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Budgeting Process and its Relevance to the Educational System in Nigeria
Get PDFFinancial resources available to the education sector are increasingly limited and competitive, while the demand for education geometrically rises, leading to an apparent mismatch in the system. Therefore, to ensure prudent management of the scarce educational resources, financial management tools like budgeting is inevitable. The paper reviewed budgeting process and its relevance to the educational system in Nigeria. It explained that in educational institutions, the realization of desired educational goals and objectives depended largely on the efficient planning and management of school funds by the school administrators. It was corroborated by the National Policy on Education (2016) that “the success of any education system is hinged on proper planning, efficient administration and adequate financing” The paper further highlighted the budgeting process required of the heads of educational institutions to adopt, as stipulated in the Financial Guidelines and Regulations (FGR), for efficient and prudent financial management of educational resources and for the attainment of educational goals. The paper concluded that the actualization of educational objectives depended largely on efficient planning and management of school funds which could be significantly achieved through an efficient budgeting system. It suggested that budget preparation, defence and approval should be done at the appropriate time by the designated authorities, and that budgetary allocations to education should be released to the sector on time. The paper further suggested that budgeted allocation to education should be released adequately and not be ‘allocations on papers’
Access to Education for Internally Displaced Children in IDP Camps in Nigeria
Get PDFThis paper examined access to education for internally displaced children in IDP camps in Nigeria. Access to education may be referred to as the ways in which educational institutions and policies ensure that students have equal and equitable opportunities to take full advantage of education. Access to quality education in IDPs camps would serve as a source of IDPs’ integration into the local/host community as well as psychological support that may help reduce children’s exposure to social vices and bad practices such as armed robbery, prostitution, early child marriage and recruitment into armed groups. The paper further x-rayed the concept of internal displacement (ID), and causes of internal displacement which included; armed conflict/insurgency and natural disaster. The concept of access to education was briefly discussed and the barriers to accessing quality education which included: inadequate infrastructure and qualified teachers, economic responsibilities, and inadequate teaching/learning materials and insecurity. The benefits of access to quality education were also discussed. It was concluded that internal displacement was a phenomenon that would not end any time soon going by the record of the number of displacements in the last decade. Therefore, it was suggested, among others that government should make available all teaching and learning materials such as uniforms, shoes, and other school supplies for the children in the ID camps. Teachers in the IDPs camps should be adequately motivated by ensuring that they have equitable and reliable remuneration to ensure retention. Also, regular trainings and workshops should be made available for teachers in the IDPs camps. The government should introduce free lunch programmes for school children in the IDPs camps. This will motivate them to attend school
Information Disclosure and Transparency As Tools for Promoting Confidentiality in Business Education Programme
Get PDFSeveral challenges arise due to the varying roles of records in any institution. Institutional records, confidentiality and privileged communication overlap, and this may cause conflict among ethical, moral obligation and legal responsibility as prescribed by professional regulating bodies. However, students are entitled to confidential right, just as parents are also given access to information about their children. Also, Business educators may request for the disclosure of confidential information about their students. Above all, understanding confidentiality within an institution’s setting is critical to good professional practice. Therefore, this paper examined information disclosure and transparency as tools for promoting confidentiality in Business Education Programme. It also discussed the relationship with the learner, parents/guardians and colleagues. The concept of educational legitimacy and interest were discussed as well as disclosure to third parties, disclosure to authorized educators and finally, exceptions to the duty of confidentiality. The paper recommended that educational institutions, preparing professionals in the field of Business Education should model good practices in their handling of confidential information concerning the students enrolled in their institutions or programmes
Public Secondary School Teachers’ Knowledge and Application of Formative Assessment in the Teaching of Mathematics in Benin Metropolis.
Get PDFTeaching and learning is incomplete without assessment. Mathematics, as a subject is indispensable because it forms the bedrock of the development of any nation, hence, it is made a core subject. For the teaching and learning of Mathematics to be effective and meaningful, the teachers must learn the art of formative assessment, which is ‘assessment as you go’. This study therefore, examined the knowledge and application of formative assessment in the teaching of Mathematics in public secondary schools in Benin Metropolis. To achieve it, three research questions were raised. The study adopted the survey research design, and the population of the study consisted of Mathematics teachers in Benin Metropolis, while the sample size was 188. A structured questionnaire was used for the data collection. It was validated by experts in Measurement and Evaluation, with a reliability index of 0.89. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation and Chi-square statistics. A normative mean of 32.50 and 37.50 was used to ascertain teachers’ knowledge and application of formative assessment. The findings revealed that the Mathematics teachers were knowledgeable in the art of formative assessment, but their application of it in teaching Mathematics was low. Also, only years of experience influenced the knowledge and application of formative assessment. It was recommended that the teachers should be trained on how to apply formative assessment in the teaching of Mathematics
Human Resource Adequacy in Early Childhood Educational Development in Nigeria
Get PDFThe early childhood educational system depends heavily on human resources or manpower for the execution of its programme. Nigeria pledged its commitment to this, by providing quality and comprehensive early child care and development education for all pre-schoolers. This is the bedrock upon which all other educational levels are built with the age bracket of 0 – 4 years. The study was based on the Pestalozzi theory of education. Pestalozzi believed in the ability of every human being to learn, the right of every individual to education and that education should develop the power of the head, heart and hands, to create individuals who would be capable of knowing what was right or wrong and act according to such knowledge. The teacher plays a major role in developing the power of the head, heart and hands by implementing the educational policy. Education introduced to the child at the early stage of life leads to the development of the head, heart and hands which is the social regeneration of humanity and involves a series of interactive teaching–learning processes in the form of subjects using a well-structured and guided curriculum. Human resources are the required manpower for an efficiently and adequately developed teaching and learning process to take place in early child care and development education. The teacher-pupil ratio of 1:15 helps in the adequacy of the teaching-learning process in ECCDE. Available data showed that the total enrolment of pupils was 81970 and the number of teachers was 1807, with teacher/ratio as 1:45. To address the identified challenges of manpower supply adequacy, the following recommendations were made. In Nigeria for any teacher who was qualified to teach in Early Childhood Education: the individual must have the National Certificate in Education in Early Childhood Education (NCE) and be certified under the Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN). It was suggested that the available NCE teachers be given on-the-job training on a regular basis to keep them abreast of the current educational programme. This paper further recommended the urgent need to employ trained manpower in early child care and development education system, and also motivate them
Business Education Trainees During the COVID 19 Pandemic: Empirical Evidence from a Nigerian University
Get PDFThe objective of the paper was to determine how the trainees of Business Education skills acquisition were during the COVID-19 pandemic. Three research questions guided the study. One was answered and two were hypothesized and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The study population was four hundred and sixty-six (466) Business Education students in 100-400 levels for the 2021/2022 academic year. A sample of 266 respondents were used for the study. A structured questionnaire was the instrument for data collection. The instrument was validated by three experts, two were from the Department of Vocational and Technical Education and one was from Measurement and Evaluation, University of Benin, Benin City. To establish the reliability of the instrument, it was pilot tested on thirty (30) students outside the sample population. Cronbach’s Alpha statistics was used to analyse the data and a reliability coefficient of 0.72 was obtained. The result of the study showed that the perceived impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on acquisition of skills by Business Education students was high. Equally, there was no significant difference of the perceived impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the acquisition of skills by Business Educations students based on level of study and gender. It was therefore, recommended that managers of education should proactively and frankly make provision for digital and pedagotronic facilities that would enhance the acquisition of skill in Nigerian universities, among other things
Influence of Curriculum Support Officers on the Use of Pedagogies and Instructional Materials Among Senior Secondary School Teachers in Niger State, Nigeria
Get PDFThis study was tagged “the influence of curriculum support officers on the use of pedagogies and instructional materials Among Senior Secondary School teachers in Niger State, Nigeria”. The objectives were to assess the influence of curriculum support officers on the use of pedagogies and instructional materials among Senior Secondary School teachers in Niger State, Nigeria. The study employed descriptive survey. The population was 3,232 with a 346 sample. Multistage sampling technique was used. Twenty-three adopted structured-items questionnaire was used. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained through a split-half method using Cronbach’s Alpha to confirm internal consistency and 0.87 was obtained which implied that the instrument was reliable. Mean was used for the data analysis. The study found that the curriculum support officers influenced teachers’ use of pedagogies positively but there were insufficient fund and inadequate transport facilities, and accommodation for curriculum support officers to perform as expected in the schools. Training by curriculum support officers influenced teachers’ job performance on the use of instructional materials although there were inadequate qualified curriculum support officers to guide teachers on the use of instructional materials in the schools. It was recommended that, in collaboration with Parent-Teacher Associations (PTA) and School-Based Management Committee (SBMC) principals should invest in school farms to finance and provide inadequate transport facilities as well as accommodation for curriculum support officers to perform as expected in the Senior Secondary Schools.  
The Role of Gender on Chemistry Teachers’ Knowledge of Green Chemistry in Lagos State, Nigeria
Get PDFThe world all over, Nigeria inclusive, is faced with a lot of environmental problems as a result of unlawful refuse disposal, technological innovations, oil spillage, release of greenhouse gases, pollution and many more. This calls for immediate and pragmatic approaches in Chemistry Education most especially, Green Chemistry, which emphasizes the need to design chemical processes and products by using eco-friendly and non-toxic feed stock while reducing or eliminating the generation of hazardous substances. Therefore, there is the need for adequate knowledge of Green Chemistry for every Chemistry teacher. This study therefore, investigated the role of gender on Chemistry teachers’ knowledge of Green Chemistry in Lagos State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was adopted in this study. Multi-stage sampling technique was used for the selection of schools while 160 (93 males and 67females) teachers participated in the study using convenient sampling technique. A research instrument titled “Teachers’ Knowledge of Green Chemistry Questionnaire” (TKGCQ) was used to elicit information about the perceived and measured knowledge of Chemistry teachers. The instrument which was made up of three Sections (A, B, &C) was validated by experts in items development in Chemistry Education. The reliability of the perceived knowledge (Section B) was established using Cronbach’s alpha which gave a reliability index of 0.71; while that of the measured knowledge (Section C) was determined using Split-half method with a reliability index of 0.68. Two hypotheses were formulated and tested using independent sample t-test statistic at 0.05 level of significance. The findings showed that both male and female teachers had low and similar perceived knowledge of Green Chemistry. But gender influenced their actual content knowledge; the male teachers had more knowledge of Green Chemistry than their female counterparts. It was therefore, recommended, among others, that, policy makers should embrace the need to integrate Green Chemistry principles into teacher education curriculum, while relevant capacity building workshops/seminars and in-service training programmes should be made available for Chemistry teachers at all levels, with more opportunities for female teachers to acquire adequate knowledge in Green Chemistry
School Facilities Maintenance Culture Prevalent in Public Primary Schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State
Get PDFThis paper investigated school facilities maintenance culture in public primary schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. To achieve the purpose, four research questions were raised. The survey research design was employed to explore the issue. The population consisted of the twenty-nine public primary schools in Egor Local Government Area. The sample for the study was 12 school heads drawn from the 12 sampled public primary schools in Egor Local Government Area, Edo state. A 20-item questionnaire was the instrument for data collection for the study. The instrument was validated and the Cronbach alpha statistic was used to ascertain the reliability. The data collected were analysed using mean and, standard deviation as well as independent sample t-test for the hypotheses test at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study showed that the level of the maintenance culture of school facilities was low; and there was no significant difference in the school maintenance culture of school facilities irrespective of gender, experience and location of public primary schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. Based on the findings, it was recommended that there should be training and retraining of school heads on effective maintenance of school facilities through seminars, workshops and conferences
Education and Human Development Situation in the Informal Settlements of Phase 1 Federal Capital City, Abuja, Nigeria
Get PDFThis study assessed the educational status in the dwellers of informal settlements and human development in Phase I in the Federal Capital City, Abuja. Spatial data were generated through Google earth to show the study area. Land area coverage was also got from the Federal Capital Development Agency (FCDA). Thirty (30) participants of a sample frame of five informal settlements sub-grouped into three due to jurisdictional similarities. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected, coded, transcript and triangulated. Bayesian one-way ANOVA was used to analyse data from groups. Frequency tables mean and standard deviations were also used for descriptive discussions. The study revealed, among others that all the sub-groups had same attitudinal reaction to education and affordability. In addition, over 80% of the urban informal dwellers were not interested in attaining formal education as a means to improve their livelihood or improve resources for decent standard of living. It was therefore, recommended, amongst others, that government and NGOs should assist in equipping adult education and skill acquisition centres in order to promote literacy and appropriate skill acquisition