immediate norms and values of society. It is also a means of sustaining old norms, and values of society. Through education the national aspirations are met.
Subsequently, it is the general consensus that no amount of educational reform or progress would rise above the desires for teachers. It is important to note that for any national aspirations to be met in the areas of ed...
View DetailsCAUSES, EFFECTS AND 21st CENTURY SOLUTION TO EXAMINATION MALPRACTICE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN OREDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
ABSTRACT: Examination is a weapon normally used for social engineering and he puts it thus. It is used in breaking through social class barriers and quickening social mobility. Therefore, the imperative of examination because we cannot scope one form of examination or the other, there is constantly emphasis by people on the need to pass since it fells who should have a given job at the expenses of on the spot (mouth oral test). In whichever for an examin...
View DetailsEDUCATION AS A TOOL FOR CURBING FEMALE TRAFFICKING: A CASE STUDY OF EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
Background Of The Study: What a world we live in a male framed world where global economics sets in a concrete a system of winners and losers with poverty disadvantages, and minimal choice for many as the consequences.
The climate is ripe for men’s sexual exploitation of women without bounds abuse of the worst kind, women are setup to lose in this system and the like buzzards circling around a curbing member of the hard, business men prey...
View DetailsAN INSIGHT INTO THE PROBLEMS STUDENTS ENCOUNTER DURING TEACHING PRACTICE: A CASE STUDY OF STUDENTS OF COLLEGE OF EDUCATION EKIADOLOR-BENIN
BACKGROUND TO STUDY: This research investigation is on the problems students encounter during teaching practice, a case study of students of college of education Ekiadolor-Benin. Before I begin, I will define the term “teaching practice” teaching practice is defined as an educational programme aimed at providing students teachers an opportunity to put into practice their theoretical knowledge in real school life situation. It provides the students...
View DetailsTHE EFFECTS OF CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT ON PUPILS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PUPILS IN SOME SELECTED PRIMARY SCHOOLS, IN ODEDA LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OGUN STATE
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: Classroom management is a significant part of effective teaching and learning process. Due to an effective classroom management, pupils flourish in a positive class climate and a compassionate environment. From a pupils’ perspective, effective classroom management provides them the opportunities to socialize themselves while learning. From a teacher’s perspective, effective classroom management involves precautionary discipline and fruitfu...
View DetailsEDUCATIONAL FACILITY AND SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN JUNIOR WAEC IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out on the educational facility and social studies students’ performance in junior WAEC in junior secondary school using selected junior secondary schools in Alimosho local government area of Lagos State as case study. To achieve this 3 research hypotheses were formulated. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprise of studen...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF TRUANCY ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN MATHEMATICS: CAUSES AND EFFECTS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Mathematics is the science of number and space, it is the language of the new millennium (Harbor-Peter, 2000). It is the queen of science and technology, also a tool for scientific and technological development (Agwagah and Ezeugo, 2000). No National can develop scientifically and technological without proper foundation in school mathematics (Okafor, 2005 in Kurumeh and Imoko, 2006). In recent years, for instance, there had been criti...
View DetailsMANAGEMENT FACTORS INFLUENCING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN PORT HARCOURT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA IN RIVERS STATE NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: There is a growing body of literature from researchers and educationists which have made an attempt to examine the relationship between education management and students academic performance (Orodho, 2014; UNESCO, 1999; United Nations, 2013; Waweru&Orodho, 2014). The results reveal rather spurious relationship (Waweru&Orodho, 2014).
However, what is clear is that educational management in secondary schools (either private or public)...
View DetailsAN ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT AND CAUSES OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR AMONG STUDENTS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: In the past decades due to the side of schools regards compulsory education, child labour laws, deviant behaviour have been problem to the school which they have always found difficult to handle. Deviance is found every where people live here is no agreement about the behaviour constitute deviance. Everyday conversation show that what some people regard as deviant others regards as normal what some people praise other and political consensus abou...
View DetailsEDUCATIONAL FACILITY AND SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN JUNIOR WAEC IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out on the educational facility and social studies students’ performance in junior WAEC in junior secondary school using selected junior secondary schools in Alimosho local government area of Lagos State as case study. To achieve this 3 research hypotheses were formulated. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprise of studen...
View DetailsINTRODUCTION INFLUENCE OF INDUSTRIAL ACTION ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS
ABSTRACT: The study’s overall objective is focused on the influence of industrial action on the academic performance of the student of the Ekiti State University. The study adopted the survey research design and randomly enrolled participants in the study. A self-structured questionnaire was issued to the participant whereas a total of 259 responses were validated from the enrolled participants where all respondent were students of Lago...
View DetailsATTITUDE OF BUSINESS EDUCATION TEACHERS TOWARDS TEACHING
Background of the study: Teaching is an old profession for centuries the teachers has been a reverend individual, a person seen to posse’s ability to impart knowledge on others. Business education has been in existence in the traditional Africa society but it was not institutionalized. Knowledge of any occupational area was usually acquired through apprenticeship system until recently when it was institutionalized in Nigeria. However, as the nation moved towards a scien...
View DetailsFACTORS INFLUENCING CAREER ASPIRATIONS AMONG GIRLS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out on the factors influencing career aspirations among girls in public secondary schools using selected secondary schools in nyamira north district, nyamira county, kenya as case study. To achieve this 4 research questions were formulated. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprise of the students, teachers and administrators of the s...
View DetailsBUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS’ AWARENESS AND UTILIZATION OF E-LEARNING
ABSTRACT: The study investigated the awareness of e-learning and its utilization by business education students in Anambra State tertiary institutions. Four research questions were posed and four hypotheses formulated. A total of 1603 business education students in four tertiary institutions in Anambra State made up the population of the study, out of which 320 students were used as sample. The research instrument was a structured questionnaire titled “...
View DetailsEVALUATION OF FACTORS AFFECTING THE PEFORMANCE OF FCT STUDENTS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Given the importance of English language as a subject, common sense demands that students should perform well in it. The fact that English language is the most important subject in the secondary school curriculum is incontestable. To be able to understand his or her teachers in all other subjects effectively, a secondary school student requires at least fair knowledge of the English language. Little wonder that English language is referred to as...
View DetailsDOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON CHILDREN AND ITS EFFECT ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE (A CASE STUDY OF EDO STATE)
Background of the study: Ganley (1989) states that domestic violence includes: physical violence, sexual violence, emotional abuse and abuse of property and pets. According to him, exposure to these forms of violence has considerable potential to be perceived as a threat to the lives of victims and can make them feel vulnerable, helpless and, in extreme cases, horrified. Dutton (1992) defines physical violence as any behavior that involves the intentional use...
View DetailsEATING HABIT AS A DETERMINING FACTOR FOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN IKENNE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA
ABSTRACT: The study examined Eating Habit As A Determinant Of Academic Performance Among Secondary School Students In Ikenne Local Government Area. More specifically, the study sought to assess the eating habits and academic performance among secondary school students. The study emphasizes on the problem which sees that most students in our secondary schools today are unable to eat healthily due to the time of their classes. The study comprises...
View DetailsECONOMICS TEACHER’S EFFECTIVENESS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to examine economics teacher’s effectiveness and academic performance of senior secondary school students in selected secondary schools in Owerri municipal Local Government, Imo State. Specifically, the study examined the qualification of economics teachers in senior secondary schools affect the performance of the students.and also ascertain how the teachers method in teaching economics affect th...
View DetailsEDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN BORNO STATE (A STUDY OF MAIDUGURI METROPOLITAN COUNCIL)
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to examine educational development in Borno state. A study of Maiduguri metropolitan council using Ministry of Education, Borno State as a case study. Specifically, the study was aimed at examining the factors that hinders to educational development in Maiduguri Metropolitan council, examine the extent to which these factors affect educational development in Maiduguri Metropolitan council, and proffer possible solutio...
View DetailsAN EXAMINATION OF EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT IN BORO STATE, AS CONDUCTED BY THE MAIDUGURI METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to investigate the progress of education in Borno state. This research examines the Maiduguri metropolitan council, with a specific focus on the Ministry of Education in Borno State, serving as a case study. The primary objective of this study was to investigate the factors that impede educational development in the Maiduguri Metropolitan council. Additionally, the study sought to assess the degree to which these fact...
View DetailsEDUCATIONAL FACILITY AND SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN JUNIOR WAEC IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out on the educational facility and social studies students’ performance in junior WAEC in junior secondary school using selected junior secondary schools in Alimosho local government area of Lagos State as case study. To achieve this 3 research hypotheses were formulated. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprise of studen...
View DetailsEDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY FOR LIFELONG LEARNING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Abstract: In this study, our focus was to carryout a critical analysis on Educational Technology For Lifelong Learning And Sustainable Development. The study specifically was aimed at discussed the concepts educational technology, lifelong learning and sustainable development in detail. The paper also described how instructional media and technologies can be employed to facilitate lifelong learning, and by implication, sustainable development. Some...
View DetailsEFFECT OF ADEQUATE USE OF AUDIO AND VISUAL AIDS IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF SOCIAL STUDIES IN SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Background of the study: Audio and visual materials like radio, projector, chalkboard etc play a very important role in teaching/learning of social studies. These instructional materials came into existence when an exhibition was held in Austria. In the exhibition home schools from USA attended the exhibition where they displayed different forms of audio and visual materials even audio visual materials were also presented. Some of them were Radio, casse...
View DetailsEFFECT OF BANDITRY ON THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF KADUNA STATE)
Background Of The Study: Security issues are global issues that must be addressed in order to establish a conducive climate for socioeconomic progress. Insecurity not only endangers residents' lives and property, but also halts a country's overall growth (Ekene, 2015; Haruna, 2016). As a result, security and development are inextricably linked (Haruna, 2016; Nwanegbo and Odigbo, 2013; Chandler, 2007 as cited in Ewetan and Urhie, 2014). In most African...
View DetailsEFFECT OF BULLYING ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS (A CASE STUDY OF ABUJA MUNICIPAL AREA COUNCIL AMAC)
Background of Study: There are many reported cases of bullying among students in Nigeria secondary schools and other school levels. School administrators in their meetings with parents, for example at Parent – Teacher Association (PTA) meetings and other occasions report that bullying is on the increase and warn that parents should caution their children (Owuamanam and Makinwa, 2015).
Bullying among students of secondary school occur worl...
View DetailsEFFECT OF CLASS SIZE ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SOCIAL STUDIES
ABSTRACT: The general focus of this study was to examine the effect of class size in academic performance of student in Social Studies using Warri south local government of Delta State as case study. The survey research design was employed for the study. The target population for this study comprised of students of selected secondary schools in Warri South, in Delta State. Five(5) secondary schools were purposively selected which form the pop...
View DetailsEFFECT OF COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION (CAI) ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN GOVERNMENT
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this investigation was to scrutinise the impact of Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) on the scholastic accomplishments of students in the domain of governance. Specifically, the study focused on students enrolled in SSI and SS2 levels across five carefully chosen secondary educational institutions situated within the jurisdiction of Ojo Local Government Area in Lagos State. The primary objective of this study was to investigate the...
View DetailsEFFECT OF COMPUTER USAGE ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS
ABSTRACT: This study was intended to evaluate the effect of computer usage on academic performance of students. This study was guided by the following objectives; To examine the relationship between computer usage and academic achievement of secondary school students in Nigeria, To examine the effectiveness of computer usage in teaching and learning process in secondary schools in Nigeria, To identify the disadvantages of computer usage in secondary schools i...
View DetailsEFFECT OF CONSTRUCTIVIST BASED TEACHING STRATEGY ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
ABSTRACT: The present investigation was conducted with the purpose of scrutinising the impact of a pedagogical approach rooted in constructivism on the scholastic achievement of pupils enrolled in junior secondary education within the jurisdiction of Agege Local Government, situated in the esteemed Lagos State. This study aimed to investigate the impact of a constructivist-based teaching strategy on the academic performance of junior secondary school students...
View DetailsEFFECT OF CONSTRUCTIVIST BASED TEACHING STRATEGY ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
ABSTRACT: The present investigation was conducted with the purpose of scrutinising the impact of a pedagogical approach rooted in constructivism on the scholastic achievement of pupils enrolled in junior secondary education within the jurisdiction of Agege Local Government, situated in the esteemed Lagos State. This study aimed to investigate the impact of a constructivist-based teaching strategy on the academic performance of junior secondary school students...
View DetailsTHE ROLE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS IN PUPILS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE: A CASE STUDY OF SOME SELECTED PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN IKPOBA OKHA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY : Research has proved beyond questions that learning is more effective when as many serve as possible are used and of all the serve sight is powerful. The need, therefore to present information to students visually as well as verbally is now generally accepted. In school today, emphasis is laid on qualitative and quantitative, curriculum contents techniques and methods of teaching of qualified teachers with great increase in the number of school...
View DetailsTHE ROLE OF PARENTS IN THE CAREER DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHILD
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: According to the Oxford Advanced Learners dictionary (7th edition) career is the period of time that you spend in your life working or doing a particular thing while on the other hand development is the gradual growth of something so that it becomes more advanced, stronger etc. from the concept of the definition of both career and development, one would be quick to conclude that career development is the change, growth or improvement...
View DetailsTHE ROLE OF PARENTS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION (PTA) ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: The act of passing on knowledge from one generation to the other is the role of the parents. The parents are more effective in imparting discipline and knowledge to students at the very grass root level. It is therefore a known fact that all parents have the natural inclination to give their children the good things of life they are capable of providing for them. And in the modern age, the major task is on the pr...
View DetailsTHE ROLE OF RE-ENFORCEMENT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS
Background to the study: In the field of behavioral psychology, reinforcement refers to the application of a consequence that, once a certain conduct is followed by a certain antecedent stimulus, will serve to enhance the organism's future behavior. In operant conditioning, the phrase "reinforcement" refers to anything that makes it more likely that a reaction will take place. This may be anything from praise to food rewards. It is generally agr...
View DetailsTHE ROLE OF REWARD AND PUNISHMENT ON STUDENT'S ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Reward and punishment are regarded as a complete important means through which a teacher can maintain his or her class discipline in the secondary schools. Many educationists and psychologists have expressed different views about the effective use of reward and punishment in the secondary schools.
As the study progresses, the research hopes to bring together the different views and feelings of others, so that the reader can...
View DetailsTHE ROLE OF TEACHERS IN THE UP-BRINGING OF STUDENTS IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
BACKGROUND OF STUDY: Teaching and learning are the different sides of the same coin. Learning is intended to bring about change in behaviour while teaching is to instill in the learner characteristics such as attitude, value adhered to lay down procedure, ruled and principles which are expected to cause the change in behaviour. The understanding of the world teaching is imperative to the understanding of the role its practitioner plays in the upbringing of th...
View DetailsTHE ROLE OF THE AGENCY FOR MASS EDUCATION IN PROMOTING ADULT EDUCATION IN ZURU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KEBBI STATE
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: The origin of mass education in the north started in the late 1940s to early 1950s when the first bold step was taken with the establishment of the Northern Regional literacy Agency (NORLA) with head quarters in Zaria. The main objectives of the Agency was to raise the literacy level of northern Nigeria populace, hence it started with a vigorous campaign against illiteracy (YakidaJaluki).
The Agency served as a resources cen...
View DetailsTHE ROLE OF THE TEACHER IN CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA
Background of the Study: Classroom Management is about creation of positive learning environments. But the concept of positive learning environment is both broad and vague. Despite educator’s concerns with the nature of classroom learning environments, few recent studies have investigated either teachers’ knowledge or practices of classroom management in positive learning environments. As such there is inadequate understanding of how teachers supp...
View DetailsTHE SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOL
Background to the study: Social problems are issues happenings which are frequently occurring in the society in recent times. They are the issues that affect everybody in the society. The issues are of great concern to both the young and adults. They are not personal or individualized issues but general issues and as such require general solution. Some of the social issues that pervade the length and breadth of our country such as corruption, social inequalit...
View DetailsTHE USE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF COMPUTER IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Attainment of any teaching and learning objectives involves both human resources and materials resources and factors, that is, the teacher who is the enforcer of the subject content and the availability of both convectional materials and improvised materials, otherwise known as instructional materials. These factors must be in place to ensure attained educational objective, instructional materials are said to be all those materials ne...
View DetailsTHE USE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF BUSINESS EDUCATION IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
BACKGROUND OF STUDY: The educational sector in Nigeria is in continuous change with the advancement in the level of technology and introduction of teaching aids. The effectiveness of the use of instructional materials for the teaching and learning of business education can only be seen in the level of academic performance of students in business education. Instructional materials play a very important role in the teaching and learning process. It enhances the...
View DetailsTORTS OF NEGLIGENCE AND STUDENTS SAFETY IN SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN RIVERS STATE
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: Safety is an important aspect of human existence since it allows us to reduce the risks that may arise in any given situation. School safety, according to Abali & Nwokedi (2016), is an intrinsic and vital aspect of the teaching and learning process in schools, and it is a responsibility shared by all. Safety, on the other hand, can only be secured if the educational system is properly prepared. In order for studen...
View DetailsTRENDS OF ICT (AUDIO-VISUALS) IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Background to the study: The era of the teacher being a reservoir of knowledge is past. The world is moving at a jet speed as a result of advancement in technology. More, importantly, technology entails information and communication which can be defined as the handling and processing of information (texts, images, graphs, instruction etc) for use by means of electronic and communication devices such as computer, cameras, telephones etc (Ozoji in Oleabhiele, 2...
View DetailsVARIABLES MILITATING AGAINST PRINCIPALS’ EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL RECORDS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study: Information is the most fundamental and vital asset of every firm, and it, like all other corporate assets, requires competent management. In the past, "record management" solely referred to the management of documents that were no longer in daily use but still required t...
View DetailsUTILIZATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF BUSINESS EDUCATION IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY
With the growth of technology and the introduction of instructional aids, the educational sector in Nigeria is constantly changing.The efficacy of instructional materials used in business education teaching and learning can only be seen in students' academic success in business education.
The signific...
View DetailsTHE USE OF INTERNET TOOLS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING COMPUTER STUDIES
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Because of the widely acknowledged potential of technology to enhance education, a number of efforts have been launched to encourage its efficient use and integration into the course material. The Internet is a relatively young technology, yet it already has the greatest potential for expanding people's access to high-q...
View DetailsTHE OBSTACLES AFFECTING THE SECONDARY EDUCATION STANDARD IN NIGERIA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION: The first set of thoughts that come to mind when the problem of challenges impacting the grade of secondary education in Nigeria is discussed is a fall in standard, deterioration of facilities, examination misconduct, mass promotion syndrome, and the likes before any other thing else (Ogundele, 2018).
This calls for an in-depth study and analysis that is aimed at tutoring each and every stakeholder in the educatio...
View DetailsTHE OPINIONS OF PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS ON THE IMPACT OF CONDITIONS OF SERVICE ON THE JOB PERFORMANCE AND RETENTION OF TEACHING AND NON-TEACHING STAFF IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study: Education is the bed-rock of any nation‘s defense. Education is that process that helps to develop the whole man physically, mentally, socially and technologically to enable him to function effectively in any environment in which he may find himself. (Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2009). Ogundele, (2000) observed that...
View DetailsTHE PERCEIVED EFFECTIVENESS OF PUNISHMENT ADMINISTERED ON STUDENTS BY SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
In Nigeria today, acts of delinquency and violence among secondary school students have become a major problem, which both the school system and the society at large are contending with. These problems appear in form of destruction of school and public properties, cheating in examinations, alcoholism, drug abuse and addiction, sexual offences, stealing, truancy...
View DetailsTHE PERCEPTION OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPUTER BASED TEST (CBT) MOSE OF EXAMINATION IN SELECTED HIGHER INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: During the past few years, technology has significantly reshaped the method of assessment. In many academic domains, educational measurement has been moving towards the use of Computer-Based Testing (CBT), defined as tests or assessments that are administered by computer in either stand-alone or dedicated network...
View DetailsTHE VIEWPOINTS OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN SELECTED HIGHER EDUCATION NIGERIA ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPUTER-BASED TEST (CBT) MOOSE OF EXAMINATION
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: During the past few years, technology has significantly reshaped the method of assessment. In many academic domains, educational measurement has been moving towards the use of Computer-Based Testing (CBT), defined as tests or assessments that are administered by computer in either stand-alone or dedicated network...
View DetailsTHE PERCEPTION OF STUDENTS TOWARDS THE INTRODUCTION OF WEB PAGE DESIGN INTO THE OTM CURRICULUM USING FEDREAL POLYTECHNIC NEKEDE, OWERRI AS A CASE STUDY
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The global economy has evolved from its traditional structure into one that is driven by technology economy. This continual development has resulted in a major change in occupations and skills, and as a result, it has encouraged the incorporation of information and communication technology (ICT) into most sectors of life (C...
View DetailsTHE PERCEPTION OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS REGARDING THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCE OF FAILURE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE; A STUDY OF SELECTED SCHOOLS IN OGUN STATE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of study: Different authors have tried to make an intensive review about the causes of mass failure of students’ in English language at the secondary level across the country and beyond. Several researches on this topic were conducted in developing as well as developed countries. In developing countries some researcher showed that school factors were more important for students&rsq...
View DetailsTHE PERCEPTION OF TEACHERS ON THE CAUSES OF INDISCIPLINE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS: A CASE STUDY OF USELU SECONDARY SCHOOL IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: For obvious reason, we might be tempted to undermine the theme of this paper. Reasons are not far fetched; the topic most academic will say is of common place discourse in the nook and crannies of the country and the world at large. However, we make bold to state here that these are mere assumptions. The topic demands our s...
View DetailsTHE PERCEPTION OF TEACHERS ON THE EFFECT OF DIVORCE ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF A CHILD
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Marriage is part of our daily lives through marriage new rights, roles and new social relationship are formed only between the spouses and also between the kinsmen of the spouses. Marriage is the relationship between a man and woman to become husband and wife. It is also a social institution through which the family is esta...
View DetailsTHE PREVALENCE OF OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study: The government of Kenya is concerned with the global agenda of achieving education for all. The acade...
View DetailsTHE PROBLEM FACING LOCATION OF COMPUTER EDUCATION CENTRES IN RURAL AREAS OF EDO STATE: A CASE STUDY OF EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF STUDY: Recently computer education centres have been established for browning and teaching the student at home and abroad, some of this computer education centres are use in the local and big town where network are available e.g. factories, making record of students continuous assistant and other process in computer education centres, computer are also use to find the amount of c...
View DetailsTHE PROBLEM OF INDISCIPLINE AMONG NIGERIA NAVY PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background Of The Study: Education is the aggregate of all processes by which a child or adult develops the abilities, attributes and other forms of behaviour that present values to his society. One of the cardinal objectives of education as spelt out in the National Policy of Education (2004) revised, is to inculcate right of values and attitude f...
View DetailsTHE PROBLEM OF INDISCIPLINE AMONG NIGERIA NAVY PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background Of The Study: Education is the aggregate of all processes by which a child or adult develops the abilities, attributes and other forms of behaviour that present values to his society. One of the cardinal objectives of education as spelt out in the National Policy of Education (2004) revised, is to inculcate right of values and attitude f...
View DetailsTHE PROBLEMS AFFECTING TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF COLLEGE OF EDUCATION EKIADOLOR- BENIN CITY
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGOUND OF THE STUDY: Problem according to oxford advanced learners dictionary 6th edition a thing that is difficult to deal with or to understand. Tertiary institution according to oxford advanced learners dictionary, a large, third in order to rank or important organization that has a particular purpose of education that deals with service...
View DetailsTHE PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF PRESS CLUB IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study: In recent years, educational researchers have emphasized the critical role of the principal in creating an effective school environment which involves the development of a strong school culture that prescribes specific goals, roles and behaviours by educators in and out of class settings (Parkay & Hall, 2009). The effec...
View DetailsTHE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH TEACHING AND LEARNING OF MATHEMATICS (A CASE STUDY OF OVIA NORTH EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study: It is widely believed that mathematics is very important to the economic, scientific and political development of any nation. It is because of this common phenomenon that made every nation in the world to make mathematics a compulsory subject in every aspect of educational system.
The principles of mathematics are...
View DetailsTHE PROBLEMS OF INDISCIPLINE ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN OREDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, EDO STATE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: Indiscipline is an act of not conforming to order, policies procedures, rules and regulations of a society. The issue of indiscipline is one of the social problems among the Nigerian you, the whether in post secondary school, higher learning. The effects of indiscipline are manifested in all works of life including the smoo...
View DetailsTHE PROBLEMS MILITATING AGAINST EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF ACCOUNTING IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
CHAPTER ONE
Background of the Study: There are developments in the Nigerian education sector, which indicates some level of Accounting application in the secondary schools. The Federal government of Nigeria in the National Policy on Education recognizes the prominent role of Accounting in the modern world and has integrated it into education in Nigerians to actualize the goal. The policy was that government will pro...
View DetailsTHE PROBLEMS OF CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL IN SECONDARY SCHOOL
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study: The idea behind discipline in school is not across a single point of view About the proper definition of school discipline but to bring together contrasting opinion and attitudes, so that reader give the background on which to base is own conclusions.
How ever the discipline expresses constancy that is what ever situation. There are always a set of rules and regul...
View DetailsTHE CHALLENGES PERTAINING TO ACCOMMODATION AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF HOSTELS IN NIGERIA'S TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION: Prior to the creation of the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT) in Enugu, there was a College of Technology that operated until 1967. Additionally, the Institute of Administration and the Cooperative College were also in operation at that time. Regrettably, none of these institutions were able to match the criteria of an average higher education school. Furthermore, the majority of their courses were restricted to civil personnel. In addition, the...
View DetailsTHE PROBLEMS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS IN THE EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study: In the world over, education has become an essential commodity that determines the level of development or growth of any nation. It has become services that require the involvement of both the private and public sectors. The involvement of governments in education cut across all levels i.e., the primary, secondary and terti...
View DetailsTHE PROBLEMS OF TEACHING BIOLOGY PRACTICALS IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: According to Oxford Advanced Learner Dictionary (2000) defined “problems” as a thing that is difficult to deal with or to understand effectively. According to the Oxford advanced learner dictionary (2000) defined practical as an ideal method or a course of action, right or sensible, likely to be successful.
... View DetailsTHE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEACHERS QUALIFICATION AND STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN ENGLISH
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the study: There is always an unavoidable relationship between the teachers personality and how the students learn. Statistically, students who dislike a particular teacher or lecturer always record very low performance in the course the said teacher is handling so that there is a correlation between the teachers and student academic performance. In the event that the obstacle is...
View DetailsTHE ROLE OF ADULT LITERACY EDUCATION PROGRAMME (A CASE STUDY OF ETSAKO EAST L.G.A EDO STATE)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
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- Background Of The Study
Adult education is a term that has been used to describe any voluntary or intentional endeavor aimed towards the development of adults. Daskum is a term used to describe a person (1989). Adult schools, extension centers, settlements, churches, clubs, and other similar...
View DetailsTHE ROLE OF CIVIC EDUCATION IN CURBING ELECTORAL MALPRACTICES IN NIGERIA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study: Civic education is a vital component of adult education because it equips citizens with the skills, mindset, and information necessary to engage in the democratic process of the country in an effective manner. They are able to comprehend their rights, carry out their responsibilities, and participate in the process of gover...
View DetailsEXAMINING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study: Instructional materials serve as a channel between the teacher and the students in delivering instructions. They may also serve as the motivation on the teaching-learning process. It is use to get the attention of the students and eliminate boredom. Instructional materials are highly important for teaching; especially for i...
View DetailsTHE IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING CO-OPERATIVE ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Introduction: Co-operative Economics and Management in tertiary institutions help to improve the co-operative growth and development, quality manpower in co-operative. The importance of studying co-operative in schools and tertiary institutions could as well known as co-operative education and is at the heart of co-operative for work motivatio...
View DetailsTHE IMPORTANCE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION TRAINING OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN TEACHING AND LEARNING
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the study: Technical and Vocational Education and Training has been regarded as the bedrock to sustainable technology development programs in entrepreneurship, occupational professionalism, self-reliance, poverty alleviation, wealth creation and others. Consequently, Technical and Vocational Education and Training focus on specific tr...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PARENTS AND STUDENTS ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the study: Research provides inconsistent findings regarding the importance of parent-child communication and other forms of parental involvement activities to children’s school success (Domina, 2005; Englund, Luckner, Whaley, & Egeland, 2004; Fan & Chen, 2001; Hoover-Dempsey et al., 2001; Mattingly, Prislin, McKenzie, R...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS ON TEACHERS RECRUITMENT AND RETAINING
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the study: Teachers are the prime movers of education. They are required to acquire and possess professional and intellectual skills and competences necessary for effective service delivery. This is facilitated through training and retraining to enhance capacity building for optimum productivity in terms of job performance and student...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF FAMILY BACKGROUND ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PHYSICS STUDENTS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study: Education is a basic tool used by society for transmission of its societal values. It has become an area of prime importance not only for government or voluntary agencies but also for individuals, families, Governments and communities. Voluntary agencies and individuals are committing a lot of resources in order to achieve...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF FAMILY SIZE ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS: A CASE STUDY OF SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN OREDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Academic attainment is an important parameter in measuring success in students. Observations and reports have shown that success or high academic achievement has become a Herculean task to accomplish by students in recent times. Poor academic performance was recorded both at the secondary school and tertiary levels of education in Nigeria.
The performance of stud...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF FATHER’S OCCUPATION ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: The academic performance of students in economics in secondary school these days has been attributed to many family factors. Many people including the sociologists and philosophers have carried out a number of resources into those factors that hinder or enhance students’ performance in Economics. They include poor qua...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF HOME ENVIRONMENT ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF A CHILD
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The academic performance of any child cannot be separated from the home environment in which the child grows up. A healthy home environment offers emotional security to a child. The schools cannot simply provide a continuation of the home environment, but they can play an inestimable role in laying the foundation for the child learn how to read and write, however, this infl...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF PARENTING STYLES ON SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
CHAPTER ONE
Introduction
The study of human development is centrally concerned with understanding the processes that lead adults to function adequately within their cultures. These skills include an understanding of and adherence to the moral standards, conventional rules, and customs of the society. They also include maintaining close relationships with others, developing the skills to work productively,...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF PARENTING STYLE ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND CAREER PATH
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The academic achievement of adolescents has been a major concern of educators for years. As documented in the research literature, adolescent achievement has been associated with several outcomes such as delinquency (Sampson & Laub, 1993; Wiesner & Silbereisen, 2003), psychopathology (Kurdek, 1987; McDermott, Steinb...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Generally, in the whole world, particularly in Nigeria, education has been considered to be the corner stone for development. It forms the basis for literacy, skill acquisition, technological advancement and ability to harness human and material resources towards the achievement of societal goal (Adegboyega, 2002). The exis...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF SCHOOL PLANT ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF STUDY: The introduction of adequate school plant by the most schools in the developed part of the world has increased overtime. In recent times stakeholders in the Nigerian education system have been agitated as a result of persistent and alarming slide being experienced in the Nigerian Education system. The situation has worsened in...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF SMART PHONES AND SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study: The emergence of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and internet facilities have drastically affected almost every facet of human life. Currently, it is greatly evident in the way of teaching and learning. Nowadays, smartphones have become a part of every person’s life.
Globally, “People around the world have adopted this new and exciting t...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN CIVIC EDUCATION IN ENUGU EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study: The use of social media (internet powered) in the 21st century has become a core integral part of humans everyday life. Beyond the visible observations in our environment, some researchers have also attested to the pervasiveness of this global situation. Far back 2012, Nielsen, a communications company in the United St...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study: Addiction to the usage of social network has greatly increased in contemporary times. The risk of its effects on the academic performance of the so many students that are involved in it is disturbing. In views of Karpinski and Duberstein (2010), academic performance which is depicted by the grades of students is a great con...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN VERITAS UNIVERSITY ABUJA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study: The use of social media (internet powered) in the 21st century has become a core integral part of humans everyday life. Beyond the visible observations in our environment, some researchers have also attested to the pervasiveness of this global situation. Far back 2012, Nielsen, a communications company in the United St...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF SINGLE PARENTING ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN IDO-OSI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EKITI STATE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study: Every country places a significant emphasis on the education of its educational system. As a result, it commands a significant education of attention from the family, the community, and all levels of government; educational matters are deliberated over, planned, and carried out (Omolewa, 2001). It is widely held that receiving an education not only re-creates people but als...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study: Addiction to the usage of social network has greatly increased in contemporary times. The risk of its effects on the academic performance of the so many students that are involved in it is disturbing. In views of Karpinski and Duberstein (2010), academic performance which is depicted by the grades of students is a great con...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF SOCIO ECONOMIC BACKGROUND ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF UPPER BASIC STUDENTS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study: Academic achievement of students especially at the secondary school level is not only a pointer to the effectiveness or otherwise of schools but a major determinant of the future of youths in particular and the nation in general. The medium though which the attachment of individuals and the national educational goals can be...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF STRIKE ACTION ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENT IN NIGERIAN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background Of The Study: University worldwide is regarded as the citadel of knowledge, the fountain of intellectual, the most appropriate ground for the incubation for tomorrow’s leader. A university fulfils one major knowledge (Ike, 2001). It is a knowledge and value provider. It stands or falls in its ability or inability to deliver on this...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF TEACHER’S PROFESSIONAL TRAINING ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the study: In every society of the world, irrespective of cultural differences and geographical demarcations, the need to socialize the young members of the society equip them with the knowledge, skills and attitude that empower them to contribute towards the realization of the society’s set goals is deemed prior. In recognition...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF TEACHERS QUALIFICATION ON STUDENTS PERFORMANCE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUNDE OF THE STUDY: The importance of having a solid background in mathematics is very well recognized as it serves as a getaway to future profession in a variety of field(Tella 2008;Pondor2006;Deklerk welters cited by Kurt et al.2002).mathematics is one of most essential subject in school curriculum at all levels of education. It has been one of the requirements for admission into higher institution of learning. Mathematics competence is an...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF WORKING ENVIRONMENT ON TEACHERS’ TURNOVER IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Retention of valuable employees is a global challenge. Managers and top level authorities are constantly met with the issue of retaining employees, and there is a wealth of evidence that worldwide, retention of skilled employees has been of serious concern to managers in the face of ever increasing high rate of employe...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF QUALIFICATION OF HOME ECONOMICS TEACHERS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
CHAPTER ONE
Background to the Study: Education and its benefits can never be over emphasized as the root of economic. Industrial, political scientific and technological and even religions development. all aspect of development are centered on education.
Education is one of the vital instrument for development in any nation. Every education system at every level depends heavily on teacher for the execution of its programmes. Teachers a...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT ON TEACHING AND LEARNING: A CASE STUDY OF NIGER COLLEGE JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The present study investigates the influence of the school environment on teaching and learning. Specifically, the research was conducted at Niger College Junior Secondary School Two, located in Ugbekun Quarters of Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area in Edo State. The subject employed at the institution consisted of teachers and students. The secondary school environment...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF SMART MOBILE DEVICES AND ONLINE PLATFORMS FOR SOCIAL INTERACTION ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study: The world is a big interconnected community that is united through a network of wired and wireless devices via the World Wide Web (WWW). The majority of individuals today possess a presence in the digital realm, courtesy of email accounts, online purchases, and e-learning. Social networking sites are the primary application within the realm of social media during the Web 2....
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF TEACHERS EFFECTIVENESS ON PUPILS PERFORMANCE IN PRIMARY SCHOOL
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study: It has been theorized that teacher effectiveness is vital to student performance (Darling Hammond, 2010), According to Darling Hammond, effective teachers have expanded topic knowledge, are capable of planning and delivering teaching, can better manage and evaluate classrooms, and encourage student learning more effectively...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF TEACHERS QUALITY ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study: Teachers’ quality has been the focus of considerable debated worldwide since the middle of 20th century. Riovkin, Hanushek and Kain (1998), demonstrated in a study that the influence of teachers’ quality on students achievement is many times greater than any other commonly observed variable such as home-background, conducive class environment, etc. Teachers&rsqu...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF TEACHING AIDS ON STUDENT'S ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN BASIC SCIENCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN OREDO LGA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Science is the bedrock upon which the bulk of present day technological breakthrough is built. Today, nation all over the world, including Nigeria, are striving hard to develop scientifically and technologically, since the world is becoming scientific and all proper functioning of lives depends greatly on science. Science e...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF THE LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study: In recent times, education stakeholders have expressed their concerned over the poor performance of students in the school certificate examination. Some blamed the school administrators (principals) and the teachers while some blamed the students themselves and the parents. Whoever to be blamed, the fact remains that, the s...
View DetailsTHE IMPLICATION OF USING INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF INTEGRATED SCIENCE IN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION EKIADOLOR-BENIN
CHAPTER ONE
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: The world today is undergoing a very rapid in information communication technology (ICT) and teaching and learning is not left out, since the turn of the century, emphasis has shifted from the literary arts to the development of science and technology. Therefore, all the problems are facing the students, education in the world today, especially, that of the implication surrounding using information communication...
View DetailsTHE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY OF INQUIRY PHILOSOPHY FOR CHILDREN SYSTEM OF EDUCATION IN OUR SCHOOLS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The important of community of Inquiry philosophy for children (COIP4C) system of education is the strategic life planning and management that set the components of a system into action to produce an output beneficial to all parts, mutually and cumulatively. The values focus on the vision that will direct our...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ON PUPIL’S COMMUNICATION SKILLS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of Study: In today's society, where the proliferation of information requires the use of information and communication technology (ICT), teaching is turning into one of the most challenging professions to work in (Bakkabulindi, 2017). The information and communications technology industry has rapidly evolved into one of the core comp...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT) ON EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study: Recent development in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has resulted in tremendous progress in the area of communication and information dissemination, which contributed in making the world more interactive. This made transactions to emerge between people who may never meet. Also, the ICT is inexpensive and ac...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY ON CLASSROOM TEACHING AND LEARNING
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study: It is difficult and maybe even impossible to imagine future learning environments that are not supported, in one way or another, by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). When looking at the current widespread diffusion and use of ICT in modern societies, especially by the young – the so-called digital gene...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study: Mathematics and its applications have evolved significantly. The introduction of computation and computers as tools in mathematics has altered how mathematicians conduct mathematics as well as how scientists, engineers, and social scientists utilise mathematics. Many people believe that it is time to re-evaluate the substance of the Mathematics curriculum so that it can beg...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING AND LEARNING OF HOME ECONOMICS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study: The use of information technology has brought great improvement to the life of mankind in all human endeavorus, most especially in education. Computers and other aspects of information technology are now used in education to monitor students’ achievements, teach students and also as instructional media to assist in te...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF ECONOMICS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study: The use of computers for the gathering, retrieval, transfer, and operation of data or information is known as information technology. It's also seen as a subset of ICT. Information technology is the use of computers to store, interact, and organize data in the generation, processing, modification, storage, security, and...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF ECONOMICS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study: The use of computers for the gathering, retrieval, transfer, and operation of data or information is known as information technology. It's also seen as a subset of ICT. Information technology is the use of computers to store, interact, and organize data in the generation, processing, modification, storage, security, and...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY AND SKILLS ACQUISITION IN BUSINESS EDUCATION
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: In any given civilization, the purpose of education and training is to offer the individual receiving it with a sequence of well-organized levels for learning at each and every degree of education. Business education is a component of a larger educational system that includes a variety of teaching and learning outcomes that...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY AND SKILLS ACQUISITION IN BUSINESS EDUCATION
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: In any given civilization, the purpose of education and training is to offer the individual receiving it with a sequence of well-organized levels for learning at each and every degree of education. Business education is a component of a larger educational system that includes a variety of teaching and learning outcomes that...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA ON STUDENTS' ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study: The word 'instruction' is the act of teaching or passing information unto others while 'media' is any material or equipment that conveys information from a source to a receiver or vice-versa. However, the concept of instructional media, because of its numerous definitions, has been defined in different ways...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES ON PUPILS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCES OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Education, according to Qureshi, (2001) consists of two components. He classified these two components. He classified these two components into inputs and outputs. According to him, inputs consist of human and materials resources and outputs are the goals and outcomes of the educational process.
Both the inpu...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF INTEGRATED GROUP BASED MASTERY LEARNING MODEL ON SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENT PERFORMANCE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study: Recent sociopolitical and economic developments in the world and within nations have resulted in revised educational objectives and increased difficulty for social studies (Udo, & Udofia, 2022). Schools are required to educate students not just with a foundational understanding of social studies curriculum, but also with higher-order cognitive capabilities, such as pr...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF PARENTS SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL BIOLOGY STUDENT
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study: Education is the best legacy a nation can give to her citizens especially the youth. This is because; the development of any nation or community depends on the youth. Education is aimed at developing the well-integrated person so as to enable him to get adjusted in the society. Hence, the aim of education may be put as...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF MOTHER TONGUE ON CHILDREN’S LEARNING AT THE LOWER LEVEL OF PRIMARY EDUCATION
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study: Mother tongue as the first language of instruction in schools is an essential tool in whatever field we may find ourselves, without it any meaningful form of intellectual pursuit will be hindered. As we all know that most children who begin their education in their mother tongues make a better start as they demonstrate incr...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF PRACTICAL WORK ON THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF SOME CONCEPTS IN BIOLOGY IN SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Science is a great enterprise which nations depend on, in-order to advance technologically. Science therefore is receiving much emphasis in education because of its significance and relevance to life and society. Biology is the science in which we study living things. You can learn about an organism by rea...
View DetailsTHE EFFECT OF PARENTAL INFLUENCE ON THE CHOICE OF CAREERS AND ROLES PLAYED IN ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENT
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF STUDY: Career play a very fundamental and significant role in the life of the individual not only because they determine the pattern of income but also because they affect the individual personality and concepts in life, career therefore is a choose pursuit, life work or success in one’s profession occupied by a person throughou...
View DetailsTHE EFFECT OF PARENTS TRANSFER ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE LEARNERS
CHAPTER ONE:
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study: Education is without a doubt the most priceless present that any set of parents can provide to their offspring, regardless of the region in which they make their home. This is not an exaggeration in any way, shape, or form: a parent who wants to maximize their children's potential but does not invest in their education is analogous to a virgin who wants to give birth b...
View DetailsTHE EFFECT OF POLYGAMY ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PUPILS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STURY; Polygamy represents expanded family studies that are based on marriage involving a husband with two or more wives interestingly; polygamy is legally and widely practiced in 850 societies across the globe. In the last two decades, polygamy has been the focus of significant growth in public political and academic awarene...
View DetailsTHE EFFECT OF SCHOOL STRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENT
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: The school is a social and learning agent that provides the environment upon which a child may be formally educated in order to attain educational goals. Human beings, have unlimited capacity to learn, but might however be limited by the behavior patterns and facilities that the immediate environment offers. According to Um...
View DetailsTHE EFFECT OF SINGLE PARENTING CHILD UPBRINGING ON SCHOOL CHILDREN: CASE STUDY OF SOME SELECTED INDIVIDUALS IN IKAOKHA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, AKWA IBOM STATE, NIGERIA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: Nurturing and upbringing of a child by parents in the society is a reality, but the bringing up of a child by a single parent has become a practice, which is increasing in the modern society. The issue of single parenting is a sensitive issue that the upbringing of a child should be the responsibility of conventional parent...
View DetailsTHE EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE (A STUDY OF OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, ILE-IFE, OSUN STATE)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background Of The Study: The advent of the internet in the 1990s led to major developments in the world of communication. Today the Internet has taken a firm place in people's lives. It is difficult to imagine a young man who at least once a day did not check for updates in social networks and did not leaf through the news lines. The modern rea...
View DetailsTHE EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The advent of the internet in the 1990s led to major developments in the world of communication. Today the Internet has taken a firm place in people's lives. It is difficult to imagine a young man who at least once a day did not check for updates in social networks and did not leaf through the news lines. The modern reality requires us to stay in touch and keep abreast...
View DetailsTHE EFFECT OF SOCIAL STUDIES IN THE CORRECTION OF VICES AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF VALUES AMONG STUDENTS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background Of The Study: Socrates, an ancient Greek philosopher, believed that a life without inquiry was not worth living. This remark was made in response to the amount of moral decay in ancient Greece during Socrates' heyday. In an effort to impart a moral principle to the kids. He advocates for self-reflection on the consequences of one'...
View DetailsTHE EFFECT OF SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF BIOLOGY STUDENT: A CASE STUDY OF ENUGU NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study: Education is the best legacy a nation can give to her citizens especially the youth. This is because the development of any nation or community depends youth. This is because the development of any nation or community depends largely on the quality of education of such a nation. It is generally believed that the basis for a...
View DetailsTHE EFFECT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE PUPILS IN SELECTED PRIMARY SCHOOL
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Pupils teaching and learning environment constitute the home, school, church mosque, social clubs, peer group surrounding and the society at large. Pupils learn better where and when the teaching and learning environment is accepting supporting, challenging and enjoyable.
Teaching and learning environment pro...
View DetailsTHE EFFECT OF THE STUDY ENVIRONMENT AND THE PERFORMANCE OF SECRETERIAL STUDENTS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background Of The Study: Over the year, it has been observed that environmental forces pose a great influence on the performance of students. The provision of adequate physical learning environmental like light, ventilation, flooring, noise reduction device to a great extent influence the performance of students if the classroom is not comfortable,...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF THE STUDY ENVIRONMENT ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECRETARIAL STUDENTS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background Of The Study: Throughout the year, there has been a noticeable correlation between environmental factors and their impact on student performance. The quality of the physical learning environment, including factors such as lighting, ventilation, flooring, and noise reduction devices, has a significant impact on student performance. When t...
View DetailsTHE EFFECTIVENESS OF CLASSROOM TEACHER’S PEDAGOGICAL AND BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCE ON THE TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the study: Education experts, in general agree that there are three factors that influence the success of the teaching and learning process. These interrelated factors are the society, school and family environments. A study conducted by Miguel and Barsaga (1997), considered factors affecting pupils’ performance, investiga...
View DetailsTHE EFFECTS OF PARENTS BACKGROUND ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN INTEGRATED SCIENCE IN GAIUS OBASEKI GROUP OF SCHOOL
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF STUDY: Over the years, the nation has been experiencing a drastic fall in the academic performance of pupils and students at the various level of education. Scholars of different school of thought has attributed this ugly trend to many factor such as poor teachi...
View DetailsTHE EFFECTS OF SCHOOLS SUPERVISION ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background Of The Study: Our civilization needs sufficient amounts of both human and material resources in order to increase its social organization, maintain its culture, accelerate its economic growth, and change its political institutions. Education is often seen as a pre-requisite for the growth of skilled labor and the accumulation of wealth,...
View DetailsTHE EXTENT OF IMPLEMENTATION OF SAFETY PRACTICES IN BIOLOGY LABORATORY AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ENUGU SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Individuals have different conception of what science is, some see science as a body of knowledge while some see it not only as a composite of codified body of knowledge but also a knowledge getting process. Clark and Neave (1992) defined science as a systematic observation and classification of natural phenomena in order to learn about them and bring them under general pri...
View DetailsTHE EXTENT OF USE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL IN TEACHING AND LEARNING OF BASIC SCIENCE AND COMPUTER SCIENCE IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Instructional materials are variety of materials in various formats which influence student’s learning and instructors teaching which have evolved in recent years to include computer and VCR play /recorder technology, text books, pictures, transparencies, films, computer software, CDROMS, and electronic resources. Var...
View DetailsTHE FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR PUPILS LATENESS TO SCHOOL IN PRIMARY SCHOOL
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Lateness to school started long ago, every where in a way that cannot be controlled in recent time. The problem of lateness has eaten deep into Nigeria children the problem of pupils lateness to school has now turn to national problem. Lateness merely means arriving after expected time (Mikre, 2010).
Children comm...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF STRESS ON TERTIARY STUDENT’S ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE: A CASE STUDY OF THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study: Universities around the world are centres for academic pursuits and places where learning is sought at its highest level. It is vital to remind ourselves of the aims of a university since stating the purpose of universities is critical for a correct chart of the university course. According to Madeline (2018), universities are intended to serve the fol...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND STUDY HABITS OF HIGHER SECONDARY STUDENTS IN NIGERIA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: In the field of education & psychology, learning has been discovered all over the world to be a highly complex problem. Several researchers have tried to explain it differently and the description of each is partially true. Over the years, researches on factors that influence academic performance of students have attrac...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF CHILD ABUSE ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The issue of child abuse is a global phenomena especially within the context of developing countries of which Nigeria belong. In Nigeria cases of child abuse is as common as the air we breathe in, this is in view of the fact that, there can hardly be a day without news report about child abuse. Many of these cases of child abuse went unreported. Thus one can say with convic...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT ON TEACHING AND LEARNING OF BASIC SCIENCE IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL IN NSUKKA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study: The term science has to do with nature. It is derived from the Latin word “Scientia’ meaning to know, what is a fact, truth or certain (Odo, 2012). Science is concerned with finding out about things in our environment. The knowledge we gather about our environment constitutes the field of study called science an...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY ON VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION: Educational technology is a carryover from industrial technology (Ogunranti 1998) and it is also seen as a solution to all education problems (Balogun 1988) educational technology is a process- products which helps in facilitating learning more in the teaching- learning situation. It is also regarded as a systems approach to teaching- learning process centering on the optional design, imple...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT CONTROL ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL. CASE STUDY OF SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BARIGA LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF STUDY: To parents and society at large, the school is being held liable for every aspect of students’ performance. So, classroom management plays a very significant role in students’ academic performance. Effective classroom management put the teacher in firm control of the classroom and provide orderliness and safety needed for instruction and learning. Yet, the vari...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT CONTROL ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF STUDY: To parents and society at large, the school is being held liable for every aspect of students’ performance. So, classroom management plays a very significant role in students’ academic performance. Effective classroom management put the teacher in firm control of the classroom and provide orderliness and safety needed for instruction and learning. Yet, the vari...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF CHILD ABUSE ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The issue of child abuse is a global phenomena especially within the context of developing countries of which Nigeria belong. In Nigeria cases of child abuse is as common as the air we breathe in, this is in view of the fact that, there can hardly be a day without news report about child abuse. Many of these cases of child abuse went unreported. Thus one can say with convic...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT ON TEACHING AND LEARNING OF BASIC SCIENCE IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL IN NSUKKA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study: The term science has to do with nature. It is derived from the Latin word “Scientia’ meaning to know, what is a fact, truth or certain (Odo, 2012). Science is concerned with finding out about things in our environment. The knowledge we gather about our environment constitutes the field of study called science an...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF COUNSELING SERVICES ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: Academic performance of Nigerian secondary school students has been a source of concern because it is decreasing in value day in and day out. This is the result of many factors that have been militating against it, and all of these abstract factors could be uprooted or avoided in order to attain academic excellence through the proper placement of regular and well-planned co...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY ON VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION: Educational technology is a carryover from industrial technology (Ogunranti 1998) and it is also seen as a solution to all education problems (Balogun 1988) educational technology is a process- products which helps in facilitating learning more in the teaching- learning situation. It is also regarded as a systems approach to teaching- learning process centering on the optional design, imple...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT CONTROL ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF STUDY: To parents and society at large, the school is being held liable for every aspect of students’ performance. So, classroom management plays a very significant role in students’ academic performance. Effective classroom management put the teacher in firm control of the classroom and provide orderliness and safety needed for instruction and learning. Yet, the vari...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT CONTROL ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL. CASE STUDY OF SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BARIGA LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF STUDY: To parents and society at large, the school is being held liable for every aspect of students’ performance. So, classroom management plays a very significant role in students’ academic performance. Effective classroom management put the teacher in firm control of the classroom and provide orderliness and safety needed for instruction and learning. Yet, the vari...
View DetailsTHE CAUSES AND EFFECT OF INDISCIPLINE AMONG STUDENT IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL: A CASE STUDY OF ESAN CENTRAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: Indiscipline may be said to be as old as the time when men started to organize himself into society and consequently made laws to order the affairs of men in a social set up. In the Holy Scripture Cain exhibited some form of indiscipline when he out of envy murdered his brother Abel in the...
View DetailsTHE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DROPOUT IN SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOL: A CASE STUDY OF OVIA NORTH EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: This work provides the overview of the major underlying causes of secondary school dropout and its effects in some selected secondary school in Ovia North East local government area of Edo State, Nigeria. The subject is directly related to two benchmarks being addressed by many of Georgia’s country collaborative increase the percentage of students who graduates from s...
View DetailsTHE CHALLENGES AFFECTING THE STANDARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION IN NIGERIA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION: When the issue of challenges affecting the standard of secondary education in Nigeria is raised, the first set of through that comes to mind are decline in standard, deterioration of facilities, examination malpractice, mass promotion syndrome and the likes before any other thing else.
This calls for an in depth study and analysis aimed at tutoring each and every stakeholders in education...
View DetailsTHE CHALLENGES AFFECTING THE STANDARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION IN NIGERIA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION: When the issue of challenges affecting the standard of secondary education in Nigeria is raised, the first set of through that comes to mind are decline in standard, deterioration of facilities, examination malpractice, mass promotion syndrome and the likes before any other thing else.
This calls for an in depth study and analysis aimed at tutoring each and every stakeholders in education...
View DetailsTHE CHALLENGES OF TEACHING AND LEARNING OF MATHEMATICS: (A CASE STUDY OF OVIA NORTH EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study: It is a commonly held belief that a strong foundation in mathematics is essential to the socioeconomic, scientific, and political growth of any country. Because of this widespread occurrence, all countries throughout the world have made mathematics a required subject in all aspects of their educational systems (Sokoto &...
View DetailsTHE EFFECT OF BIOLOGY PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS (CASE STUDY OF ENUGU EAST LGA)
CHAPTER ONE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
INTRODUCTION: The word “science” is often misconstrued by many people. While some view it as a white man’s “juju”, others construe it as a kind of magic, like the tero blind men who went to see the elephant, many people who attempt to define science make valid but fragmentary definition of it. Little do people realize that many of man’s daily activitie...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF BIOLOGY PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS (CASE STUDY OF ENUGU EAST LGA)
CHAPTER ONE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
INTRODUCTION: Many people often misunderstand the term "science." Although opinions on the matter vary, there are those who consider it a mysterious force, akin to magic. Like the tale of the blind men and the elephant, many individuals who try to define science offer valid yet incomplete explanations. It's often overlooked how much of our daily lives revolve around scienti...
View DetailsTHE EFFECT OF BULLYING ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: In schools, bullying occurs in all areas. It can occur in nearly any part in or around the school building, thought it more often occurs in recess, hallways, bathrooms, on school buses and waiting for buses, classes that require group work or after school activities. Bullying in school sometimes consist of a group of students taking advantage of or isolating one studen...
View DetailsTHE EFFECT OF CLASS SIZE ON EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS” A CASE STUDY OF IKPOBA OKHA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: For many years, educators, politicians and people in general have debated on the number of students a teacher can work effectively to ensure students adequate learning. Although most people would agree that having a few student to teacher ratio would benefit the student academically, mainly will also argue that it does not guarantee success and would cost school a grea...
View DetailsTHE EFFECT OF CULTISM ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE (A CASE STUDY OF THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION EKIADOLOR, BENIN CITY, EDO STATE
CHAPTER ONE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: According to oxford dictionary of current English the word ‘cult” means a system of religious worship especially one that is exposed in rituals. From this definition, cults have now popularly known as “confraternity” has assumed a monstrous feature in our various institutions of learning. This is because international figures have been known to be mem...
View DetailsTHE EFFECT OF EDUCATION ANXIETY ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study: Education transforms individuals into problem solvers who evince knowledge and are capable of utilizing the acquired knowledge to provide solutions to a wide range of problems. A good level of education confers on a student a corresponding high level of meta cognitive skills which in turn helps the student to have a good knowledge of himself as a cognitive processor, and kn...
View DetailsTHE EFFECT OF E-LEARNING ON HIGHER EDUCATION IN NIGERIA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is becoming an integral part of Education in many parts of the globe. Nigeria is not left behind as ICT gradually finds its way onto the Educational systems despite chronic limitations brought about by economic disadvantages. Fundamentally, education is a discipline...
View DetailsAN ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE SANDWICH PROGRAMME ON EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS FOR SANDWICH GRADUATES
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study: The increasing economic responsibilities of governments at the federal and state levels have impacted their ability to consistently hire qualified teachers to keep up with the growing number of students enrolling in Nigerian secondary schools. The use of Sandwich Programmes and part-time programmes of tertiary institut...
View DetailsTHE EFFECT OF EXAMINATION ANXIETY ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study: Education creates problem-solvers who can apply their knowledge to a range of difficulties. A great education gives a student a high degree of Meta cognitive abilities, which helps him comprehend himself as a cognitive processor and recognize task and strategy elements for optimal learning (Hoe, Cheong and Yee, 2015). Some pupils, even those with a high education level and...
View DetailsTHE EFFECT OF FAMILY STRUCTURE AND MOTIVATION AS PREDICTORS OF STUDENT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study: In time past, investigations of the factors/effects that influence motivation on academic achievement of students have attracted and concern of teachers, counselors psychologist, researchers and school administrators in Nigeria. The academic achievements of students at all levels in Nigeria have attracted much criticis...
View DetailsSUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT OF ALEX EKWUEME FEDERAL UNIVERSITY
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study: The prevalence of illicit substance abuse among students in Nigerian tertiary institutions has become a source of profound embarrassment for parents, educational institutions, government officials, and society as a whole. The persistent misuse of drugs among students might lead to psycho-social issues within society. It is desirable that this abhorrent acti...
View DetailsIMPACT OF TIMELY COMPUTATION AND RELEASE OF RESULTS ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS OF BUSINESS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Academic results provide feedback on the evaluation of a student's performance in subject or course examinations. Constructive feedback, which includes both positive reinforcement and critical guidance, is essential for individuals to acquire knowledge and skills. Feedback that is clear, explicit, and timely serves as information regarding the outcomes of one's ende...
View DetailsPROMPT AND EFFICIENT RELEASE OF RESULTS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN BUSINESS EDUCATION
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Academic results provide feedback on the evaluation of a student's performance in subject or course examinations. Constructive feedback, which includes both positive reinforcement and guidance for improvement, is essential for individuals to acquire knowledge and skills. Feedback that is clear, explicit, and timely serves as information regarding the outcomes of one'...
View DetailsOVERCROWDED CLASSROOM AND STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOL
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: With increasing population, the number of school going children is increasing much faster than the number of schools is increasing. The death of good schools and the greed of school authorities are filling up classrooms to the brim. Numbers of people complain about their children going to schools where children’...
View DetailsINFLUENCE OF LARGE CLASS SIZE ON CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT AND STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ABUJA MUNICIPAL AREA COUNCIL
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The purpose of this two-phase, sequential mixed methods (QUAN-qual) approach was to analyze the relationship between large class size and academic achievement in secondary schools and how teachers perceive class size as affecting their instructional and classroom management methods. Data collection and analysis for the study involved 3,812 students in 120 classrooms collected from nine public...
View DetailsPERCEPTIONS AND ATTITUDES OF DIETETIC PROGRAM EDUCATORS REGARDING USE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION AND COMPUTER-BASED SIMULATIONS IN DIETETICS EDUCATION
ABSTRACT: Distance education (DE) can address barriers to training nutrition professionals by offering a convenient, flexible and efficient way of learning. One particularly valuable teaching tool in DE is the use of computer-based simulations (CBS). CBS stimulates confidence building, acquisition of new knowledge, exposure to new and challenging patient cases in a safe learning environment, development of communication and critical thinking skills, and the cultivation of sen...
View DetailsINFLUENCE OF PARENTAL DISCIPLINE ON EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN OGBIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Discipline has been defined as a set of rules and regulations, rewards and punishment administered in order to teach self-control, increase desirable behaviour and decrease undesirable behaviour (Okoli, 1996). As Brown (2000) puts it, to discipline someone mean...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF IMPROVISED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL ON PERFORMANCE AND RETENTION OF PROPERTIES OF WAVES AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL PHYSICS STUDENTS IN SULEJA METROPOLIS
Background of the Study
The Federal Government of Nigeria is actively involved in providing quality education to the citizens of the country. This of course, is in realization that no country can develop in any dimension unless quality education is provided to her citi...
View DetailsTHE ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF SDGS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRIMARY EDUCATION IN MINNA, NIGER STATE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study
It is commonly acknowledged that education is a key component of sustainable development and that it is essential for reducing poverty, advancing social inclusion, and stimulating the economy (UNESCO, 2015). Within the given context, it is worth noting that the United Nations, in the year 2015, took the initiat...
View DetailsAN EXAMINATION OF NIGERIAN STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES WITH CLASS RANK AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR ACADEMIC AND PERSONAL ADJUSTMENTS: A NARRATIVE INQUIRY
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
My goal as an educator is to provide students with educational opportunities that positively impact their academic outcomes and overall lives. I strive to create learning environments that foster growth and development in students, engage students in meaningful and relevant learning experiences, provide students with the necessary skills and knowledge to succeed in life, and ultimately allow students to feel fulfilled and satisfied as they...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PARENTS AND STUDENTS ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
Background to the study
Research provides inconsistent findings regarding the importance of parent-child communication and other forms of parental involvement activities to children’s school success (Domina, 2005; Englund, Luckner, Whaley, & Egeland, 2004; Fan & Chen, 2001; Hoover-Dempsey et al., 2001; Mattingly, Prislin, McKenzie, Rodriguez, & Kayzar, 2002). Some studies report positive associations with aca- demic achievement (Ca...
View DetailsEXAMINING THE INFLUENCE OF PRE-PRIMARY EDUCATION ON CHILDREN'S LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT IN ODEDA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OGUN STATE
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The study attempted to investigate the effect of pre-primary school education in the speech development of the primary school child in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State. The descriptive research survey was used in this study to carry out the objective assessment of the opinions of 200 respondents selected for this study. In addition, the questionnaire was adopted for the collection of data necessary for this study. Two null hypotheses were...
View DetailsEFFECTIVE USE OF TEACHING METHODS AS A CORRELATES OF STUDENTS PERFORMANCE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EKITI STATE
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This study was carried out on the effective use of teaching methods as a correlates of students performance in English Language in secondary schools in Ekiti State. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprise of English teachers in some selected senior secondary schools in Ekiti State. In determining the sample size, the researcher purposefully selected 39...
View DetailsENTRY QUALIFICATION AND ACADEMICS PERFORMANCE AMONG BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENT: A CASE STUDY OF FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (TECH) GOMBE
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This study was carried out on entry qualification and academics performance among business education student using federal college of education (Tech) Gombe, as a case study.. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprised of business education students in federal college of education (Tech) Gombe. In determining the sample size, the researche...
View DetailsIMPACTS OF HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM ON ADOLESCENTS SEXUALITY AMONG STUDENTS OF GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL MADAGALI NIGERIA
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This study was carried out on the impact of health education program on adolescent's sexuality among students of government secondary schools using teachers and students from selected government secondary schools in Madagali, Adamawa State as a case study. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprised of students and teachers of selected government...
View DetailsANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN ISLAMIC STUDIES USING DIFFERENT TEACHING METHODS IN SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KANO METROPOLIS, KANO STATE, NIGERIA
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Pretest, posttest quasi-experimental method was used in the study "Analysis of Students’ Achievement in Islamic Studies using Different Teaching Methods in Selected Public Secondary Schools in Kano Metropolis, Kano State, Nigeria."One control group and two experimental groups were used to evaluate the pupils.Certain themes in Islamic studies were taught to the students in the experimental groups using both guided inquiry and guided lecture m...
View DetailsASSESSING THE HOME ECONOMIC EDUCATION AWARENESS LEVEL AMONG JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
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This study was carried out on assessing the home economics education awareness level among junior secondary school students in Ekpoma, Edo State. Specifically, the study ascertaining if the students offer home economics as a subject in school; find out the competency level of their home economics teachers; find out if the students engage in home economics practical; and examine the awareness level of students in home economics. The study em...
View DetailsCAUSES AND EFFECTS OF MALTREATMENT OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE: CASE STUDY IN OKE ERI COMMUNITY
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This study aims to investigate the causes and effects of maltreatment of children in foster care within the Oke Eri community, with a focus on caregiver factors, systemic challenges, mental health consequences, and protective factors. The research employs a mixed-methods approach, combining qualitative interviews with caregivers, social workers, and community members, along with quantitative analysis of existing data on maltreatment inciden...
View DetailsASSESSING STUDENTS ATTITUDE TOWARDS COMPUTER-BASED EXAMINATION IN KEBBI STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ALIERO
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This study looked into how Kebbi State University of Science and Technology (KSUSTA), in Aliero, students felt about computer-based exams (CBE). By employing a stratified random sample technique, a survey questionnaire was used in the study to gather data from 377 university undergraduate students. The rate of response was 93%. The overall findings indicate that a significant majority of the respondents (49%) strongly disag...
View DetailsA COMPARISON OF HEALTH RELATED PHYSICAL FITNESS STATUS OF MALE AND FEMALE BASKETBALL AND HANDBALL PLAYERS OF BORNO STATE, NIGERIA.
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This dissertation is on the comparison of health related physical fitness status of male and female basketball and handball players in Borno state, Nigeria. To achieve this purpose, five (5) purposes of the study, five (5) research questions and five (5) hypotheses were used to guide the study. Quasi – experimental research design was used in this study.<...
View DetailsA CONTRASTIVE STUDY OF AFEMAI AND ENGLISH MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURES WITH LEARNING AND TEACHING IMPLICATIONS
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The study aimedat Contrasting Afemai and English Morphological Structures with Learning and Teaching Implications.Morphology is the study of words,how they are formed, and their relationship to other words in the same language.It analyzes the structure of words,inflection, stems, root words, and affixation. This work contrast English and Afemai morphology to determine the points where they differ. It also examined the areas of similarities and discussed where they differ us...
View DetailsA DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS IN PLATEAU STATE: IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION SERVICE PROVISION
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The demographic survey of handicapped children was conducted in schools in Plateau State. Five special schools for the handicapped and twenty-one integrated schools were covered in the survey. A total of five hundred and thirteen children that were made up of the auditorily impaired, mentally retarded, multiple impaired, physically impaired as well as visually impaired were studied. The main purpose of this study was to survey the characteristics of the handicapped children...
View DetailsA PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPTS OF RESPECT AND COOPERATION IN NIGERIA’S CIVIC EDUCATION CURRICULUM
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Respect and cooperation are concepts of social values that accord dignity, honour to others and ensure collaboration to achieve a common goal. They are very important in the intellectual and moral development of learners and in the social transformation of learners for the development of the society. Many researches in philosophy of education have focussed more on the cognitive and psychomotor domains of learning than on the affective domain. However, one can see value deca...
View DetailsA Study Of Rail Mass Transit In Lagos and Its Environment
1.1Background to the Study
The role of transport in promoting a nation‟s overall development can hardly be glossed over. It is the lifeblood of the modern rapidly developing and urbanizing societies; for without it no society can function well. Transport is also a vital link that binds together the various component of a nation‟s economy on whatever scale and at whatever level (Adefolalu, 1993). Thus, efficient functioning of the urban life and economy depends to a large extent on t...
View DetailsA STUDY OF RURAL WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATION FOR DEVELOPMENT IN KADUNA STATE OF NIGERIA
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The purpose of the study was to investigate the causes, effects and possible solutions to the low participation of rural women in education using Kaduna State as its focus. This was prompted by the increase in the illiteracy level of the rural women and its implication for national development. The specific objectives of the study include: An investigation into the extent of rural women participation in planning their education, cultural/community restrictions and other fac...
View DetailsA STUDY OF TENSE ERRORS IN THE WRITTEN ENGLISH ESSAY OF SS II STUDENTS IN GIWA EDUCATIONAL ZONE, KADUNA STATE
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This study titled “A study of Tense Errors in the Written English Essays of SS II students of Giwa Educational Zone” was conducted to find out tense errors in the English written essays of SS II students. A written test was administered to the students. The population for the study was 29 public schools in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna state from which two schools were selected (Government Secondary School Giwa, Government Secondary School Sakadadi). Samp...
View DetailsA SURVEY OF TEACHERS’ AWARENESS AND USE OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA
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The purpose of the study was to find out teachers’ awareness and use of assistive technology in teaching children with special needs in North Central Nigeria. The objective of the study was to find out teachers’ competence in assistive technology devices. Six research questions and four hypotheses guided the study. A cross sectional survey research design was adopted for the study and the population for the study was made up of all regular and special education...
View DetailsA SURVEY OF STUDENTS’ OPINION ON THE IMPACT OF TERRORISM ON PERFORMANCE IN SOCIAL STUDIES, IN PLATEAU STATE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, NIGERIA
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This study surveyed student opinion on the impact of Terrorism on performance in social studies in Colleges of Education, Plateau state, Nigeria. Three objectives, research questions and hypotheses each were developed for this study. The population covered all the NCE social studies students constituting 2117 students in Plateau state. Samples of 324 respondents were randomly selected based on Krejcie and Morgan‟s (1970) sample selection. The instrument used for data collec...
View DetailsAN ANALYSIS OF THE APPROACH OF SHARI‟AH COURT JUDGEMENTS TO DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE AND ITS IMPACTS ON THE LIFE OF MUSLIMS IN KADUNA STATE
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This research work entittled “An analysis of the approach of Shari‟ah court Judgements to dissolution of marriage and its impacts on the life of muslims in kaduna state” aimed at evaluating the problems and challenges of marriage, in Shari‟ah court in Kaduna state, assessing the factor responsible for deterring reconciliation of marriage cases at home without going to the court, and to explain the general implications of termination of mar...
View DetailsAN ANALYSIS OF THE NATIONAL POVERTY ERADICATION PROGRAMME (NAPEP) IN Ado=Odo Ota Local Government Area,OGUN state NIGERIA
1.1.Background to the Study
Poverty is multidimensional. It includes various alienations and deprivations such as lack of human capabilities, poor life expectancy, poor maternal health, illiteracy, poor nutritional levels, poor access to safe drinking water and perceptions of well-being (Anyanwu, 1997). However, issues in poverty now include physiological and social deprivations, vulnerability, inequality, violation of basic human rights (World Bank Report, 1999), and the observable...
View DetailsAN ASSESSMENT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF STUDENTS’ WELFARE SERVICES IN UNIVERSITIES IN THREE GEOPOLITICAL ZONES IN NORTHERN PART OF NIGERIA
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This study focused on “An assessment of the management of students’ Welfare services in universities in three Geo-Political Zones in Northern part of Nigeria” The study was specifically interested in finding out the types of welfare services available in the system and the impact they have on the students’ behaviour. The inadequate provision of the students, welfare facilities and their management were assumed by the stakeholders and members of the p...
View DetailsAN EMPIRICAL VALIDATION OF BEGINNING READING SKILLS FOR NIGERIAN PRIMARY SCHOOLS USING THREE STRUCTURED METHODOLOGIES
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This study examined the empirical validation of beginning reading skills for Nigerian primary schools using three structured methodologies. Specifically the study was designed to find out whether there would be reading gains on the part of the pupils following the application of the three methods and their levels of effectiveness including which one would be discovered most effective following the pupils’ performance on test. The sample was made up of two hundred and...
View DetailsANALYSIS OF 60:40 RATIO ADMISSION POLICY IMPLEMENTATION FOR SCIENCE AND ARTS RELATED COURSES IN KWARA STATE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
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This study analysed 60:40 ratio admission policy implementation for science and arts related courses in Kwara state tertiary institutions between 2011/2012-2015/2016 academic sessions. Content Analysis Research Design Approach (CARDA) was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised of Thirty-Six Thousand Two Hundred and Eighty-Seven (36287) candidates offered admission for five academic sessions (2011-2016) was used. Purposive sampling technique was used fo...
View DetailsANALYSIS OF CLASSROOM PSYCHO-SOCIAL FACTORS AS A PREDICTOR TO ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN UPPER BASIC SCIENCE, FUNTUA ZONE, KATSINA, NIGERIA
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This study investigated classroom psycho-social factors as a predictor(s) to slow learners‟ academic performance in upper basic science, Funtua zone, Katsina Nigeria. A correlation research design was used. The study population comprised of all co-educational Junior secondary II Basic Science students for 2017/2018 session in Funtua education zone with a total of 5044 students. A total of three hundred (300) of Junior secondary two (JSS 2) basic Science students took part i...
View DetailsANALYSIS OF SCHOOL BASED INSTRUCTIONAL SUPERVISION IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN NIGER STATE, NIGERIA
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The purpose of the study was to investigate the analysis of school-based instructional supervision in primary schools in Niger State, Nigeria It was guided by six objectives;amon g which are to Determine the analysis of Head teachers’checking of teachers’ record of work, examine the Head teachers’classroom visit, determine the Head teachers’ checking of pupils’ exercise books among others. The researcher applied descriptive survey research desi...
View DetailsANALYSIS OF STUDENTS PERCEPTION ON MORAL VALUES IN ISLAMIC STUDIES CURRICULUM IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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The study analysed the perception on moral values Among Senior Secondary School Students in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The study had four objectives. The study was conducted with the objectives to examine the perception of the Islamic studies curriculum implementation for the acquisition of faithfulness among senior secondary school students in Kaduna State; examine the perception of Islamic studies curriculum on sincerity among senior secondary school students in Kaduna State;...
View DetailsANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN ISLAMIC STUDIES USING DIFFERENT TEACHING METHODS IN SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KANO METROPOLIS, KANO STATE, NIGERIA
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The study on the “Analysis of Students’ Achievement in Islamic Studies using Different Teaching Methods in Selected Public Secondary Schools in Kano Metropolis, Kano State, Nigeria” adopted pretest, post-test quasi experimental design. The students were assessed using two experimental groups and one control group. The studentsin experimentalgroups were taught certain Islamic studies concepts through guided inquiry method and guided lecture method. The cont...
View DetailsANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN WASSCE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ZARIA AND GIWA EDUCATION ZONES, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA (2011 – 2015)
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This study aims at analyzing the Students‟ Performance in (WASSCE) on the management of public senior secondary schools in Zaria and Giwa Education Zones, Kaduna State, Nigeria 2011-2015. The study was guided by five objectives,(1)identify students‟ performance in Mathematics in WASSCE on the Management of public senior secondary schools in Zaria and Giwa Education Zones, Kaduna State, Nigeria (2011- 2015),(2)determine students‟ performance in English language in WASSCE on...
View DetailsANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN WEST AFRICAN SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS (WAEC) IN SABON TASHA AND ZONKWA EDUCATION ZONES, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA (2011-2015): IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMEN
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The study analysed students’ performance in West African School Certificate examinations (WAEC) in Sabon Tasha and Zonkwa Education Zones, Kaduna State, Nigeria (2011-2015): Implications for Educational Management. Five objectives were raised in the study in order to examine students’ performance in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Government and Commerce in Senior Secondary School Examinations in WAEC (2011-2015) in Sabon Tasha and Zonkwa Education Zones...
View DetailsANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCES IN WEST AFRICAN SENIOR SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS IN NORTH-WEST ZONE, NIGERIA (2010 – 2014): IMPLICATIONS TOEDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING
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The study analysed students‟ performances in West African Senior School Certificate Examinations in North-West Zone, Nigeria (2010-2014): Implications to Educational Administration and Planning.The study was carried out with six objectives among which were to analysepass and fail in English Language between male and female students, compare pass and fail in English Language between private and public students and examine pass and fail in Mathematics between male and females...
View DetailsAPPLICATION OF CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MAIDUGURI AND JERE EDUCATION ZONES, BORNO STATE, NIGERIA
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This study is on Application of classroom management techniques in secondary schools in Maiduguri and Jere Education Zones, Borno State, Nigeria. The study examined the application of group participation as classroom management technique in secondary schools in Maiduguri and Jere Education Zones, evaluated the application of rewards as classroom management technique in secondary schools in Maiduguri and Jere Education Zones, assessed the application of punishment as classro...
View DetailsAPPLICATION OF TIME MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KOGI STATE, NIGERIA
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This study was carried out to assess the “Application of Time Management Strategies to the Administration of Public Senior Secondary Schools in Kogi State, Nigeria”. Six objectives were set to assess the Application of appropriate schedule of School Activities to the Administration of Public Senior Secondary Schools, assess the Application of Time Allocation to the Administration of Public Senior Secondary Schools, assess theApplication of Organization of Termly...
View DetailsAPPRAISAL OF THE INFLUENCE OF FEDERATION OF INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (FIFA) ORGANIZED COMPETITIONS ON THE ATTAINMENT OF THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN NIGERIA
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The purpose of this study was to appraise the influence of FIFA Organized Competitions on the attainment of Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria. To achieve this purpose, a total of 285 respondents were used for the study. A stratified random sampling technique was used.In this technique; the six (6) geo-political zones in Nigeria were used. Experts in the field of Physical and Health Education vetted the questionnaire in order to determine its face and content validity....
View DetailsASSESMENT OF THE EFFECT OF POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT ON MATHEMATICS ANXIETY AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN EDU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
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This study assessed the effect of Positive Reinforcement on Mathematics Anxiety among Primary School Pupils in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State. Two Counselling Techniques of Token Economy and Praise were used to address the problem of Mathematics Anxiety among Primary School Pupils in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State The study employed quasi-experiment involving pre-test and posttest research design. Six research questions with corresponding null hypotheses...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS OF ACTIVITY-BASED AND BRAINSTORMING INSTRUCTIONS ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN ISLAMIC STUDIES IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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The study titled Assessments of effects of activity-based and brainstorming instructions on students’ performance in Islamic Studies in Junior Secondary Schools in Kaduna state, Nigeria. The study was conducted with five objectives which include: determine the effects of activity-based instruction on students’ performance in Islamic studies as compared to the Conventional method in junior secondary schools in Kaduna state;examine the effects of brainstorming ins...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ON STANDARDIZED ECONOMICS ACHIEVEMENT TEST IN BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE, NIGERIA
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The study examined the Assessment of Academic Achievement of Senior Secondary School Students on Standardized Economics Achievement Test in Bauchi, Bauchi State Nigeria. The study adopted Expost facto research design. The population of the study consisted of 18,389 Senior Secondary students. Clusters sampling technique was used to select a sample size of 377 from Eight Senior Secondary School Students across three Educational zones by the application of Kcrejcie and morgan...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF ADMINISTRATORS’ ROLE PERFORMANCE IN TERTIARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN KOGI STATE, NIGERIA
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This study assessed the Administrators’ Role Performance in Tertiary Educational Institutions in Kogi State, Nigeria. The study has seven objectives among which were to: Determine administrators’ role performance in decision making process in tertiary educational institutions in Kogi State; assess administrators’ role performance in staff development in tertiary educational institutions in Kogi State and ascertain administrators’ role performance in...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF ALMAJIRI SYSTEM OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION BY DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTS IN THE NORTH-WEST GEO-POLITICAL ZONE OF NIGERIA
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The study is on an assessment of Almajiri system of Islamic education by democratic governments in the North-West Geo-Political Zone of Nigeria from 2002-2012. It examines the emergence, development and roles of Qur‟anic schools in the promotion of knowledge in North-West. It also evaluates the implication of begging among the Almajiris as the challenge facing the reforms and development of the Almajiri schools among others. The target population of this study consists of A...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF AWARENESS, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE TOWARDS OBSERVATION OF RETINOBLASTOMA AMONG MOTHERS OF UNDER- FIVE CHILDREN IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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This study assessed awareness, attitude and practice towards observation of retinoblastoma among four hundred (400) mothers of under-five children in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The study employed descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised of all mothers of under-five children in Kaduna State which are 2,050,608. Three specific purposes, research questions and hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. A multi-stage sampling technique comprisin...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA RESOURCES IN TEACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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The research was carried out to assess the availability, and utilization of electronic media resources in teaching and learning of English language in senior secondary schools in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The study was carried out with four objectives among which are to: examine the availability of electronic media resources used in teaching English language in senior secondary schools in Kaduna State; and identify the various types of electronic media resources used in teachi...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF CONFLICT CONTROL MECHANISMS IN ADMINISTRATION OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY (FCT) ABUJA, NIGERIA
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This study was conducted on the Assessment of Conflict Control Mechanisms in Administration of Junior Secondary Schools in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Nigeria. The study has five objectives which are to; find out the use of mediation approach in conflict control, examine the use of negotiation mechanisms in conflict control, ascertain the use of consensus decision- making process in conflict control, assess the use of parents’ involvement in conflict contro...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF DISCIPLINE TECHNIQUES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN JIGAWA STATE, NIGERIA
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This research undertook an assessment of discipline techniques in the management of public secondary schools in Jigawa State, Nigeria, five objectives were formulated among which are: determine the maintenance of examination ethics in public secondary schools in Jigawa State; assess the maintenance of punctuality in public secondary schools in Jigawa State; examine students’ disciplinary management system in public secondary schools in Jigawa State; discipline techniq...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES MAINTENANCE ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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The main objective of this study is to investigate the Assessment of educational facilities maintenance on students’ academic performance in public secondary schools in Kaduna state. To achieve the aim of this research,six objectives were formulatedwhich include: the assessment of classroom facilities maintenance;assessment of library facilities maintenance;assessment of laboratory facilities maintenance; assessment of infrastructural facilities maintenance;assessment...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF EFFECT OF COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION ON PERFORMANCE OF VISUAL ARTS STUDENTS' IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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This study examined the Effect of Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) on Students‘ Performance in Visual Arts in Senior Secondary Schools in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The objectives of the study are to: determine the effect of computer assisted instruction on the performance of students in visual art, ascertain the performance of students taught fundamentals of colours with the use of CAI and conventional method in visual arts, examine the effect of the use of computer a...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS OF INQUIRY AND TASK-BASED METHODS ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN ECONOMICS AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN IMO STATE, NIGERIA
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This study investigated the “Assessment of Effects of Inquiry and Task-based Methods on Students‟ Performance in Economics Among Secondary Schools in Imo State, Nigeria”. The objectives of the study were to: determine the performance of students taught Economics using inquiry and those taught using task-based methods in secondary schools in Imo state; find out the performance of experimental group in pre-test and post- test using inquiry method in teaching Econo...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION NIGERIA CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION SOCIAL STUDIES MINIMUM STANDARDS
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The study assessed the Implementation of National Commission for Colleges of Education Nigeria Certificate in Education Social Studies Minimum Standards in Colleges of Education. Six objectives guided the study amongst which are: to examine the state of adherence to prescribed admission requirements in implementing the social studies minimum standards by colleges of education in north-west geo-political zone of Nigeria; assess the availability and adequacy of instructional...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF INSTRUCTIONAL SUPERVISORY ROLE PERFORMANCE OF PRINCIPALS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BENUE STATE, NIGERIA
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The study assessed the InstructionalSupervisory Role Performance of Principals in Secondary Schools in Benue State, Nigeria. The objectives of the study are to find out the principals’ instructional supervisory role performance in checking/marking teachers’ lesson plan/note, Classroom visitation, Teachers’ Adherence to Curriculum Content, Dissemination of information Bulleting/Communication and Facilities Maintenance in Secondary Schools in Benue State. Fi...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL BUSINESS STUDIES CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION IN PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA
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This study assessed the Assessment of Junior Secondary Business Studies Curriculum Implementation in Plateau State, Nigeria. The study was guided by four research objectives among which were to identify the funding strategies adopted by government for the implementation of business studies curriculum in junior secondary schools in Plateau state. Fourcorrespondingresearch questions and four research hypotheses were formulated in line with the research objectives. Relevant li...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE (KAP) OF FAMILY PLANNING AMONG RURAL WOMEN IN KOGI STATE, NIGERIA
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The purpose of this study was to assess knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of family planning among rural women in Kogi state, Nigeria. Ex-post facto research design was used for this study and the sample size consisted of 384 respondents. To achieve this purpose, a researcher developed questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. The population of the study comprised of 72,844 women of reproductive age. The instrument was vetted by five jurors from the Dep...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF LECTURERS’ ATTITUDES, SELF- EFFICACY AND ACCESS TO THE UTILIZATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECNOLOGY IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN KADUNA STATE
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This study assessed lecturers‟ attitudes, self-Efficacy and access on utilization of Information and Communication Technologies in Colleges of Education in Kaduna State. The study has three objectives and corresponding null hypotheses. The study was conducted in the two Colleges of Education in Kaduna State. The study adopted survey research design. The population of this study comprises of all the lecturers in two Colleges of Education in Kaduna State. A sample size of 274...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF PRINCIPALS’ ROLE ON STUDENTS’ SERVICE DELIVERY IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ABUJA MUNICIPAL AREA COUNCIL, ABUJA NIGERIA
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This study was carried out to assess the Principals‟ Role on Students‟ Service Delivery in Secondary Schools in Abuja Municipal Area Council. Abuja, Nigeria. Seven objectives were postulated in line with research questions and null hypotheses that guided the study. The objectives were set to: assess the principals‟ role on students‟ health care services, guidance and counseling services, recreational services, hostel accommodation services, library/ICT services, security se...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF PRINCIPALS’ ROLE PERFORMANCE ON SCHOOL-BASED SUPERVISION IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN YOBE STATE, NIGERIA
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This research examined the Assessment of Principals’ Role performance on School-Based Supervision in Secondary Schools in Yobe State. Five (5) objectives were raised to guide the study which include to: assess the principals’ supervisory practice on provision of instructional materials in senior secondary schools in Yobe State; examine the principals’ supervisory practice onsupervision of instructional methods inSenior Secondary Schools in Yobe State;ascer...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF PRINCIPALS’ SUPERVISORY PRACTICE ON TEACHERS’ ROLE PERFORMANCE IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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This study assessed the Principals‟ Supervisory Practice on Teachers‟ Role Performance in Junior Secondary Schools in Kaduna State. Six (6) objectives were raised to guide the study, which are to examine the impact of principals‟ classroom visitation on teachers‟ role performance in Junior Secondary Schools in Kaduna State; assess the impact of principals‟ supervisory practice of record checking on teachers‟ role performance in Junior Secondary Schools in Kaduna State among...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY (FCT) ABUJA, NIGERIA
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The study examined the Management of Resources in FCT Government Secondary Schools Abuja, Nigeria. The objectives of the study are to evaluate the management of human, facility, funds, curriculum and time resources. Five research questions were raised while five hypotheses were tested in the study which adopted the descriptive survey as the design. The population of this study comprised the 56 Government Secondary Schools located in the six Area Council in Federal Capital T...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF TEACHERS’ AND STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES ON UTILIZATION AND MAINTAINANCE OF SCHOOOL FACILITIES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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The study is entitled „Assessment of Teachers‟ and Students‟ Attitudes on Utilization and Maintenance of School Facilities in Secondary Schools in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The study was guided by eight objectives, which include the examination of teachers‟ and students‟ attitudes on the utilization of teaching facilities in Secondary Schools in Kaduna State, Nigeria; among others. In the light of the foregoing corresponding research questions were stated which include:...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF TEACHERS’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS VALIDATION OF NON-STANDARDIZED ACHIEVEMENT TEST IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BORNO STATE, NIGERIA
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This study assessed teachers’ attitude towards validation of non-standardized achievement test in secondary schools in Borno State, Nigeria. Three objectives, three research questions and two null hypotheses were formulated. This was tested at 0.05 level of significance alpha. The U-test (Mann Whitney) was use to test hypothesis one while H-test was used to test hypothesis two. Survey research design was used for the study with the population of 8100 teachers within t...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF TEACHERS’ IMPLEMENTATION OF SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM FOR EFFECTIVE CITIZENSHIP IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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This study was on assessment of teachers‟ implementation of Social studies curriculum for effective citizenship among primary school pupils in Kaduna State. The study was conducted with the objectives to: assess the extent to which the objectives of social studies curriculum are geared towards inculcating effective citizenship in primary school pupils in Kaduna State; examine the adequacy of the methods and techniques used by teachers in the implementation of social studies...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF STAFF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES ON THE JOB PERFORMANCE OF LECTURERS IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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The study assessed staff development programmes on the job performance of lecturers in colleges of education in Kaduna state, Nigeria. The study was conducted with five objectives among are to: determine the acquisition of higher qualifications on the job performance of lecturers in colleges of education in Kaduna state; ascertain fund allocation to the colleges of education on lecturers sponsorship for staff development programmes in Kaduna state, find out induction traini...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE ADVENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAM AMONG JUKUN PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN TARABA, NIGERIA
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The research titled Assessment of the Advent and Development of Islam among Jukun People in Southern Taraba, Taraba State Nigeria. It is aimed at examining the historical account on the advent of Islam among Jukun people and to assess the impact of Islam on their lives among others. In order to attain the aforementioned goals, the researcher adopted Survey research methodology using questionnaire and interview. For the questionnaires; the Researcher distributed three hundre...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE APPLICATION OF INFORMATION RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES FOR ACQUISITION INSPECIAL LIBRARIES IN PLATEAU STATE
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This study was conducted to assess the various strategies applied by special libraries in Plateau State in increasing their collections through acquisition. Some known strategies for application in acquisition in special libraries include purchase, donation, endowments, bequests, resource sharing, exchange, and consortium. Mixed research method was adopted for the research. Closed ended questionnaire with multiple choice answers and open ended interview were the instruments...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF INQUIRY AND DEMONSTRATION METHODS ON PERFORMANCE OF BIOLOGY STUDENTS’ IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, ABUJA, NIGERIA
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This study assessed the effects of Inquiry and Demonstration methods on Performance of Biology Students’ in Secondary Schools in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria. The study was anchored on five objectives which include to: determine the performance of students taught Biology using Inquiry and those taught using conventional method in Secondary Schools in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja; investigate the performance of students taught Biology using demonstrati...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF JOGGING ON SELECTED RISK FACTORS AND BIOMARKERS OF CARDIO-METABOLIC SYNDROME OF ADOLESCENTSIN KANO METROPOLIS, NIGERIA
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This study assessed the effects of jogging on selected risk factors and biomarkers of cardio- metabolic syndrome (CMS) of adolescents in Kano Metropolis, Nigeria. For the purpose of this study, an experimental research design was used in which the participants were randomly assigned into two groups (experimental and control). Forty (40) male adolescents between the ages of 14 and 17 years, whose body mass indexes (BMI) (kg/m2) were above 85th percentile, constituted the pop...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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This study focused on the Assessment of the Educational Facilities for the Physically Challenged in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Five research objectives were formulated. The objectives include: assessing government commitment on enrolling disabled persons into inclusive education, provision of infrastructural facilities, provision of instructional facilities, quality and commitments of teachers and supervisors and welfare services for teachers and students in the rehabilitation...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF INTERACTIVE TECHNIQUES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BAUCHI STATE, NIGERIA
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The study assessed the effects of interactive techniques on the performance of students in English language in senior secondary schools in Bauchi State, Nigeria. The study was carried out with objectives to: determine the effects of shared discussion technique on the pre-test and post- test performance of students taught English language in senior secondary school in Bauchi state, and those taught using conventional method; examine the effects of brainstorming technique on...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SECONDARY EDUCATION IN NORTH-CENTRAL GEOGRAPHICAL ZONE, NIGERIA
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This study on the Assessment of the Contributions of Non-Governmental Organisations to the Development of Secondary Education in North-Central Geographical Zone, Nigeria was aimed at gathering information on the opinions of principals, teachers, Ministry of Education officials and Non-Governmental Organizations officials on the contributions of Non- Governmental Organizations in the development of secondary education. The study had seven objectives, which aimed to ascertain...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION IN PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA
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This study assessed the implementation of Early Childhood Care Development Education in Plateau State, Nigeria. The study was carried out with four objectives among which are to: determine the instructional materials available for the implementation of early childhood care development education in Plateau state, Nigeria; and assess the extent to which the content of early childhood care development education is being implemented in Early Childhood Care Development Education...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN BENUE STATE, NIGERIA
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This study assessed the implementation of Adult Education programme in Benue state, Nigeria. Seven objectives guided the study, which are to; assess the extent to which adult education programme imparts literacy and numeracy skills to non-literate adults; examine the adequacy of the methods and techniques used by adult education facilitators for effective lesson delivery; evaluate the appropriateness of instructional materials used in teaching of adult education programme;...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF SIMULATION GAME AND DRAMATIZATION STRATEGIES ON PUPILS‟ PERFORMANCE IN CIVIC EDUCATION IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN YOBE STATE, NIGERIA
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The study examined the Effects of Simulation Game and Dramatization Strategies on Pupils‟ Performance in Civic Education in Primary Schools in Yobe State, Nigeria. The study was conducted with six objectives viz to: examine the performance of pupils taught civic education using simulation game instructional strategy and those taught using conventional method of teaching in primary schools in Yobe State; ascertain the performance of pupils taught concept of loyalty using sim...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE READING COMPONENT OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CURRICULUM IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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The study assessed the implementation of English reading components in senior secondary schools in Kaduna state, Nigeria. The study was carried out with the objectives to: determine the extent of the coverage, effectiveness of the content, appropriateness of teaching, availability of instructional and evaluation strategies in teaching English Reading components in senior secondary schools in Kaduna State. Five corresponding research questions and fiv...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE INFLUENCE OF FEMALE UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ MORAL STANDARD ON DRESS CODE IMPLEMENTATION IN NORTH-WEST NIGERIA
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This research work was carried out to assess the influence of female university undergraduate‟ moral standard on dress code implementation in North-West Nigeria. The objective of this research is to examine the influence of female undergraduates‟ age, marital status, moral value and sexual morality on dress code implementation. The study was conducted using descriptive survey design with the target population of seventeen thousand, one hundred and sixteen (17,116) female und...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN YOBE STATE, NIGERIA
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This research work assessed the Implementation of Universal Basic Education Programme in Junior Secondary Schools in Yobe State, Nigeria. The study was conducted using five objectives which were translated into research questions and hypotheses. Descriptive survey design was adopted with 5862 as population of the study, using the sample size of 365 based on the recommendation of sample size table prepared by Research Advisers (2006). The instrument used for data collection...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NIGERIA CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION HAUSA LANGUAGE CURRICULUM IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN NIGERIA
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This study assessed the implementation of Nigeria Certificate in Education Hausa language curriculum in northwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria, to determine: the extent of content coverage of NCE Hausa language curriculum, determine the methods utilized by the Hausa language lecturers in the implementation of NCE Hausa language curriculum; determine the availability of instructional materials needed for implementation of Hausa language; assess the adequacy of instructional...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS ACQUISITION ON HOME ECONOMICS STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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This study investigated the impact entrepreneurial skills acquisition on Home Economics students’ performance in junior secondary schools in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The study set out to: find out the impact of entrepreneurial skills acquisition on the performance of home economics students in junior secondary schools in Kaduna state; ascertain the impact of entrepreneurial skills acquisition on the performance of urban and rural students of home economics in junior sec...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION AND CONDUCT OF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES FOR NON-ACADEMIC STAFF IN AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA
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This study was carried out to ―Assess the Organization and Conduct of Development Programmes for Non-Academic Staff in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria‖. Four objectives were postulated in line with research questions and hypotheses that guided the study. The objectives were set to: assess the organization and conduct of conference, seminar, workshop and in-service programmes for senior and junior non-aca...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE PERCEIVED IMPACT OF CORRUPT PRACTICES ON SPORTS DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
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The study examined the perceived impact of corrupt practices on the personnel, facilities/ equipment, management of the sports associations, sports competitions and officiating in the State Sports Councils in Nigeria. The Ex-Post Facto research designed was used for this study. The population for this study cut across coaches, athletes, organizing secretaries and management staff of the State Sports Council in Nigeria. A self-developed questionnaire was pi...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE PRACTICE OF ZAKAT PAYMENT AND ITS IMPACT AMONG THE PEOPLE OF KADUNA STATE
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This research entitle “Assessment of the practice of Zakat payment and its impact on the people of kaduna State” aimed at appraising the nature of Zakat payment among the people of Kaduna state, and to assess the problems and challenges of the application of the concept of Zakat among the people of Kaduna State, To achieve the stated goals, the researcher adopted the descriptive research methods, by distributing questionnaires, A total of five hundred (500) ques...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS’ LEARNING STYLES AND THEIR PERFORMANCE IN SHORTHAND IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN NORTH-WEST ZONE, NIGERIA
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The study assessed the relationship between business education student’s learning styles and their performance in shorthand in the college of education in North-west Zone, Nigeria. The study had five objectives, five research questions and four null hypotheses. Ex post facto research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 1,616 NCE 1 business education students in colleges of education in North-west Zone, Nigeria in 2015/2016 academic sessio...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOB SATISFACTION AND PRE-RETIREMENT ANXIETY AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN ZAMFARA STATE, NIGERIA
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The study investigated the relationship between job satisfaction and anxiety among secondary school pre-retirement teachers in Zamfara State, Nigeria. The study employed correlational and triangular designs. The study was guided by four (4) research questions and four (4) hypotheses. The population of the study consists of five thousand nine hundred and thirty four (5,934) male and female secondary school teachers in Zamfara State. A sample size of 361 was randomly selected...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL MEDIA UTILIZATION AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN NORTHWEST NIGERIA
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The study assessed the relationship between social media utilization and academic achievement of undergraduate students in northwestern Nigeria. The study had nine specific objectives, nine research questions, and five null hypotheses which were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. A correlation type of descriptive research design was adopted for this study. The population of the study was 9752 of 200 level students who were in 2016/2017 academic session in...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE PERFORMANCE OF PRINCIPALS IN MANAGEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ZAMFARA STATE, NIGERIA
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This study focused on the Assessment oftherole performance of Principals in the Management of Secondary Schools in Zamfara State, Nigeria. For the purpose of this research, eight research objectives were set to include; role performances of principals on interpersonal relationship, decision making process, communication, supervision, staff development programmes, maintenance of discipline, school-communityrelationship and maintenance offacilities in secondary school managem...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS IN BENIN METROPOLIS, EDO STATE, NIGERIA
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This study undertook an "Assessment of the Role performance of Secondary School Principals in Benin Metropolis". Eight objectives were set out to be achieved andeight research questions were formulated while eight null hypotheses were stated and tested.Descriptive survey research design was employed for this study. The population of interest for the study was 6668 consisting of principals, vice-principals and teachers. This population was drawn from secondary scho...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE USE, COMPETENCE OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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This research work assessed teacher and students‘ competence and the use of Information Communication Technology in Tertiary Institutions in Kaduna State in Nigeria. The statement of the problem was the challenges of integrating information and communication technology ICT into tertiary institutions was a very big task, many teachers and students still lack adequate training and competence in using computer as a tool for effective teaching and...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE VIABILITY OF COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRES AS ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL IN PROMOTING GIRL CHILD EDUCATION IN KADUNA STATE-NIGERIA
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This study assessed the viability of community resource centres as alternative school in promoting girl child education in Kaduna state, Nigeria. Five objectives and five research questions were formulated. Five null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive design was used for the study. Out of a population of 864,355, a sample size of 355 was identified for the study. A self designed structured questionnaire titled Alternative School...
View DetailsAVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF COMPUTER PACKAGES IN TEACHING AND LEARNING OF ISLAMIC STUDIES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE
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This study assessed the availability and utilization of computer packages in teaching and learning of Islamic Studies in secondary schools in Kaduna State. The research work was as a result of ineffective usage of instructional materials in teaching and learning of Islamic Studies by teachers of Islamic Studies because of their inability to interact with the teaching environment such as the use of computers. According to WAEC Chief Examiner‟s report, this has led to the stu...
View DetailsAWARENESS AND READINESS TO ADOPT GREEN COMPUTING PRACTICES AMONG EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY STAKEHOLDERS IN NORTH-CENTRAL NIGERIA
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The use of computer and its accessories in our daily activities, in spite of its usefulness have caused a lot of hazards to humans and the environment. Green computing aimed at reducing energy consumption and carbon emission, prevent wastage, cut cost and protect the environment. This study investigates educational technology stakeholders‘ awareness and readiness to green computing adoption in North central Nigeria. A cross sectional Survey research design was adapted...
View DetailsCAREER PROGRESSION, WORK MOTIVATION AND LEADERSHIP STYLES AS FACTORS AFFECTING JOB SATISFACTION OF LIBRARY PERSONNEL IN THE FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE OF NIGERIA
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Library personnel are at the centre of information provision in the Federal Civil Service of Nigeria for policy formulation and implementation of government programmes and projects. As a result of limited vacancies for career progression (promotion from grade level 07-17), leadership styles (bureaucratic, autocratic and laissez-faire) and poor working conditions, the job satgisfaction of the library personnel has generated much concern. Several studies have focused on work...
View DetailsCOMPERATIVE ANALYSIS OF BOARDING AND DAY STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL IN BIRNIN GWARI EDUCATION ZONE KADUNA STATE NIGERIA (2011-2015): IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATINAL MANAGEMENT
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This study examinedComparative Analysis of Boarding and Day Students‟ Performance in West African Examinations Council in Birnin Gwari Education Zone Kaduna state, Nigeria (2011-2015): Implications for educational management. It comparatively ascertained the relationship in the performance of Boarding and Day Senior Secondary Schools in Birnin Gwari Education Zone. As a descriptive research, the study population comprised all the seven (7) Day Senior Secondary Schools and O...
View DetailsCOMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLSIN NIGER STATE, NIGERIA
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This study was carried out in order to assess the management of human resource towards the achievement of public and private secondary schools comparatively in Niger State. It has been observed by the researcher that, recruitment of teachers for public secondary schools in Niger State happens to be the most suffered area of human resource, which may not be the same case with private secondary schools. Also public secondary schools teachers suffered late implementation of th...
View DetailsCOMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF CONSTRUCTVIST AND META LEARNING TEACHING METHODS ON STUDENTS ACHIVEMENT AND RETENTION IN BASIC ELETRICITY IN TECHNICAL COLLEGES
1.1Background to the Study
Education is acknowledged as a vital instrument for achieving national development. It is through education that ignorance is eliminated and skills for productivity acquired. Imogie (2014) affirmed that no nation can develop to its fullest without effective and efficient educational system. The value and functionality of any educational system lie in its ability to actualize the goals of education. Federal Republic of Nigeria (FRN), (2014) stated that one...
View DetailsDEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AS DETERMINANTS OF PRIVATE RETURNS TO INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION AMONG NIGERIAN WORKERS
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Earlier studies on private returns to education in Nigeria neither gave adequate attention to the demographic factors nor covered the whole country. Some of them investigated the relationship among years of schooling, experience and earnings that covered one state, while others investigated some of the demographic factors that covered a few states. This study, therefore investigated the contributions of demographic factors to private returns to investment in education acros...
View DetailsDETERMINANTS OF CARRYING CAPACITY OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA
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Universities’ inadequate provision of human resources, material resources and infrastructural facilities due to poor funding resulted in the formulation of principles of faculty carrying capacity that admission of students be based on available facilities such as classrooms, staff, equipment and materials. Admission to universities in Nigeria is highly competitive because of the increasing importance attached to university education in the development of individuals a...
View DetailsDETERMINATION OF SELF EMPELOYMENT SKILLS NEEDED BY BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN SOUTH -WEST
Background of the Study
Education is the bed rock of a nation‟s economy. It is the suitable legacy with which a child should be left in order to successfully exist in life and to remain productively capable in any economy. Education is also seen to be the robust step in paving the way for the citizenry of a nation to achieve their desired interest in the world of business. Education has also been viewed as the instrument used to impact in-depth knowledge and understanding so as to a...
View DetailsDEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF INSTRUMENT FOR ASSESSING STUDENTS PRACTICAL PERFORMANCE IN ELECTRONIC WORK IN TECHNICAL COLLEGES
Background to the Study
The major objective of teaching and learning at any level is that teachers/instructors bring about changes in their students.The achievement of this objective is very much dependent on assessment which can be carried out through examinations, tests, interviews, and projects (Bukar, 1994). Based on this premise, Chiejile (2006) mentioned that a simplistic measure of quality of teaching is dependent on how effective and efficient the students carry out the lear...
View DetailsDEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF MEETING UNMET NEED PROGRAMME FOR FAMILY PLANNING IN BENUE STATE OF NIGERIA :IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSELLING
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The purpose of the study was to develop and implement unmet need programme for family planning in the Benue State of Nigeria. The specific objectives of the study were to: determine the objectives and contents of meeting unmet need programme for Benue State and implement it in Benue State; determine the counselling implications of meeting unmet need programme; and determine if a significant difference exists between the mean scores of counselled and non-counselled women in...
View DetailsDEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF PSYCHOMOTOR COMPETENCY BASED PROGRAMME FOR RETRAINING ARTISANS IN ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION WORKS IN SOUTH-EAST NIGERIA
Background to the Study
The 21st Century is best described as the age of science and technology, exploration, experimentation and development. This has resulted to innovations in all fields of human endeavour with its attendant socioeconomic consequences. Thus, every nation must be abreast with such innovations to be economically viable. In view of this, Dauda, Daniel, Paul and Danlami (2017) opined that Nigeria needs to grow and compete favourably with other nations in business and...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF INDISCIPLINARY ACT ON STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN IFAKO IJAYE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN LAGOS STATE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study
Discipline, according to Jemibewon (1976) is a highly desirable quality of human being or social group. Discipline behavior is accepted as essential characteristics of any educated or cultured person. Discipline, therefore, is a subject of great concern to parents, teachers, and administrators who are interested in the moulding of the character of y...
View DetailsEXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP STYLE, TEACHERS PERFORMANCE, AND STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE: A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED SCHOOLS IN NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA
EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP STYLE, TEACHERS PERFORMANCE, AND STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE: A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED SCHOOLS IN NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
The quality of education in any society is significantly influenced by the leadership style of school principals, which plays a critical role in shaping the overall environment within which teachers opera...
View DetailsEFFECTIVE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND THE PERFORMANCE OF UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION IN JIGAWA STATE
EFFECTIVE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND THE PERFORMANCE OF UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION IN JIGAWA STATE
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
Local government administration plays a pivotal role in the delivery of public services, particularly in the education sector, where it is tasked with implementing policies and managing resources to ensure effective service delivery. In Nigeria, the Universal Basic Education (UBE) program was introduced in 19...
View DetailsA CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF TEACHERS QUALITY AND OUTDATED CURRICULUM AS FACTORS MILITATING STATE-OWNED SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA
A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF TEACHERS QUALITY AND OUTDATED CURRICULUM AS FACTORS MILITATING STATE-OWNED SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
In Nigeria, the quality of education has become a major concern due to the persistent challenges facing state-owned schools. Two critical factors contributing to the underperformance of these schools are the quality of teachers and the outdated curriculum. These issues are central to the effectiven...
View DetailsAN INVESTIGATION OF THE AVAILABILITY, ADEQUACY, AND ACCESSIBILITY OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KEBBI STATE
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE AVAILABILITY, ADEQUACY, AND ACCESSIBILITY OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KEBBI STATE
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
Education is a fundamental pillar for societal development and individual empowerment. The quality of education a student receives is heavily influenced by the availability, adequacy, and accessibility of educational facilities within their learning environment. In secondary schools, thes...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF EDUCATIONAL PROMOTION INITIATIVE ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE- A CASE STUDY OF UNION BANK OF NIGERIA EDU360 INITIATIVE
THE IMPACT OF EDUCATIONAL PROMOTION INITIATIVE ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE- A CASE STUDY OF UNION BANK OF NIGERIA EDU360 INITIATIVE.
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
Educational promotion initiatives play a crucial role in enhancing academic performance by providing resources, opportunities, and support to students and educational institutions. One notable example is the Edu360 initiative by Union Bank of Nigeria, designed to foster educational devel...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF TEACHERS RECOGNITION INITIATIVE ON NIGERIA QUALITY OF EDUCATION: A CASE STUDY OF MALTINA TEACHER OF THE YEAR EVENT
THE IMPACT OF TEACHERS RECOGNITION INITIATIVE ON NIGERIA QUALITY OF EDUCATION: A CASE STUDY OF MALTINA TEACHER OF THE YEAR EVENT
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
Teacher recognition initiatives are designed to acknowledge and reward the contributions of educators, aiming to enhance their motivation and performance. In Nigeria, the Maltina Teacher of the Year (MTOY) event is a prominent example of such initiatives, celebrating outstanding teachers...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF JAPA ON NIGERIA’S EDUCATIONAL SECTOR: ANALYZING THE EFFECTS ON TEACHER SHORTAGES AND STUDENT OUTCOMES
THE IMPACT OF JAPA ON NIGERIA’S EDUCATIONAL SECTOR: ANALYZING THE EFFECTS ON TEACHER SHORTAGES AND STUDENT OUTCOMES
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
The Japa phenomenon, characterized by the high volume migration of Nigerians to foreign countries in search of better opportunities, has had a notable impact on various sectors, including education. The migration of skilled professionals, particularly teachers,...
View DetailsJAPA AND ITS INFLUENCE ON NIGERIAN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: ANALYZING THE EFFECTS ON ENROLLMENT AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
JAPA AND ITS INFLUENCE ON NIGERIAN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: ANALYZING THE EFFECTS ON ENROLLMENT AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE.
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
The Japa phenomenon, denoting the mass migration of Nigerians in search of better opportunities abroad, has notable repercussions for Nigeria’s educational institutions. As a significant number of students and professionals migrate, the education sector...
View DetailsJAPA AND ITS IMPACT ON NIGERIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM: ANALYZING EFFECTS ON STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION.
JAPA AND ITS IMPACT ON NIGERIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM: ANALYZING EFFECTS ON STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION.
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
The Japa phenomenon, referring to the mass migration of Nigerians seeking opportunities abroad, has significant implications for the Nigerian educational system. As families and students migrate, there are observable effects on student enrollment, educational quali...
View DetailsJAPA AND THE NIGERIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM: EXPLORING THE CHALLENGES OF RETAINING ACADEMIC TALENT
JAPA AND THE NIGERIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM: EXPLORING THE CHALLENGES OF RETAINING ACADEMIC TALENT.
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
The Japa phenomenon, characterized by the mass migration of Nigerians seeking opportunities abroad, has profound implications for Nigeria's education system, particularly concerning the retention of academic talent. The migration of educators, researchers, and academic professionals...
View DetailsDEWEY PHILOSOPHY AND CONTEMPORARY EDUCATION IN NIGERIA IMPELICATION FOR DEMOCRACY AND EDUCATION
1.1Background to the Study
Since the return of sovereignty, education that is to do with socio-political, ideological orientation and democratic tenets and that helps to liberate the mind and mould the individual for self-reliance has been the main national objective of Nigerian education. Today, the zeal with which Nigerians embrace education as a potent instrument for socio-economic and political transformation must have accounted for the different political slogans that have been...
View DetailsEVALUATING THE IMPACT OF EDUCATIONAL POLICIES ON TEACHER QUALITY IN NIGERIAN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION)
EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF EDUCATIONAL POLICIES ON TEACHER QUALITY IN NIGERIAN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION)
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
Education plays a critical role in national development by shaping human resources. In Nigeria, Colleges of Education are responsible for preparing future teachers, which in turn directly impacts the quality of education...
View DetailsAN ASSESSMENT OF ACCREDITATION STANDARDS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON TEACHER PREPARATION (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION)
AN ASSESSMENT OF ACCREDITATION STANDARDS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON TEACHER PREPARATION (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION)
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
Accreditation standards play a crucial role in ensuring the quality of teacher education programs, setting the benchmarks for curriculum, faculty qualifications, and learning resources in Colleges of Education. In Nigeria, the National...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF ENHANCING TEACHER QUALITY THROUGH CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION)
THE IMPACT OF ENHANCING TEACHER QUALITY THROUGH CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION)
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
Continuous professional development (CPD) for teachers is essential to maintaining high teaching standards, especially in rapidly changing educational environments. In Nigeria, the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) recognizes CPD as a key strategy to...
View DetailsA STUDY OF EDUCATION CURRICULUM GUIDELINES AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IN IMPROVING TEACHER COMPETENCE (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION)
A STUDY OF EDUCATION CURRICULUM GUIDELINES AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IN IMPROVING TEACHER COMPETENCE (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION)
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
The development and implementation of effective curriculum guidelines are fundamental to producing competent teachers capable of meeting the educational needs of their students. In Nigeria, the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) is resp...
View DetailsTHE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUPERVISION AND TEACHER PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIAN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION)
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUPERVISION AND TEACHER PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIAN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION)
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
Supervision plays a crucial role in ensuring that teachers in educational institutions, particularly Colleges of Education, perform optimally. In Nigeria, the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) is tasked with supervising th...
View DetailsEXPLORING THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF TEACHING IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION)
EXPLORING THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF TEACHING IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION)
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
The professionalization of teaching involves the recognition of teaching as a highly skilled profession requiring formal training, adherence to ethical standards, and continuous development. In Nigeria, the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) plays a pivotal...
View DetailsEFFECT OF ACTIVITY AND CONVENTIONAL TEACHING METHODS ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE AND RETENTION IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The study investigated the effect of Activity and conventional teaching methods on students‟ performance and retention in Agricultural Science in Senior Secondary Schools in Kaduna State Nigeria. Five objectives were used to carry out the study. These include to determine the effect of Activity-Based method of teaching on students‟ performance in Agricultural science in senior secondary schools in Kaduna State, ascertain the retention ability of students‟ taught Agricultura...
View DetailsEFFECT OF APPLIED ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY PROGRAMME ON ATTITUDE AND ACHIEVEMENT IN GEOMETRY OF LEARNERS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT IN ABUJA AND GINDIRI, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
Geometry and on larger scale mathematics was not taught to learners with visual impairment and so they do not write public examinations in the area of mathematics (geometry) in Nigeria. This study is on effect of applied orientation and mobility programme on attitude and achievement in geometry of learners with visual impairment in Abuja and Gindiri. The specific aim of the research is to find out if applied orientation and mobility programme as an adapted teaching strategy...
View DetailsEFFECT OF BLENDED LEARNING ON PERFORMANCE AND RETENTION OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE, IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This study investigates the effects of blended learning on performance and retention of senior secondary school students in English Language in Kaduna State. To give purpose, direction to the study, four objectives, four research questions and four hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The diverse views of other related literatures (concepts, theory and empirical studies) were reviewed. The study adopted a quasi-experimental pre-test, post- test, control group desi...
View DetailsEFFECT OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION SKILLS TRAINING ON INTER-PERSONAL CONFLICT AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN BAUCHI METROPOLIS, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the effect of conflict resolution skills training on interpersonal conflict among secondary school students in Bauchi metropolis, Nigeria. A quasi experimental design involving pre-test, post-test control group was adopted for the study. Purposive sampling technique was used in selecting thirty (30) samples to serve as the treatment and control groups using Conflict Style Questionnaire. The selected samples were given Conflict Resolution Style Questi...
View DetailsEFFECT OF ENRICHED EXPOSITORY METHOD ON INTEREST AND PERFORMANCE IN GEOMETRY AMONG JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the effect ofenriched expository method on interest and performance in geometry among Junior Secondary School Students in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The study determined the effect ofenrichedexpository method on student‟s interest and performance in geometry. Italso examined thedifferential effect ofenrichedexpository method on the performance of male and female students. The study was guided by four research question and four null hypotheses. The study...
View DetailsAN ANALYSIS OF EDUCATION STANDARDS ON TEACHER TRAINING IN ACHIEVING GLOBAL BEST PRACTICES (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION)
AN ANALYSIS OF EDUCATION STANDARDS ON TEACHER TRAINING IN ACHIEVING GLOBAL BEST PRACTICES (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION)
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
The quality of teacher training is a critical determinant of the overall success of an education system. In Nigeria, the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) sets education standards to ensure that teacher training programs align with global best...
View DetailsA COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TEACHERS QUALITY IN RURAL AND URBAN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION: THE INFLUENCE OF NCCE POLICIES
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TEACHERS QUALITY IN RURAL AND URBAN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION: THE INFLUENCE OF NCCE POLICIES
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
Teacher quality is a critical factor in determining the effectiveness of educational systems, as teachers are the primary agents of delivering knowledge and facilitating learning. In Nigeria, the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) plays a key role in setting policies that govern the qu...
View DetailsTHE EFFECT OF TEACHER EDUCATION REFORMS ON STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION)
THE EFFECT OF TEACHER EDUCATION REFORMS ON STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION)
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
Teacher education is the cornerstone of any effective educational system, as it directly influences the quality of teachers and, by extension, the learning outcomes of students. In Nigeria, the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) plays a significant role in shaping t...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY INTO TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION)
THE IMPACT OF INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY INTO TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION)
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
The integration of technology into education has become a global imperative, driven by the need to equip students and teachers with the skills necessary to thrive in the 21st century. In teacher training, technology plays a crucial role in enhancing instructional methods, improving ac...
View DetailsEVALUATING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE MEASURES IN NIGERIAN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION)
EVALUATING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE MEASURES IN NIGERIAN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION)
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
Quality assurance in education is a critical aspect of maintaining and improving the standards of teaching and learning, particularly in teacher education institutions. In Nigeria, the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) is responsible for ov...
View DetailsA COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TEACHER QUALITY IN ACCREDITED AND NON-ACCREDITED COLLEGES OF EDUCATION UNDER NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TEACHER QUALITY IN ACCREDITED AND NON-ACCREDITED COLLEGES OF EDUCATION UNDER NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
Teacher quality is a critical determinant of educational outcomes, as teachers play a central role in shaping student achievement, cognitive development, and overall academic success. In Nigeria, teacher education is regulated by the National Commission for Colleges of E...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS ON CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT SKILLS (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION)
THE IMPACT OF TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS ON CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT SKILLS (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION)
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
Classroom management is a fundamental aspect of effective teaching that directly influences student behavior, learning outcomes, and overall classroom climate. Effective classroom management strategies are essential for creating an environment cond...
View DetailsGENDER DISPARITY IN TEACHER QUALITY: ANALYZING NCCE'S ROLE IN BRIDGING THE GAP
GENDER DISPARITY IN TEACHER QUALITY: ANALYZING NCCE'S ROLE IN BRIDGING THE GAP
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
Gender disparity in education has been a persistent issue globally, influencing various aspects of educational quality and equity. In Nigeria, the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) plays a pivotal role in regulating and ensuring the quality of teacher education across the country....
View DetailsEXAMINING NCCE AND THE QUALITY OF TEACHER MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS IN NIGERIAN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION
EXAMINING NCCE AND THE QUALITY OF TEACHER MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS IN NIGERIAN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
Teacher mentorship programs are crucial for developing effective educators and ensuring continuous professional growth. In Nigerian Colleges of Education, mentorship programs are designed to support novice teachers by providing guidance, feedback, and opportunities for professional development (Ezeani & Odo, 2021)....
View DetailsTEACHER QUALITY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: THE INFLUENCE OF NCCE GUIDELINES
TEACHER QUALITY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: THE INFLUENCE OF NCCE GUIDELINES
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
Early childhood education (ECE) lays the foundation for children's cognitive, social, and emotional development. High-quality teaching during these formative years is critical in shaping children's learning outcomes and long-term success. In Nigeria, the quality of teaching in early childhood ed...
View DetailsAN EXAMINATION OF THE CHALLENGES FACED BY NCCE IN REGULATING TEACHER EDUCATION IN NIGERIA
AN EXAMONATION OF THE CHALLENGES FACED BY NCCE IN REGULATING TEACHER EDUCATION IN NIGERIA
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
Teacher education is essential for ensuring the quality of education in any nation, and in Nigeria, the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) serves as the regulatory body overseeing teacher education programs in Colleges of Education. The NCCE was established to ensure that te...
View DetailsTHE ROLE OF NCCE IN PROMOTING INCLUSIVE EDUCATION THROUGH TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS
THE ROLE OF NCCE IN PROMOTING INCLUSIVE EDUCATION THROUGH TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
Inclusive education, which aims to provide equitable learning opportunities for all students, regardless of their abilities or backgrounds, has become a global educational priority. In Nigeria, the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) has a critical role in promoting inclusive educa...
View DetailsAN EXAMINATION OF NCCE STANDARDS AND THE PROFESSIONAL GROWTH OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS IN NIGERIA
AN EXAMINATION OF NCCE STANDARDS AND THE PROFESSIONAL GROWTH OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS IN NIGERIA
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
Teacher education is one of the cornerstones of educational development, playing a critical role in shaping the competence and professionalism of future teachers. In Nigeria, the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) is responsible for establishing and maintaining standar...
View DetailsAN EXAMINATION OF NCCE STANDARDS AND THE PROFESSIONAL GROWTH OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS IN NIGERIA
AN EXAMINATION OF NCCE STANDARDS AND THE PROFESSIONAL GROWTH OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS IN NIGERIA
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
Teacher education is one of the cornerstones of educational development, playing a critical role in shaping the competence and professionalism of future teachers. In Nigeria, the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) is responsible for establishing and maintaining standar...
View DetailsINVESTIGATING THE INFLUENCE OF NCCE'S EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS ON TEACHER QUALITY IN NIGERIA
INVESTIGATING THE INFLUENCE OF NCCE'S EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS ON TEACHER QUALITY IN NIGERIA
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the Study
Educational leadership plays a crucial role in shaping the quality of teaching and learning within educational institutions. In Nigeria, the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) has established leadership programs aimed at fostering strong educational leaders cap...
View DetailsEVALUATING THE ROLE OF NBTE IN ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN NIGERIA
EVALUATING THE ROLE OF NBTE IN ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN NIGERIA
Background of the Study
Technical education plays a pivotal role in the socioeconomic development of nations, particularly in developing countries like Nigeria, where it serves as a critical tool for achieving industrialization and economic sustainability. The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), established in 1977, is the regulatory body resp...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF NBTE ACCREDITATION STANDARDS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA
THE IMPACT OF NBTE ACCREDITATION STANDARDS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA
Background of the Study
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) was established to ensure that technical institutions in Nigeria meet specific standards that guarantee the delivery of high-quality education. Accreditation by the NBTE is a critical process that involves the assessment of various institutional parameters, including curriculum, facilities, staff qualif...
View DetailsNBTE'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLED MANPOWER THROUGH TECHNICAL EDUCATION
NBTE'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLED MANPOWER THROUGH TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Background of the Study
The development of skilled manpower is critical to the economic growth and industrialization of any nation, especially in the context of developing countries like Nigeria. Skilled manpower refers to individuals who possess the necessary technical skills, knowledge, and competencies required to perform specific tasks in various industries (Ogunode, 2017)....
View DetailsASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NBTE'S QUALITY ASSURANCE MEASURES IN NIGERIAN TECHNICAL COLLEGES
ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NBTE'S QUALITY ASSURANCE MEASURES IN NIGERIAN TECHNICAL COLLEGES
Background of the Study
Quality assurance is a critical component of education systems worldwide, ensuring that educational institutions meet the required standards of teaching, learning, and infrastructure. In Nigeria, the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) is responsible for implementing quality assurance measures in technical colleges to maintain and enhance th...
View DetailsTHE ROLE OF NBTE IN PROMOTING INDUSTRY-ACADEMIA PARTNERSHIPS IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION
THE ROLE OF NBTE IN PROMOTING INDUSTRY-ACADEMIA PARTNERSHIPS IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Background of the Study
In today’s rapidly changing economic landscape, the synergy between industry and academia is crucial for the development of a skilled workforce that meets the needs of the labor market. Industry-academia partnerships in technical education are essential as they ensure that educational institutions produce graduates who are equipped with the practical skills and...
View DetailsNBTE CURRICULUM REFORMS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE EMPLOYABILITY OF TECHNICAL GRADUATES IN NIGERIA
NBTE CURRICULUM REFORMS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE EMPLOYABILITY OF TECHNICAL GRADUATES IN NIGERIA
Background of the Study
In the rapidly evolving global economy, the need for a workforce that is well-equipped with relevant skills and knowledge has become increasingly critical. This is particularly true for technical education, where graduates are expected to possess practical, hands-on skills that align with industry requirements (Akanbi & Adebayo, 2020). The National Bo...
View DetailsA COMPARATIVE STUDY OF NBTE-ACCREDITED AND NON-ACCREDITED TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF NBTE-ACCREDITED AND NON-ACCREDITED TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA
Background of the Study
Technical education plays a crucial role in the development of skilled manpower, which is essential for economic growth and industrialization (Akanbi & Adebayo, 2020). In Nigeria, the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) is responsible for accrediting technical institutions, ensuring that they meet specific standards of quality in terms of curric...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF NBTE'S POLICIES ON THE ADOPTION OF MODERN TECHNOLOGIES IN NIGERIAN TECHNICAL EDUCATION
THE INFLUENCE OF NBTE'S POLICIES ON THE ADOPTION OF MODERN TECHNOLOGIES IN NIGERIAN TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Background of the Study
In the digital age, the integration of modern technologies in education is essential for improving teaching and learning outcomes, particularly in technical education (Ojo & Olayiwola, 2020). In Nigeria, the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) is responsible for formulating and implementing policies that guide the development and...
View DetailsAN APPRAISAL OF THE CHALLENGES FACED BY NBTE IN REGULATING TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS
AN APPRAISAL OF THE CHALLENGES FACED BY NBTE IN REGULATING TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS
Background of the Study
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) plays a pivotal role in regulating and overseeing technical education in Nigeria. This regulatory role includes setting standards, accrediting institutions, and ensuring the quality of technical training across the country (Eze, 2021). Nigeria's diverse geographical landscape presents unique ch...
View DetailsEXPLORING NBTE'S ROLE IN PROMOTING GENDER INCLUSIVITY IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS
EXPLORING NBTE'S ROLE IN PROMOTING GENDER INCLUSIVITY IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Background of the Study
Gender inclusivity in education is crucial for achieving equality and harnessing the full potential of all individuals, regardless of gender (UNESCO, 2020). In Nigeria, technical education has traditionally been male-dominated, with women often underrepresented in technical and vocational fields (Adesina, 2019). The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE)...
View DetailsEFFECT OF INQUIRY TEACHING METHOD ON NCE SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN KATSINA STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This study title ―Effect of Inquiry Teaching Method on Social Studies Students‘ Attitude and Academic Performance in Katsina State, Nigeria‖. The study used quasi experimental design. The researcher used eight (8) objectives, research questions and research hypotheses. The study population consisted of all social students‘ of colleges of education in Katsina State and they include Federal Colleges of Education Katsina and Yusuf Bala Usman...
View DetailsEFFECTOF GRAPHIC-ADVANCE-ORGANIZERS ON INTEREST AND PERFORMANCE AMONG UPPER BASIC SCIENCE STUDENTS IN POTISKUM EDUCATION ZONE, YOBE STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the Effect ofGraphic-Advance-Organizers on Interest and Performance among Upper Basic Science Secondary School Students in Potiskum Education zone, Yobe State, Nigeria.The study was quasi experimental control group involving pretest and posttest that utilized the non-randomized designusing intact classes.The study was conducted involving population of Eight Thousand and Five (8,057) students, sample size of Two Hundred and Seventy-Six (276) students...
View DetailsEFFECT OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN HAUSA LANGUAGE IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the Effect of Instructional Materials on students‟ performance in Hausa Language in senior secondary schools in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The study was conducted with the objectives to: determine the effect of instructional materials on students‟ performance in Hausa language in senior secondary schools, investigate the effect of instructional materials on students‟ performance in Hausa language among male and female in senior secondary schools in Kadun...
View DetailsEFFECT OF PROBLEM-SOLVING AND GUIDED-DISCOVERY TEACHING METHODS ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The study was carried out to assess the effect of problem-solving and guided-discovery teaching methods on students‟ academic performance in financial accounting in secondary schools in Kwara State, Nigeria. Five objectives, five research questions were raised to guide the study; while five null hypotheses were raised and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The research design used was quasi-experimental. The population was nineteen thousand two hundred and thirty eight (...
View DetailsEFFECT OF RECIPROCAL PEER-TUTORING ON INTEREST AND PERFORMANCE IN GENETICS AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ZARIA EDUCATION ZONE, KADUNA, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The study investigated the Effect of Reciprocal Peer-Tutoring on Interest and Performance in Genetics among Secondary School Students in Zaria Education Zone, Kaduna State, Nigeria. Four objectives, Research questions and Null Hypotheses were formulated to guide the research. A sample of one hundred and sixteen (116) SS II students was drawn using random sampling technique from a population of four thousand, one hundred and twenty five (4125) senior secondary school student...
View DetailsEFFECT OF SIMULATION MODEL ON ATTITUDE, RETENTION AND PERFORMANCE IN QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL CHEMISTRY STUDENTS, ZARIA – NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This study examined the effects of simulation model on students‟ academic Performance, attitude and retention in qualitative analysis among Senior Secondary School students in Kaduna state. The motive behind the study is connected to persistent failure of students in SSCE due to poor attitude generating low retention among learners. In line with this, four research questions and hypotheses were developed. The study adopted pretest posttest Quasi-experimental control group d...
View DetailsEFFECT OF TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION ON SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ LEARNING OUTCOMES IN CIVIC EDUCATION IN ZARIA EDUCATIONAL ZONE OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The study investigated the effect of technology integration on secondary school students‟ learning outcomes in civic education in Zaria educational zone of Kaduna state, Nigeria. The study aimed at determining the effects of integrating non-digital technology of chalkboard, Linear PowerPoint and Interactive PowerPoint in civic education on students‟ academic performance and attitude toward civic education as a school subject. Two research questions were raised and two corre...
View DetailsEFFECT OFSOCRATIC QUESTIONING TECHNIQUE ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF UPPER BASIC SCIENCE STUDENTS OF DIFFERENTCOGNITIVE STYLES, ZARIA EDUCATION-ZONE, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This study titled Effect of Socratic Questioning Technique on Academic Performance of Upper Basic Science students of Different Cognitive Styles in Environmental Hazard Concept in Zaria Education Zone, Kaduna State, Nigeria. The Design of the study was Quasi-Experimental design. The population comprised all the 18,508JSS2 Basic Science Students from 37 public secondary schools in Zaria Education Zone. Sample of 297 students from four randomly selected coeducational schools...
View DetailsEFFECT OF TEACHING ORAL EXPRESSION ON DEVELOPING SPEAKING SKILLS OF SIS II STUDENTS IN ARABIC SCHOOLS OF KADUNA STATE-NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This research titled "effect of teaching oral expression on developing speaking skills of SIS II students in Arabic schools of Kaduna state-Nigeria”, aimed at finding the impact of teaching oral expression on developing speaking skills of SIS II students in Arabic schools of Kaduna state-Nigeria. To justify objectives of the research, the researcher stated four research questions which attempt was made in answering them and four hypotheses attempt was made in tes...
View DetailsFFECTS OF 5E-LEARNING MODEL ON CREATIVITY, PERFORMANCE AND RETENTION IN ECOLOGY AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, ZARIA EDUCATION ZONE, KADUNASTATE NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The study investigated the effects of 5E-Learning Model on Creativity, Performance and Retention in Ecology among Secondary School II Students in Zaria Education Zone, Kaduna Nigeria. The research design adopted for the study was quasi experimental design pretest-posttest, post-posttest control group. The population was 5180 of co-education students from nineteen schools.Six schools were ramdomly selected and pretested out of which two schools of equivalent classes purposiv...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF ACTIVE REVIEW AND PANEL DISCUSSION ON STUDENTS’ LEARNING OUTCOMES IN SENIOR SECONDARY ECONOMICS IN IBADAN, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
Economics is offered by most students in the senior secondary schools in Nigeria. However, students’ performance in the subject has been poor. This development has been attributed to several factors among which are teaching methodologies. Studies have shown that teacher centered techniques employed over the years had not improved students’ performance. This trend necessitated the use of student centered techniques such as active review and panel discussion among...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF ANALYTIC AND CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING ON INTEREST AND PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, SABON-GARI KADUNA STATE,NIGERIA.
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the effects of analytic and creative problem-solving on Interest and Performance in Mathematics among Senior Secondary School Students, Sabon-Gari Kaduna State, Nigeria. The objectives of this study were therefore, to determine the differences between Analytic and Creative Problem Solving on performance of Students in Mathematics, and to determine the effects of academic performance of students taught mathematics, using Analytic Problem-Solving and t...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF ALCOHOLISM ON CHRISTIAN YOUTHS IN BENUE STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The researcher is titled ―Effect of Alcoholism on Christian Youths in Benue State, Nigeria. The objective of the study is to examine the effect of alcoholism on the health, social, academic and morals of Christian Youths in Benue State. Chapter two focuses on the review of literature, the empirical studies and summary. Chapter three deals with the methodology of the study. The survey research design was employed in the study. The target population was on all the regis...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF BLENDED LEARNING ON OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT STUDENTS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND INTEREST IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN SOUTH WEST NIGERIA
Background to the Study
Office technology and management (OTM) programme is a fundamental part of vocational education in the Department of Business Education in Colleges of Education. This programme offered knowledge, skills, in-depth administrative office preparation to meet the demands and challenges in the business environment (Okagbare & Fredrick, 2009). Office Technology and Management, according to Yakubu (2009), is a programme from which students can obtain office admini...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF BRAINSTORMING AND THOUGHT-STOPPING COUNSELLING TECHNIQUES ON ACADEMIC TASK-AVOIDANCE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN MINNA METROPOLIS, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the effects of brainstorming and thought stopping counselling techniques on academic task-avoidance among secondary school students in Minna metropolis, Nigeria. Five research questions were formulated with their correspondinghypotheses to guide the study. The hypotheses postulated were tested at 0.05 Alpha level of significance. Quasi-experimental design was adopted for the study using pre- test, post-test, control group design. A sample size of 48...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF COLLATERAL LEARNING ON ATTITUDE AND PERFORMANCE IN GENETICS AMONG CONVERGENT AND DIVERGENT SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS OF SULEJA EDUCATIONAL ZONE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the Effects of Collateral Learning on Attitude and Performance in Genetics Among Convergent and Divergent Secondary School Students of Suleja Education Zone, Nigeria. The research design used was pre-test, post-test Quasi-experimental control group design. The population of this study covered all the eight (8) public Senior Secondary Schools (SSSII) offering Biology with total enrolment of two thousand two hundred and sixtythree (2263) as at 2015/201...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION ON ACQUISITION OF SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS, RETENTION, AND PERFORMANCE AMONG BASIC SCIENCE STUDENTS IN KANO, NIGERIA
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This study investigated “Effects of Computer-Assisted Instruction on the acquisition of Science Process Skills, Retention and Performance among Basic Science Students in Kano, Nigeria”. The research design adopted for the study was a Quasi-experimental control group design which employed a pretest, posttest, and post- posttest of the experimental and the control groups. The population of the study consisted of 8,131 JSSII Students from forty-one schools in Kano...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF COMPUTER-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF PHYSICS STUDENTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE
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This study examined the effects of computer-based instructional strategies on the performance of physics students in secondary schools in Kaduna state.The study was guided by six research questions and six null hypotheses which were tested at 0.05 alpha levels. The comparative effects of the spider and hierarchical modes of computer-based concept mapping strategies was explored. The study also examined the influence on gender on students’ performance in physics when t...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF CONCEPTUAL CHANGE INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES ON SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ MISCONCEPTIONS, PERFORMANCE AND RETENTION IN GENETICS IN KADUNA, NIGERIA
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The study examined the Effects of Conceptual Change Instructional Strategies on Secondary Students‟ Misconceptions, Performance and Retention in Genetics in Rigachukun Education Zone of Kaduna, Nigeria. Eight research questions and six null hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance guided the study. Quasi experimental research design was used for the study. The population of the study consisted 2854 (SSIII) Biology students in nineteen government secondary schools in...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF CONVERGING AND DIVERGING KOLB-LEARNING STYLES ON PERFORMANCE IN ALGEBRA AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ZARIA , KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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This study investigated the effects of converging and diverging Kolb – learning styles preference on the academic performance of secondary school students in Mathematics in Zaria, Kaduna state. Three objectives, three research questions and three null hypotheses were formulated. The study was on the effect of two Kolb – learning styles for teaching of Mathematics in Kaduna state. A quasi experimental control design was used involving pre and post test. A total o...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF DIRECT AND DISCOVERY METHODS ON MAIN IDEA COMPREHENSION ABILITY OF SELECTED SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA
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The present study was designed to compare the effects of the Direct Method and the Discovery Method on students’ main idea comprehension ability. The specific objectives were to determine whether students taught using the Direct Method of finding main ideas would perform better than those who were taught using the Discovery Method. For the purpose of data collection, a sample of one hundred and twenty SS2 students, randomly selected from two Senior Secondary Schools i...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF DISCOVERY AND DISCUSSION TEACHING METHODS ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN SOCIAL STUDIES IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA
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The study was carried out to determine the effects of discovery and discussion methods on students’ performance in Social studies in junior secondary schools in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. The study sought to; determine the difference between the performance of students taught social studies using discovery method and those taught using conventional lecture method in junior secondary schools in Nasarawa State; examine the difference between the performance of students ta...
View DetailsEFFECT OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING METHOD ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND RENTENTION OF STUDENTS IN BASIC TECHNOLOGY IN OYO STATE
Background to the Study
In a developing country like Nigeria, there is need for efficient and well trained individuals who would be able to cater for themselves and participate productively in the development of the society. From the ancient societies to modern nations, education proved to be the most potent tool for survival, growth and development. Agbatogun (2010) conceived education as a systematic action of imparting knowledge, skills and habits to the learners in their prepara...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF EXPOSURE TO CONTEXT CLUES ON ENGLISH VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT OF JUNIOR SECONDARY II STUDENTS IN ZARIA EDUCATIONAL ZONE, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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An area that brings problem continuously to second language (L2) learners of English is vocabulary development. Exposing words to students in isolation or in wrong context(s) causes L2 learners of English to lack working vocabularies. This study investigated the effects of exposure to context clues on vocabulary development of Junior Secondary II students in Zaria Education Zone, Kaduna State. Most students at this level merely memorise vocabularies in isolation without kno...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF FIELD-TRIP AND PROJECT METHODS ON MOTIVATION, PERFORMANCE AND RETENTION OF NIGERIA CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENTS IN NORTH-WEST, NIGERIA
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This study investigated the effects of field-trip and project methods on motivation, retention and performance of Nigeria certificate in education Social Studies students in North-west, Nigeria. Thus, the following research objectives were used to guide the research; assess the NCE students‟ motivation taught Social Studies using field-trip method and those taught with conventional method in North-west zone, Nigeria, find out the performance of NCE students taught Social St...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF GEOGEBRA AND WEB-BASED PRACTICE ON ATTITUDE AND PERFORMANCE IN COORDINATE GEOMETRY AMONG STUDENTS OF COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN NORTH WEST ZONE, NIGERIA
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This research investigated the effects of GeoGebra and Web - Based Practice on attitude and performance in Coordinate Geometry among Students of Colleges of Education in North West Zone, Nigeria. A pretest -posttest, quasi experimental design was used to carry out the study. A sample of 210 students out of 1465 NCE1 Mathematics students from three out of twelve colleges of education in the zone was randomly selected. In this study, six research objectives w...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF FLIPPED CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES ON SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN ORAL- ENGLISH IN MINNA, NIGER STATE, NIGERIA
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This study investigated the effects of flipped classroom instructional strategies on senior secondary school students‟ performance in Oral-English in Minna, Niger state, Nigeria. The study adopted a quasi-experimental design using pretest, posttest, non-randomized, non-equivalent control group design. The research was guided by eightobjectives, eightresearch questions with corresponding eight null hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance. The target population for th...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF IMPROVISED INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA ON NIGER STATE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ACHIEVEMENT IN SELECTED BIOLOGY CONCEPTS
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This study investigated the effects of improvised instructional media on secondary school students’ achievement in biology in Niger State. It also investigated gender and ability levels effects on achievement. Two hundred and seventy (270) students were drawn from nine public senior secondary schools. The design adopted was pretest posttest control group factorial design. The treatment involved teaching the experimental group 1 with the use of improvi...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY STUDENTS IN ZARIA EDUCATION ZONE, KADUNA STATE
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This study investigated the effect of instructional strategies on the academic performanceof secondary school geography students in zaria educational zone, kaduna state-Nigeria. It was observed that many students at senior secondary school I perceives geography as a difficult subject and hence run away from it. The research work has three objectives is, to examine the effects of instructional strategies on academic performance of senior secondary school geography students i...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION ON STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILLS PERFORMANCE IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF KADUNA SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA
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The study investigated the effect of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation Strategies on students writing skills performance in junior secondary schools of Kaduna State. Three objectives were raised for the study: to determine the difference between the mean performance scores of students taught writing using Intrinsic Motivation strategies and those not exposed to the strategies, etc. Three research questions and three hypotheses were generated and tested. Quasi – exper...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF JIGSAW II AND GUIDED DISCOVERY STRATEGIES ON RETENTION AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN GEOMETRY AMONG JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ZARIA METROPOLIS, NIGERIA
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This study examined the Effects of Jigsaw II and Guided discovery strategies on retention and academic performance among junior secondary school students ingeometry, Zaria Metropolis, Nigeria.The study was guided by four research questions and four hypotheses. The quasi experimental research design involving three groups (two experimental and one control) were used. The population of the study comprised of Government JuniorSecondary School (GJSS) two (JSS2) students of the...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF INTERACTIVE APPROACH ON READING COMPREHENSION AND ATTITUDES OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ZARIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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This study investigated the effects of Interactive Approach on Reading Comprehension and Attitudes of Senior Secondary School Students in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The study aimed at evaluating the effects of Interactive Approach in determining students’ predictive responses to passage; in establishing questioning strategies for answering reading comprehension questions, in enhancing students’ ability to summarize comprehension passage, as wel...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE APPROACH ON LITERACY SKILLS OF LEARNERS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES IN JOS METROPOLIS, PLATEAU STATE
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The problem of this study stemmed from the observation of issues surrounding the literacy development of learners with intellectual disabilities. Research has it that those learners who fall into this group have sub-average intellectual functioning (between less than 20 < 70 IQ range). Due to the nature of the configuration of their brain, they have some challenges which are manifest in limited vocabulary, poor reading comprehension, weak expressive and receptive skills...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF MARITAL CONFLICT MANAGEMENT SKILLS ON MARITAL STABILITY AMONG LITERATE COUPLES IN NORTHERN CROSS RIVER STATE
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This study was undertaken to find out the acquisition of management skills and how this stabilises a marriage relationship in term of conflict in the home. The study was also aimed at discovering the effect of treatment on couples who attended a management skill programme and those who do not. A total of two thousand couples were selected by purposive sampling technique from ten churches in the Northern Cross River State. These couples were found to have some deficiency in...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF MULTIMEDIA AND FIELD-TRIP INSTRUCTIONS ON PERFORMANCE AND RETENTION OF UPPER BASIC (JSS II) ISLAMIC STUDIES STUDENTS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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This study assessed the effectiveness of multimedia and field trip instructions on the performance and retention of Upper Basic II Islamic Studies Students in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Eight (8) objectives were formulated to guide the study among which to determine the pre test and post test performance of Upper Basic Students taught Islamic Studies using multimedia instruction in Kaduna State, find out the performance of Upper Basic Students taught Islamic Studies using field...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF PEER TEACHING AND DISCOVERY METHODS ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF ECONOMICS STUDENTS IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BENUE STATE, NIGERIA
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The study examined Effects of Peer-Teaching and Discovery Methods on Economics Students‟ Academic Performances in Senior Secondary Schools in Benue State, Nigeria. The study was conducted with six objectives viz to: determine the effect of using peer- teaching on the performance of Economics students in senior secondary schools in Benue State, Nigeria; determine the effect of using discovery method of teaching on the performance of Economics students and in senior secondary...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF PERCEIVED MARKET RISKS AND SOCIO- ECONOMIC VARIABLES ON CUSTOMER LOYALTY IN THE GLOBAL SYSTEMS OF MOBILE-TELECOMMUNICATION IN LAGOS STATE.
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Customer loyalty has been a major issue in marketing. This concept is of great importance in the Global Systems of Mobile (GSM) telecommunication market. The rate of customer defection is very high in the GSM market, and this has necessitated the need to examine the factors that are likely to affect customer’s loyalty in the GSM market. This study examined the effect of perceived market risk and socio-economic variables on customer loyalty in the GSM telecommunication...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF PICTURES AND REALIA ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN BASIC TECHNOLOGY IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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This study investigated the effect of pictures and realia on academic performance of junior secondary school students in basic technology in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The study sought to determine the effect of pictures and realia on the academic performance of junior secondary school students in basic technology. This study was guided by research questions and null hypotheses. The study was delimited to only junior secondary school three (IlI) students of public secondary sch...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF POWERPOINT PRESESNTATION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN METALWORK TECHNONLOGY IN ZARIA EDUCATION ZONE, KADUNA STATE
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This study investigated the effect of Powerpoint presentationon the academic performance of senior secondary school students in metalwork technology in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. The study objectives were three, with three research questions andthree null hypotheses which were tested. The study adapted pre-test post-test quasi-experimental and control group design. A total number of 200 students, from a population of 2115 SSIII metalwork technology students were selected...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF PRE-QUALIFICATION CRITERIA ON PERFORMANCE OF CONTRACTORS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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The effect of pre-qualification criteria on performance of contractors cannot be overemphasized. Problems faced in Project management can be attributed on poor pre- qualification criteria adopted by the public and private sectors as necessitated this study. The study aimed at evaluating the effect of pre-qualification criteria on performance of contractors in Kaduna State. The study sampled 162 supervisors and management staff of Kaduna Sta...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF PROBLEM SOLVING INSTRUCTIONAL METHOD ON ATTITUDE AND PERFORMANCE IN ALGEBRA AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KADUNA STATE NIGERIA
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This study basically assessed the effect of problem solving strategy on attitude and academic performance of students in algebraic concept of mathematics as well as the effect of school location on students’ performance were established., A total of two hundred and thirty-eight (238) students out of a population of two thousand four hundred (2400) students were used for the study. The responses from the instrument used in the study formed the basis for data analysis T...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF PROBLEM-BASED AND TEXTBOOK-WITH-ASSESSMENT APPROACHES ON SECONDARY SCHOOL CHEMISTRY STUDENTS’ LEARNING OUTCOMES IN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COLLEGES, SOUTH-WEST, NIGERIA
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Enrolment pattern and achievement in Chemistry over the years appears not to have reflected the importance of the subject in the scientific and technological development of the nation. This problem is attributed to poor teaching/learning methods used in schools. However, there is the need to study possible effects of student-centred strategies on learning outcomes in Chemistry. This study, therefore, investigated the effects of three model teaching methods; Problem-Based (P...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT AND SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING COUNSELLING TECHNIQUES ON SULLENNESS AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KADUNA METROPOLIS, NIGERIA
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This study investigated the effects of positive reinforcementand social skills training counselling techniques on sullenness among senior secondary school students in Kaduna metropolis, Nigeria.A quasi ±experimental design of pretest, posttest controlgroup was employed for this study. The population of the study consisted ofone hundred and fifty (150)senior secondary school students who showed symptoms of sullenness drawn from three selected public senior secondary s...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF PROJECT AND DISCUSSION METHODS ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN ECONOMICS IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EKITI STATE, NIGERIA
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The study investigated the effects of project and discussion methods on students‘ performance in Economics in senior secondary schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Five objectives were formulated for the study among which are to: ascertain the effect of project and conventional method on the performance of economics students in senior secondary schools, Ekiti State; determine the effect of discussion and conventional method on the performance of economics students in seni...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF PROJECT-BASED APPROACH ON ACQUISITION OF ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS, RETENTION AND PERFORMANCE IN BIOLOGY AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NIGER STATE, NIGERIA
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This study investigated the Effect of Project-based Approach on Acquisition of Entrepreneurial Skills, Retention and Performance in Biology, among Secondary School Students, in Niger State, Nigeria. The study adopted pre-test, post-test, quasi- experimental design. The population consisted of 149,290 public senior secondary school students in the state. Three secondary schools were purposively sampled from the seven educational zones in the state. The sample size was 150(75...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF SOCIALIST CONSTRUCTIVIST TEACHING STRATEGY ON ATTITUDE, PERFORMANCE AND RETENTION IN ALGEBRA AMONG JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, KOGI STATE, NIGERIA
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The study investigated the Effect of Socialist Constructivist teaching strategy on Attitude, Performance and Retention in Algebra among Junior Secondary School Students in Kogi State, Nigeria. The study employed Quasi – experimental and control pre-test and post-test group design. The population comprised all the Junior Secondary School students in Kogi State during 2017/2018 academic session and was 29,433 (14,973 male and 14,460 female). JSS three students were used...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF SELECTED INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS ON STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENTS IN PRACTICE ELECTRONIC WORKS IN ANAMBRA STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGES
Background to the Study
Globally, educational systems are under great pressure. It needs to adopt innovative methodologies and to integrate New Information and Communication Technologies (NICTs) in the teaching and learning process. So as to prepare students with the knowledge and skills needed in this 21st century (Kaint, 2009). Visual projection method of instruction is essential for teaching and learning of practical electronics works in this 21st century. This visual projection...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF SCAFFOLDING INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY ON ATTITUDE RETENTION AND PERFORMANCE IN ECOLOGY AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS OF GIWA EDUCATION-ZONE KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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The study investigates the “Effects of Scaffolding Instructional Strategy on Attitude, Retention and Performance in Ecology among senior secondary school students of Giwa, Education Zone, Kaduna State, Nigeria”. The study was carried out as a result of the low performance of students in Biology especially in Ecology concepts as reported by
W.A.E.C. Chief Examiner Reports (2008-2017). The research design was quasi- experimental, involving pretest, postt...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF SELF-CONCEPT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME ON DIVORCEES’ EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT IN OTUKPO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BENUE STATE
Abstract
Marriage break-up can disrupt a person’s life routines, feelings of self-worth and sense of security. Divorce can affect people physically, psychologically and spiritually. Often, it leads to emotional upheaval, irrational decisions, and interpersonal tensions. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the effects of self-concept improvement programme on divorcees’ emotional adjustment in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State. All divorcees, bo...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF TEAM TEACHING APPROACH ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENTS IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN KANO STATE,NIGERIA
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The study examined the Effects of Team Teaching Approach on Academic Performance of Social Studies Students in Colleges of Education in Kano State, Nigeria. The study used quasi- experimental research design and 165 NCEIII students of Federal College of Education, Kano and Sa‘adatu Rimi College of Education, Kumbotso-Kano were used. The study used Social Studies Achievement Test (SOSAT) as data collection instrument. The study answered three (3) research questions and...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS AND SELF-EFFICACY STRATEGIES ON EMOTIONAL LABOUR OF NURSES IN ILORIN, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
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Some nurses have been perceived to have poor interpersonal relationships with patients. This, could affect their productivity and also inhibit psychological torture and wellness of patients. Thus, nurses require emotional labour to overcome these challenges. Emotional labour is the degree of one‟s display of appropriate emotion in response to the patient and the management of feelings to create a publicly observable emotional display as the situation demands. Transactional...
View DetailsEFECTS OF VISUAL INSTUCTIONAL MATERIALS ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN TARABA STATE, NIGERIA
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This study was conducted to investigate the effects of visual instructional materials on students‟ performance in Agricultural Science of senior secondary schools in Taraba State, Nigeria. Three thousand, one hundred and five students were the target population. The study had a sample size of three hundred and forty-two students in intact classes from the four senior secondary schools in the Northern Senatorial District of Taraba State. The researcher used quasi experimenta...
View DetailsEFFICACY OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN ENHANCING SOCIALIZATION AMONG SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENTS IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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This study investigated the Efficacy of Social Media in enhancing Socialization among Social Studies Students in Colleges of Education in Kaduna State. Three objectives, three research questions and three Null-hypotheses were raised for the study. The research design for this study was survey research method. The population of the study was two thousand three hundred and fifty students (2350) undergoing the NCE Social Studies Programme in two Colleges of Education. Proporti...
View DetailsEFFICACY OF SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM IN PROMOTING DEMOCRATIC VALUES AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AMONG JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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The study investigated the Efficacy of Social Studies Curriculum in Promoting democratic values and political participation among Junior Secondary School Students in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The study was guided by three objectives, three research questions and three hypotheses. Descriptive survey method was employed with total population of 9995 out of which a sample of four hundred and fifteen (415) respondents were randomly selected from nine (9) selected Junior Secondary...
View DetailsEMOTIONAL-INTELLIGENCE, REASONING ABILITY AND SELF- EFFICACY AS PREDICTORS OF ACHIEVEMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CHEMISTRY STUDENTS, IN ZONKWA EDUCATION ZONE KADUNA STATE NIGERIA
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The study investigated the Relationship of Emotional-intelligence, Reasoning ability, and Self-efficacy as Predictors of Achievement of Senior Secondary School Chemistry Student. The research design for the study was correlation survey design. The instruments used for the study were the Trait Emotional-Intelligence Questionnaire (TEIQue), Group Assessment of Logical Thinking (GALT) and Chemistry Self – Efficacy Instrument (CSI) while the student (MOCK) examination res...
View DetailsCOMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN SCHOOL ACTIVITIES IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN OVIA NORTH EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study
Community involvement in school activities is a crucial and multifaceted concept that plays a pivotal role in the Nigerian education system. Community involvement in school activities means the provision of resources, both tangible and intangible, to support the school’s activities (Binani, 2021). This can include financial contributions, donations of learnin...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF PROJECT AND DISCUSSION METHODS ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN ECONOMICS IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EKITI STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The study investigated the effects of project and discussion methods on students‘ performance in Economics in senior secondary schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Five objectives were formulated for the study among which are to: ascertain the effect of project and conventional method on the performance of economics students in senior secondary schools, Ekiti State; determine the effect of discussion and conventional method on the performance of economics students in seni...
View DetailsEFFECTS OF PROJECT AND DISCUSSION METHODS ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN ECONOMICS IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EKITI STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The study investigated the effects of project and discussion methods on students‘ performance in Economics in senior secondary schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Five objectives were formulated for the study among which are to: ascertain the effect of project and conventional method on the performance of economics students in senior secondary schools, Ekiti State; determine the effect of discussion and conventional method on the performance of economics students in seni...
View DetailsETHICAL RE-OREIETATION AND THE QUEST FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN ANAMBRA STATE NIGERIA
1.1Background to the Study
Nigeria is going through hard and perilous times. Nigeria is not alone in these challenges but it is a sad and pity to observe.According to Folaranmi (2012):
Mention anything negative; corruption, violation of human rights, fallen standard of education, electoral malpractices, epileptic power outage, incessant strikes, lack of security of lives and properties, unemployment, fraud, greed and the rest, Nigeria is in the forefront. (p.vii).
<... View DetailsEVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF CLASS-SIZE ON SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN GIWA EDUCATIONAL ZONE KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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This study titled “Evaluating the Effects of Class-Size on Social Studies Students‟ Academic Performance in Junior Secondary Schools in Giwa Educational Zone Kaduna State, Nigeria”. Three objectives, three research questions and three hypotheses each were formulated for the study. The study used quasi experimental design. The total population of public Junior Secondary Schools students in Giwa Educational Zone was 5449 from which a sample of three hundred and ei...
View DetailsEVALUATION OF AVAILABILITY, ORGANIZATION AND UTILIZATION OF MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES FOR TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN NORTH-CENTRAL NIGERIA
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The study examined the Evaluation of Availability, Organization and Utilization of Multimedia Resources for Teaching Social Studies in Colleges of Education in North-Central Nigeria. The study is guided by six specific objectives, six corresponding research questions null hypotheses. However, the study used male and female lecturers of Social Studies selected from state and federal colleges of education in the study are (north-central, Nigeria). Furthermore, survey research...
View DetailsEVALUATION OF AWARENESS OF STUDENTS IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME ON SUSTAINABILITY IN NIGER STATE
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Sustainability is a broad and complex concept, which is one of the major issues confronting construction in the 21st century. Sustainable principles, when applied, lead to the creation of systems that balance social, economic and natural resource requirements of the present and future generation. One of the major hindrances to the development and implementation of sustainability strategies in the construction sector is poor awareness level. Therefore, institutions of higher...
View DetailsEVALUATION OF EFFECTS OF COLLABORATIVE AND PORTFOLIO WRITING STRATEGIES ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN ESSAY WRITING IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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The study investigated the effects of collaborative and portfolio writing strategies on students‟ performance in essay writing in senior secondary schools, Kaduna State, Nigeria. Seven objectives, research questions and hypotheses guided the study. The objectives were to: examine the effect of collaborative and conventional writing strategies, portfolio and conventional, collaborative, portfolio and conventional writing strategies on students‟ performance in essay writing:...
View DetailsEVALUATION OF IMPLEMENTATION OF ELEMENTS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM IN NCE-AWARDING INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA
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The need to empower teachers with knowledge and skills for teaching exceptional learners led to the introduction of “elements of special education programme” into the Nigerian teacher preparation programmes. The extent to which the curriculum is being implemented towards the achievement of its objectives has, however, continued to raise concerns among educators which calls for a review of the programme. This study therefore, evaluated the implementation of Eleme...
View DetailsEVALUATION OF LEADERSHIP STYLES OF PRINCIPALS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ZONKWA EDUCATION ZONE, KADUNA STATE
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The study entitled the Evaluation of Prevailing Leadership Styles in Zonkwa Education Zone Secondary Schools, Kaduna State has six objectives some of which are the assessment of the autocratic, transformational and situational leadership styles. Six research questions were asked in line with the objectives. Six null hypotheses were postulated some of which are that there is no significant difference in the opinions of respondents on the evaluation of the prevailing visionar...
View DetailsEVALUATION OF MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN NORTH CENTRAL GEO - POLITICAL ZONE, NIGERIA
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This study, “Evaluation of Management Practices of Colleges of Education in North Central Geo- Political Zone, Nigeria” was carried out with a view to providing the information on how Colleges of Education were managed in the area of study. The objectives of the study were to identify how planning strategies, staff development, decision making, communication, management of fund, provision of facilities, staffing, discipline and interpersonal relationships in Col...
View DetailsEVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE COLLEGIATE SYSTEM OF ADMINISTRATION IN COLLEGES OF MEDICINE IN NIGERIAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES
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The collegiate system of administration was introduced into the Nigerian university system to ensure synchronization, decentralization and democratization of operations and devolution of powers. It is expected to aid the process of decision making and implementation as against the bureaucratic problems associated with the faculty system of administration. In spite of these advantages, the collegiate system in Nigeria universities is practised only in the colleges of medicin...
View DetailsEVALUATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM IN SPECIAL JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA
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The study evaluated the implementations of Special Education Curriculum (Programme) in Special Junior Secondary Schools in Plateau State, Nigeria. To study the level of special education curriculum implementation, five research objectives were raised which were to evaluate, whether there are adequate provision of instructional materials, the teaching methods used in the implementation of special education curriculum, the qualification of teachers, the roles of parents of ch...
View DetailsEVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ON THE MANAGEMENT OF STATE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN NIGER STATE, NIGERIA
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This study evaluates the Impact of Information and Communication Technology on The Management of State Tertiary Institutions in Niger State, Nigeria. To guide the study, five
(5) objectives were formulated which include determine the impact of information and communication technology (ITC) on communication in tertiary institutions in Niger State, Nigeria, evaluate the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on records keeping in tertiary instituti...
View DetailsEVALUATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BASIC SCIENCE CURRICULUM COMPONENT OF THE UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN SOUTH-WEST, NIGERIA
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Most people suffer avoidable health hazard because they lack basic knowledge of science. The old Integrated Science curriculum fell short of what is required to give students a solid foundation in science. The new Basic Science programme is designed to address its inadequacies such as attainment of life and coping skills, and is yet to be evaluated. Even, the previous evaluation studies on the old curriculum were based on its content and not the different components. This s...
View DetailsEVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF LABORATORY AND DISCUSSION METHODS ON PERFORMANCE AND RETENTION OF CHEMISTRY STUDENTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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The study evaluated the effects of laboratory and discussion methods on the performance and retention of Chemistry students in Senior Secondary Schools in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Six objectives were formulated for the study amongst which were to: determine the pre-test and post-test performance of Chemistry students taught using laboratory method in Senior Secondary Schools in Kaduna state, Nigeria, examine the pre-test and post-test performance of Chemistry students taught...
View DetailsEVALUATION OF THE INTEGRATED SCIENCE AND INTRODUCTORY TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMMES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BENUE STATE.
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This study evaluated the Integrated Science and Introductory Technology curricula contents as well as their implementation in secondary schools in Benue State. Twelve research questions were answered and six hypotheses tested in this study. The study employed a survey design and six instruments were used to collect data from 50 secondary schools selected from 246 schools in the State using the Probability Proportionate to Size (PPS) sampling technique, 10 experts each in th...
View DetailsEVALUATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GIFTED EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN NIGERIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR COUNSELLING
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The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the implementation of Gifted Education Programme in Nigeria and draw implications for counselling. The accumulated literature and findings on poor achievement of objectives in the programme and the paucity of literature and research on its implications for counselling motivated the study. The population of study consisted of four categories of people from which a randomized sample of three hundred and fifty-six respondents were...
View DetailsEVALUATION OF THE PROCEDURE FOR RECRUITMENT, SELECTION, PLACEMENT AND PROMOTION OF STAFF IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION IN NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA
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This study focused on Evaluation of the Procedure for Recruitment, Selection, Placement and Promotion of Staff in the Ministry of Education in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. For the purpose of this research, five research objectives were set to examine the procedure for recruitment of staff in the Ministry of Education in Nasarawa State; assess the guidelines for selection of staff in the Ministry of Education Nasarawa State; ascertain the criteria for placement of staff in the M...
View DetailsEVALUATION OF THE PROVISION AND MANAGEMENT OF FACILITIES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ZARIA EDUCATION ZONE, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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The study was on the evaluation of the provision and management of facilities in secondary schools in Zaria Education Zone, Kaduna State, Nigeria. To achieve the main objectives, four specific objectives were stated which are to: ascertain the provision and management of teaching facilities in Secondary Schools in Zaria Education Zone, Kaduna State, Nigeria; examine the provision and management of learning facilities in Secondary Schools in Zaria Education Zone, Kadunastate...
View DetailsEVALUATION OF THE MANAGEMENT OF UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMMES IN KANO STATE, NIGERIA
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This study entitled the evaluation of Universal Basic Education programme in Kano State. It has seven objectives, some of which were to examine the opinions of principals, teachers, Universal Basic Education (UBE) officials, and Parents Teachers Association (PTA) members on the issues of funding of the UBE Programme, examine the provision of Infrastructural facilities, quality of supervision, adequacy of instructional materials, issue of staffing and ascertain the enrolment...
View DetailsEVALUATION OF THE MANAGEMENT OF ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN NIGER STATE, NIGERIA
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The study is on Evaluation of the Management of Adult Education Programme in Niger State, Nigeria from 2010 – 2015. The study was carried out with five research objectives among which are to: determine the opinions of Ministry of Education Officials, head teachers and teachers on the enrolment and retention of learners in adult education programme in Niger State; ascertain the opinions of Ministry of Education Officials, head teachers and teachers on staffing in adult...
View DetailsEVALUATION ON EFFECT OF DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ISLAMIC STUDIES, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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The study evaluated the effect of differentiated instruction on the academic performance of senior secondary school students in Islamic studies in Kaduna state, Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to: determine the pre-test and post-test performance of students taught Islamic studies using differentiated instruction and compare the performance of Senior Secondary School students taught Islamic studies using differentiated instruction and those taught using lecture met...
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