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READING INTEREST AND ATTITUDE AS CORRELATES OF STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL YORUBA LANGUAGE READING COMPETENCE IN OYO STATE, NIGERIA
Get PDFPerformance of students in Yoruba Language in both internal and public examinations is a serious concern which has attracted the attention of stakeholders of language education. In spite of different Research studies to investigate the cause and proffer solution, the problem persisted. It was on this basis, that this study investigated the extent to which reading interest and students’ attitude account for students ’Yoruba language reading competency of Junior Secondary School Students in Oyo State. The study adopted non-experimental survey design. The sample consisted of one hundred and twenty Junior Secondary school students randomly selected within Ibadan Metropolis. Two instruments were used for data collection, namely; Reading Interest Scale in Yoruba Language (RISY) and Student Attitude Scale in Yoruba (SASY). The psychometric properties of the instrument used are: Reading Interest Scale in Yoruba Language (r = 0.8) and Students Attitude Scale in Yoruba (r = 0.8). Two research questions were generated and answered. The data collected were analyzed using correlation and multiple repressions. The significance level was set at 0.05. The result revealed that the relationship among the predictor variables and the criterion variable is low. Hence, Attitude to Yoruba Language (r = 0.061, p> 0.05) and Reading Interest (r = 0.043, p>0.05) has a negative and low correlation with students’ learning outcome in Yoruba Language. This indicates a week significant and opposite relationship between the predictor variables and criterion variable. Based on these findings, it was recommended that teachers should update themselves through seminars and workshops from time to time on how to make Yoruba reading interesting to students so as to be able to correlate it with students learning outcomes. Schools, teachers and Guidance counsellors should counsel students not only to associate reading in Yoruba Language to tests, assignments and examination but that it should be a tool for relaxation, enjoyment, pleasure, self-development and advancement
STAKEHOLDERS PERCEPTIONS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF RECORD AND DISCIPLINE FOR ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN GOMBE STATE, NIGERIA
No full textThis study sought perceptions of stakeholders on the management of records and discipline for Adult Education Programme in Gombe State. Descriptive research design was adopted. The respondents were sampled through stratified and systematic sampling techniques. A structured questionnaire titled Perception of Stakeholders on the Management of Adult Education Programme Questionnaire (PSMAEPQ) was used to collect data from the respondents. The major findings of the study revealed that: Adult and non- formal education agency adopted both new and old modern methods of record organisation and preservation; there was high level of discipline among staff and students in adult education programme in Gombe state. The result of hypotheses also indicated that there was significant difference in the opinion of respondents on record keeping for the achievement of adult education programme, while there was no significant difference in the opinion of respondents on discipline for the achievement of adult education programme in Gombe State. The following recommendations were made: government should organise regular training to update the current methods and processes of record keeping while the level of discipline among staff and students in adult education programme should be maintained and improved
STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF ACADEMIC PLANNING EFFECTIVENESS IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES
Get PDFThe problem of inadequate and insufficient infrastructural facilities is not new as several scholars have investigated it over the years. However, the role of the academic planning unit in Nigerian universities has not been investigated as the section is often down played when selecting items and areas to investigate. With the attention generated on the insufficiency of infrastructure, several interventionist policies that have been adopted by government who is almost sole investor in public universities. This study therefore investigated the effectiveness of such planning from the perspective of students who utilize such infrastructure. The study adopted the survey research design using the multi stage sampling procedure to select 3,340 student respondents from five faculties in Nigeria’s first- and second-generation universities. A simple instrument titled ‘Students Perception of Academic Planning Questionnaire’ r=0.87 was used to elicit responses from respondents. The instrument was divided into two sections with section A eliciting bio-data information and section B on academic planning effectiveness (infrastructure). 2 research questions guided the study and were answered using simple descriptive statistics as percentages and frequency counts. The study found that of all the items surveyed; adequacy of library, health centre, hostel facilities, classrooms, Information Communication Technology (ICT) equipment, laboratory facilities, only ICT and laboratories scored a medium score. All others scored low as shown in Table 1 and 2. The impact of recent investments is yet to be seen in the universities. It is recommended that the universities seek to be independent in fund generation to facilitate planning and timeliness
AN EXPLORATION OF THE PREDICTION OF RESOURCE AVAILABILITY, ALLOCATION AND UTILISATION ON ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN THE NIGERIAN ADULT AND NON-FORMAL EDUCATION SECTOR
Get PDFThe eradication of illiteracy is a continuing challenge for Nigeria; a trend been attributed to the problems of availability, allocation and utilisation of limited resources. The issue of having adequate human, materials and financial resources to work with has always been a major constraint. This therefore raised the concern about the efficient usage of the available resources, to avoid wastages in resource utilisation in the adult and non-formal sector. Most previous studies on resource variables (availability, allocation and utilisation of the limited resources) concentrated efforts on the formal education system, where the non-formal sector were targeted, efforts are not made to link the resource variables to organisational performance in the sector. This study, therefore, explored the predictive level of resource availability, allocation and utilisation on organisational performance in the adult and non-formal sector. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design of the ex-post facto type. Lagos, Ondo and Osun states agencies for adult and non-formal education were purposively selected from the South-west. The proportionate stratified random sampling technique was used in selecting six directors, 47 supervisors and 1,344 literacy instructors/facilitators used. Four main instruments were used for data collection, namely Resource Availability (r=0.81), Resource Allocation (r=0.78), Resource Utilisation (r=0.75) scales and Organisational Performance Evaluation Questionnaire (r=0.69). Data were analysed using multiple regression and Pearson product moment correlation at 0.05 level of significance. The linear joint effect of resource availability, resource allocation and resource utilisation on organisational performance in adult and non-formal education sector was significant (F(6.191) 52.420; Adj. R2 = 0.181), they accounted for 43.0% in the prediction of organisational performance. Resource utilisation (? = .071), resource allocation (? = .055) and resource availability (? = .053) had positive relative significant predictions on the organisational performance of the state agencies for mass education used in the South-west, Nigeria. There is the need for the agencies to ensure efficiency within the system to avoid wastages, control cost and to achieve rational allocation of the limited resources available to them in the delivery of their mandates
KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND COMPLIANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TOWARDS SCHOOL DISCIPLINE POLICY IN IBADAN NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OYO STATE, NIGERIA
Get PDFOne of the objectives of school discipline policy is to instill discipline among students. However, in-spite of the availability of this policy in various public secondary schools in Nigeria, there seems to be numerous cases of indiscipline among students and this has become a source of concern to all stakeholders in the education sector. In an attempt to proffer possible solutions to this unending challenge, the study investigated the influence of knowledge and attitude on compliance of secondary school students towards school discipline policy in Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria. The descriptive survey research design was employed to collect the requisite data. The multi-stage sampling procedure was adopted to select 570 respondents out of 10,979 students (population) as the sample for the study. The instruments used for data collection were knowledge, attitude, compliance and school discipline policy questionnaire. The overall reliability coefficient of the instrument was found to be 0.78. The data collected were analyzed using statistical measures of Mean, Standard deviation and Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC). The findings of the study showed that knowledge and compliance of school discipline policy among secondary school students in Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo State were significantly related (r =0.330, p<0.05). The study also revealed a significant relationship between attitude and compliance of school discipline policy among secondary school students in Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo State (r = 0.593, p<0.05). Based on the findings, it was recommended that school rules and regulations should be emphasized and given more 86 Knowledge, awareness for easy compliance. Also, students should be encouraged to portray positive attitude towards their respective rules and regulations
THE NECESSITY OF CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN NIGERIAN SECONDARY SCHOOLS AS A FOUNDATION FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE AND POLITICAL STABILITY
Get PDFThis paper examined the necessity of Christian Religious Education in Nigerian secondary schools. Christian education is a foundational knowledge for Christian children and the spiritual and moral teachings in Christian education prepare children for good governance, sound society and political stability. From the history of Israel, Christian Education was a process in which religious knowledge; skills and set of values were passed down from one generation to another in the informal setting. This was how learning of religious norms and values were done in the family and between groups even before the introduction of formal education in schools in Israel. This was done to produce the foundation and the success of Christian community among the people of Israel depending on the size, number of people and factors among the Judeo-Christian era. Good governance and political stability do not emerge from the blues. It has to start from a solid foundation through the God-given agents of transformation here on earth. It happened in the times of Old and New Testament, so it is happening in our contemporary communities today. Christian education in Nigerian secondary schools provides the common-good focus on moral responsibility, peaceful co-existence and national development. This study further recommends that Christian education is the interactive construction of moral knowledge in the students’ class room and social settings. The discourse finally positioned Christian Religious Education as God’s ordained tool for the foundation for good governance and political stability as it also provides quality assurance. The paper opined that substandard work force is detrimental to national transformation, growth and development. Hence, there is the need to reform the curriculum and the teaching of Christian education with a view tomeeting the needs of young people living in an era of corruption, stealing, kidnapping religious crisis and globalizatio
PRINCIPALS’ LEADERSHIP STYLES AND STUDENTS’ DISCIPLINE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN RIVERS STATE
Get PDFThis study investigated the influence of principals’ leadership styles on students’ discipline in public secondary schools in Rivers State. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. Four research questions and four hypotheses guided the study. The study used a selfdeveloped questionnaire titled ‘Principals Leadership Style on Students Discipline (PLSD)’ as the instrument for data collection. The total population of the study was 41,790 made up of teachers, principals and SSII students. A stratified random sampling technique with the help of Taro Yamen was employed to select the sample size of 492 students, 153 teachers and 18 principals. Test-retest method was adopted to test the reliability of the instrument and Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to analyze the data and a reliability coefficient of 0.84 and 0.81were obtained for the students and school authorities instruments respectively. Simple linear regression was used to answer the research questions. The result revealed an R2of 0.57, 0.45, 0.53, and 0.79 for autocratic, democratic, transactional and translational leadership styles respectively. This showed that principal’s autocratic leadership style to a very moderate extent influences student discipline in public secondary schools in Rivers State. It also revealed that principal’s democratic leadership style has low influence on students discipline in public secondary schools in Rivers State. Furthermore, the result also revealed that principal transactional leadership style to a very moderate extent influences students discipline in public secondary schools in Rivers State while Principals transformational leadership style to a very high extent influences students discipline in public secondary schools in Rivers State. Therefore, it was recommended among others that training and development programmes should be given to principals and vice principals to update them with current global leadership style that achieve results
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE SITUATION AS DETERMINANT OF STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA
Get PDFThis study investigated educational resource situation as determinant of students’ academic performance in public Colleges of Education in Southwest Nigeria. Purposive sampling technique was used to select six public Colleges of Education in Southwest Nigeria. From the total population of five thousand, four hundred and twenty (5,420), simple random sampling technique was used to select one hundred and fifty (150) three hundred level students from each institution, making a total of nine hundred students (900). Same to select one hundred (100) academic staff each from the selected institution, making a total of six hundred (600). Total sample was one thousand and five hundred (1,500). Two self-designed questionnaires tagged Academic Staff and Educational Resource Situation Questionnaire (ASERSQ and Educational Resource Situation and Students’ Academic Performance Questionnaire (ERSSAPQ) were used to collect the analyzed data, using regression analysis at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed significant positive relationship between students' academic performance and laboratory equipment (r= 0.795, p<0.05); students' academic performance and instructional materials (r=0.954, p<0.05); students' academic performance and social amenities (r=0.318, p<0.05); students' academic performance and books and journals (r =0.840, p<0.05). Students' academic performance and adequate manpower (r = 0.878, p<0.05); students' academic performance and quality manpower (r=0.532, p<0.05); students' academic performance and manpower utilization (r=0.646, p<0.05); and students' academic performance and training and retraining (r = 0.708, p<0.05). Based on these findings, study recommended that governments and policy makers in these educational institutions should place emphasis on adequate provision ofthese germane educational resources in order to enhance students’ academic performance
Studies on Length–weight Relationship and Condition Factor of Seven Commercially Important Freshwater Fish Species of Asejire Lake, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Length-weight relationships provide information useful in estimation of standing stock biomass and compare the ontogeny of fish population from different water bodies for sustainable fish production. Hence, the length–weightrelationships(LWR) and condition factor ofseven endemic fish speciesinAsejireLake were investigated. One thousand three hundred and eighty one (1,381) fish samples were collected from fisher's catch and identification and measurements oflength and weight were made in situ. The weight (W) - length (L) relationships were estimated using the b logarithmic form of the equation W = aL , while condition factor was determined following 3 Fulton'sequationK=100W/L .TheallometriccoefficientboftheLWRinallthespecieswasfound to be negatively allometric (b<3) except female and combined sexes of Labeo parvus where the 2 growth was positive allometric (b>3).The coefficient of determination (r ) obtained which ranged from 0.601 (Tilapia marie)to 0.979 (Labeo parvus)revealed a high degree of positive correlation. Conditionfactorvalueswerehigherthanone inallthe sevenspecies, andshowedanovertvariation with highest value in Sarotherodon galilaeus (4.037±0.41). However, all the fish species are in good condition for growth and survival in Asejire Lake. This study has therefore provided basic information on the growth pattern and general well-being of 7 fish species from Asejire Lake to updateexistingdataforsustainablefisherymanagement
Effect of Defatted and Dephytinized Soy Proteins Fortified with Phytase on the Growth, Nutrient Digestibility and Phosphorus Load of Rainbow Trout
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Feeds with minimal phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N) stressors on the environment are paramount for eco-friendly aquaculture, as P and N are the major sources of aquatic pollution. This study investigated the effects of defatted soybean meal (DSM) plus phytase and dephytinized soy protein (DHP) plus phytase on the growth, N and Pretention, N and P excretion and total P loadings by rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Seven isoproteic -1 diets were formulated to contain, DSM (diet 1), DSM plus 5 g Pkg diet (diet 2), DSM plus 1500 U/kg phytase (diet 3), DSM plus 3000 U/kg phytase (diet 4), DHP (diet 5), DHP with 1500 U/kg phytase (diet 6) and DHP plus 3000 U/kg phytase (diet 7). Chromic oxide (1%) was added to the diets as inert marker for digestibility studies. The diets were tested on rainbow trout (25.6 ± 0.24 g) for 12 weeks. Results indicated no significant differences in the mean weight gain (MWG), specific growth rate (SGR) and food conversion ratio (FCR) of the fish subjected to the different dietary treatments. However, the MWG, SGR and FCR of the fish treated on diets of DSM were marginally higher than those maintained on DHP. Similarly, the fish treated on DSM retained higher N which resulted in lower excretion values of N. Fish in T 7 retained most Pand generally fish treated on DHPretained slightly higher Pthan those treated on DSM diets. Pexcretion was closely related in treatments with DSM (3.64-5.41kg/Ton) and that with DHP (3.65-4.85kg/Ton), with T(s) 3 (3.64) and 7 (3.56) having the least (P<0.05) values, while T2 with P supplement produced the highest (P<0.05) P excretion of 5.41kg/Ton, least P and Zn retention and N excretion values. Effluent Pdischarge was least (P<0.05) in T7 (5.33mg/kg). This study revealed that addition of DSM in the diets would promote better fish growth, while addition of DHP would promote better environmentally friendly aquaculture