GOUNI Repository (Godfrey Okoye University)
Not a member yet
3034 research outputs found
Sort by
ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONSTRAINTS OF PRINCIPALS IN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION IN THE LIGHT OF HIDDEN CURRICULUM
No full textDiscipline of staff and students has always been in the forefront of effective school administration. This is one of the areas in school administration where when principals get it right, there exists a favorable school environment conducive to teaching and learning .The study ascertained the achievements and constraints of principals in the administration of secondary schools in the light of hidden curriculum .The researchers carried out the study in public secondary schools in Owerri Education zone of Imo State, Nigeria. The study adopted quantitative paradigm. It specifically employed descriptive survey research design. The sample size of the study was 60principals. Two hypotheses guided the study. The study was anchored on Henri Fayol’s Administrative Management Theory, and supported by Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory. A twenty-five - item questionnaire was used to collect data. The researchers collected the data in person. Theusedt-test statistics to test the two hypotheses that guided the study at a significant alpha level of 0.05. The findings of the study revealed that male principals achieve more on administrative discipline than female principals. However, they have equal strength in the development of the school. Nevertheless, financial constraint impedes the effective administration and management of the schools by both male and female principals in rural and urban areas. Drawing from these findings, there searchers therefore recommended that equal opportunities and financial strength should be given to both male and female principals in the administration of the school. This would enable them to be more actives in instilling discipline in the workforce in order to enhance performance among staff and students
An Empirical Examination of the Effect of Firm Size on the Financial Reporting Quality of Quoted Consumer Goods Manufacturing Companies in Sub-Sahara Africa
No full textThe study investigates the effect of firm size
on financial reporting quality by employing
samples from listed consumer goods
manufacturing firms in Sub-Sahara Africa
between the periods of 2011-2020. In this
study, firm size is the independent variable
while financial reporting quality is
measured in terms of Jones discretionary
accrual is the dependent variable. The
study is longitudinal covering a period of
ten (10) years. That is, from 2011 to 2020
employing consumer goods manufacturing
firms in Sub-Sahara Africa. However, only
consumer goods manufacturing firms that
had all relevant data due to continuous
existence were included in the sample. Our
final sample size consists of 16 consumer
goods manufacturing firms in Nigeria, 7
consumer goods manufacturing firms in
Kenya, and 30 consumer goods
manufacturing firms in South Africa. In
testing for the effect of the above variables
on financial reporting quality of listed consumer goods manufacturing firms in
Sub-Sahara Africa, we conducted panel
least square regression before proceeding
to check for inconsistencies with the basic
assumptions of the OLS regression.
Succinctly, these diagnostics tests include
test for multicollinearity as well as test for
heteroscedasticity. The panel fixed and
random effects were employed and
estimated using the appropriate techniques.
The findings of the study reveal that firm
size has a significant relationship with
financial reporting quality in quoted
consumer goods manufacturing firm in
Sub-Sahara Africa. The study recommends
that though larger firms have a stronger
tendency to improved financial reporting
quality, there is the need for small and
medium firms to also focus on improving
reporting qualit
Armed Banditry and Regional Security: Imperatives of Non-Kinetic Response for Stability of North-West
No full textThe Nigeria nation-state is currently experiencing a new wave of terrorism resonating in menace of armed banditry in the
North-West region of the federation. Its intensity, spread and fatalities overwhelms amid ground offensives and airstrikes from
Nigeria military. Hence, this unpleasant development therefore elicits the need for alternative plausible non-military options towards
restoring security and peace in the region. Hence, this underscored the essence of non-kinetic measures to stem the tides of bandits
and criminal gangs in North-West. The methodology of this discourse is a descriptive design where secondary sources of data
collection and non-participant observational method were used. The data and observed events were content-analyzed. The findings
revealed frightening incidences of banditry as security personnel grapple with myriad of institutional, geographic, political and
societal constraints. The deaths, destruction, humanitarian and socio-economic effects were enormous as the state governments
deployed non-kinetic measures to complement efforts of the security personnel, however, these measures were also fraught with
political, administrative and logistic lapses. Thus, this discourse recommends for a regional amnesty program, state youth
empowerment and rehabilitation program, security reforms as among the fundamentals of non-kinetic response to armed banditry
in North West region of Nigeria federation
EFFECTS OF MONETARY POLICY MEASURES ON NIGERIA’S ECONOMIC GROWTH
Get PDFThis study examined the effect of monetary policy measures on Nigeria’s economic growth. The natural
log of real GDP was employed as the dependent variable against the explanatory monetary policy
variables- interest rate, discount rate and open market rate. The time series data used spanned the period
from 1985 to 2015. The study adopted an Ordinary Least Squares technique and also conducted the unit
root tests. The results of the study suggest that while Money supply (OMR) has significant positive
effect on Nigeria’s economic growth, the effect of interest rate and discount is positive but non -
significant. The study recommends the that government should channel its attention on the control of
money supply as a veritable monetary policy instrument for enhancing price stability and boosting
Nigeria’s economic growt
EFFECT OF OIL PRICE CHANGES ON NIGERIA'S MARKET PERFORMANCE: AN NARDL APPROACH
No full textThis paper examined the effect of oil price changes on Nigeria's market performance proxied by all-share index and
using monthly frequency data that cover the period from January1997 to August 2020. It employed the Non-linear
autoregressive distriuted lag methodology for data analysis. The results of the study suggest that both the increases
The and decreases in oil price have positive impacts on Nigeria’s stock market performance. However, while a
decrease in the oil price in the current period has a significant impact on the Nigerian stock market performance
, both the decrease in oil price in the past period and its increase in the current period affect the Nigerian stock
market performance non-significantly. The results of the study suggest that market participants should target oil
price movements as an important instrument for predicting the changes in Nigeria’s stock market performance
APPLICATION OF E-LEARNING PLATFORMS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF POLITICAL SCIENCE EDUCATION CURRICULUM IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC ERA IN UNIVERSITIES IN ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA
No full textThis study determined the application of e-learning platforms in the implementation of Political Science
Education curriculum in Covid-19 pandemic era in universities in Enugu State, Nigeria. Two specific objectives guided the
study. These were: to ascertain the available e-learning platforms for the implementation of Political Science Education
curriculum in the Covid-19 pandemic era; to establish the extent of the utilization of e-learning platforms in the
implementation of Political Science Education curriculum. The study employed quantitative paradigm, specifically, the
descriptive survey research design. Six universities were used for the study. The total number of respondents to the study
was one hundred and twelve (112) persons; 84 final year Political Science Education students and 28 of their lecturers.
Checklist and questionnaire were used to collect data. The researchers employed the services of two research assistants in
data collection. Frequencies, percentages, mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions. The
findings of the study indicate that e-learning platforms for effective implementation of Political Science Education
curriculum were not adequately available. More so, that the extent of utilization of these e-learning platforms was low in
this Covid-19 pandemic era. This implied that students’ academic performance was not enhanced during this period. The
study therefore recommended blended learning to universities and in-service training for lecturers in order to overcome any
challenge that can disrupt the academic calendar
CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS TO POLITICAL SCIENCE EDUCATION CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC ERA IN UNIVERSITIES IN ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA
No full textThe study established the challenges inherent in the use of e-learning platforms in the implementation of Political
Science Education curriculum in universities in Enugu State, Nigeria during the lockdown of schools as a result of the covid�19 pandemic. The study was anchored on the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) formulated in
2003 by Venkatesh, Morris, Davis, and Davis. Two research questions guided the study; What are the various challenges
of Political Science Education curriculum implementation in the covid-19 pandemic era? What are the plausible solutions
to Political Science Education curriculum implementation in the covid-19 pandemic era? It was a quantitative study that
adopted the descriptive survey research design. The researchers used six private and public universities in Enugu State,
Nigeria for the study. The population of the study was one hundred and twelve (112) persons; 84 final year Political Science
Education students and 28 of their lecturers. Questionnaire was used to collect data. The researchers collected the data
themselves from the six universities. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions. The study
found that unreliable power supply, poor internet services, high cost of data, and lack of technical know-how hindered
effective use of e-learning platforms in the implementation of Political Science Education curriculum during the lockdown
of schools caused by the covid-19 pandemic. This inadvertently affected students’ academic performance. The study then
recommended that there is need to ensure that broadband facilities are readily available in the university campuses to
enhance the use of e-learning platforms for teaching and learning
Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (Ai): Raising Some Moral Questions in Nigerian Institutions
Get PDFArtificial Intelligence and robotics have taken the center stage in the world thereby
creating irreplaceable values to humanity. Nevertheless; much attention has been
drawn to their values towards making the world a better place and less attention
to the moral challenges emanating from the abuse of robotics and Artificial
Intelligence. Beyond the obvious appreciable values in their use, this paper bears
much concern on the disheartening effects of the ethical abuse of Artificial
Intelligence and robotics both from the creator’s end and the users’ end especially
in Nigeria. Using expository and analytic methods this paper exposes and
analysis the values, use and abuses of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in
Nigerian institutions. Artificial Intelligence and robotics have been of great value
in
institutions
such
as;
finance,
politics,
military,
education,
communication/media, cyber security, etc. Unfortunately, the ethical implications
on the abuses of Artificial Intelligence and robotics have been so devastating yet
not much questions have been raised beyond the alarms by victims. Thus this paper
not only raises moral questions on the abuse of Artificial Intelligence and robotics,
it calls for more attention and consciousness of the society to this menace. Also,
this paper encourages experts in this field to deepen studies on guides against such
abuses and the judiciary to enact comprehensive laws to this effect
CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS TO PEACE BUILDING IN THE 21STCENTURY; A NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE
Get PDFThis paper investigates Nigerian experience of challenges to peacebuilding in the 21st century.
Also, it exposes the prospects capable of mitigating these challenges to peacebuilding and its
enablers. Using the method of exposition, the paper makes a thorough investigation on the
dimensions of challenges to peacebuilding in the 21st century and by method of hermeneutics,
the paper argues and analysis prospects capable of enabling peacebuilding in the 21st century.
Towards addressing the aim, the paper exposes the challenges to peacebuilding as follows:
guerrilla wars, inter-tribal/communal war, insurgency of Boko-Haram, herdsmen-farmers
conflict, inter and intra-religious conflicts, political crisis before, during and after elections,
domestic violence, banditry, lawlessness, crimes such as robbery, kidnapping, abuse of the mass
media especially facebook; whatsapp; telegram, e.t.c. Unfortunately, this distressed condition
threatens national and international security, world socio-political and economic life,
dehumanization and lost of cultural values and human lives. In spite of these challenges, the
investigation shows that peacebuilding in Nigeria can be possible minding the following
prospects: winning peace not winning war, abating challenges of globalization through adequate
information and communication technology, contemporary peace operations, dialogue,
involvement of traditional and religious institutions in matters of peace and reconciliation,
discouraging government actions that fuel crisis, promoting justice and rule of law, e.t.c. The
implication of the study is that when the said prospects are sincerely applied, the bites and
challenges to peacebuilding would be adequately arrested, hence they can be said to be square
pegs in square holes. Therefore, the paper makes a clarion call to invest pricelessly in the
prospects as stated in order to mitigate challenges to peacebuilding in the 21st centur
AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) RESOURCES IN TEACHING POLITICAL SCIENCE EDUCATION IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN ENUGU STATE NIGERIA
No full textInformation and Communication Technology resources embrace those equipment or tools that can
retrieve, store manipulate, transmit and disseminate information electronically. This study sought to determine the
availability and utilization of information and communication technology resources. Where four research questions
and two null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The instrument for data collection was a researchers’
developed and peer-validated. Cronbach Alpha method was used to compute the internal consistency of the
instrument, which had an overall reliability index of 0.76. five hundred and five copies of the questionnaire were
administered and four hundred and seventy-nine copies were retrieved from the respondents, which yielded 94.85%
return rate. The researchers used mean scores and standard deviation to answer research questions while t-test
statistics was used to test the null hypotheses. It was found out by matching the available ICT resources in the
Colleges of Education under study with the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) benchmark, that
there should be conducive environment, provision of computers, internet facilities, television, multi-media, and
computer laboratory among others. The availability of these facilities makes teaching and learning more interesting,
interactive and effective. The findings of the study revealed among others that ICT facilities are available but not
adequate for teaching and learning of Political Science Education in Public and private Colleges of Education in
Enugu State