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Human Capacity Development of Young Adults as a Correlate of Socio-Economic Transformation Agenda of Millennium Development Goals in Oyo State
Get PDFThe major problem being experienced in Oyo state is the conflict amongthe youth who belong to different cult groups, the problem is prevalentbecause of the unemployment problem and other poverty relatedproblems. The study adopted descriptive survey research design of expost facto. The sample size comprised of 160 young adults who wereselected through simple random sampling technique from Ibadan-Northand Ibadan-South Local Government Areas of Oyo State. The instrumentused for the study was tagged Human Capacity Development Inventory(HCDI) with reliability r = 0.87. Two hypotheses were tested at 5%level of significance. The data collected was collated and analyzed usingPearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. Findings shows thatthere was no significant relationship between human capacitydevelopment and poverty alleviation programmes of MillenniumDevelopment Goals (MDG) among young adults (r = -. 014, N = 160,P = .05). There was no significant relationship between human capacitydevelopment and educational empowerment of young adult (r = -.041,N= 160, P = .608). Based on the findings, it was recommended thatfor Nigeria to meet the human capacity development challenges through the Millennium Development Goals transformation programmes, the gaps and flaws of the education system need to be urgently addresse
Learners’ Interpretations of Non-technical Words Used in Physical Sciences: A Case Study of Two Schools in South Africa
Get PDFThis study explored the high school learners’ interpretations of twenty nontechnical words used in the classroom teaching and learning of physicalsciences. This study was conducted in a classroom context where all thelearners speak English as their second language however the medium ofclassroom instruction is English. Two Government-owned high schools inSouth Africa participated in this study with focus on the Grade 11 and 12physical science learners. A validated questionnaire, which contains twentyItems, was administered in two schools with a purposeful sampling strategyemployed on 75 students in the two schools. The administration of thequestionnaire was followed by an interview conducted with the participantlearners and their teachers. The learners’ responses to the questionnairewere analyzed quantitatively using Rasch Statistical Analysis to measureperson ability and item difficulty. The person reliability and item reliabilityas generated by the Rasch analysis were 0.70 and 0.91 respectively. Thevalidity of the measures was also established with the statistical valuesbetween the acceptable range of +2/-2 for the persons and items. Thefindings of this study revealed that the participant learners encountered difficulties in interpreting eight non-technical words correctly when usedin the physical science context. The difficulties were observed to be as aresult of the students’ unfamiliarity with the usage and meanings of thewords in physical science contexts; confusion between the meanings ofnon-technical words with similar spellings and pronunciations; and learners’inability to distinguish the meaning of a word from its opposite meaning.This study recommends that much more attention should be given to thePhysical science teachers’ instructional language in the classrooms
Trade Openness and Employment Growth in Nigeria
Get PDFThis study sought to find the impact of trade liberalization on employmentgrowth in Nigeria from 1981-2016 using trade openness as proxy fortrade liberalistion. A three-prong estimation approach was adopted. Inthe first stage, the descriptive statistic was examined in order tounderstand the nature of the series. The stationarity of the variableswere also tested using Augmented Dickey fuller test. The result indicatedthat all the variables were stationary at first difference which necessitatedthe deployment of the Johansen co-integration and Vector errorcorrection model for both the long-run and short-run nexus amongstthe variables in the second stage. The Toda Yamoto test was alsoconducted to ascertain the direction of causality. In order to determinethe ripple effect of the introduction of economic shock, the ImpulseResponse Function was deployed. In the post-estimation stage, therobustness and validity of regression model is checked using theHeteroscedasticity and the autocorrelation tests. The study found a negative and significant relationship between trade openness andemployment growth. The foreign direct investment had significant impacton employment levels. Inflation although significant was negativelyrelated. Both the exchange rate and terms of trade were not significant.The result of Breusch-Godfrey Serial Correlation LM Test reveals theabsence of serial correlation. The government should enact the provisionof social and economic policies required to protect the country againstthe adverse effects of lowered trade barriers especially in the labourintensive sector of the econom
An assessment of the Impact of Parental Care Deprivation on In-school Adolescents Behavioural Problems in Ilorin Metropolis
Get PDFParenting plays very crucial roles in adolescents “transition to adulthood”.It has been recognized as a major vehicle in socializing the child. Thisstudy therefore, examined the impact of parental care deprivation onin-school adolescents’ behaviour problems. The study also investigatedwhether variables such as gender and years of working experience,would influence respondents views. The research method adopted forthis study was descriptive survey. The population of the study consistedof all secondary teachers in Ilorin metropolis. An instrument titled “Impactof Parental Care Deprivation on In-School Adolescents’ BehaviourProblem Questionnaire (IPDIABPQ) was used to obtain data from 300randomly selected respondents. Percentages, mean and rank orderanalysis were employed to analyse the demographic data and to answer
the main research question while t-test and (ANOVA) was used to testthe research hypotheses at 5% level of significance. The study revealedthat impact of parental care deprivation on in-school adolescents include:development of inferiority complex; tendencies for rebellion, disciplineproblems in schools; over-dependence on others and poor academicachievement among others. The study further revealed that gender andyears of working experience significantly influenced the perception ofrespondents on the impact of parental care on in school adolescentbehaviour problems. Based on the findings of this study, it isrecommended that parents should be assisted to learn how to giveappropiate care and support to their children in the areas of cognitive,physical, social, emotional and intellectual development so that thechildren can develop good and acceptable behaviour in the school, homeand society at large, Parents should be encouraged to spend more timewith their children so that they can easily discover the type of behaviourtheir children exhibit
Issues of Transformational Management within the Context of Higher Education
Get PDFThe issue of transformational management in the context of higher education is a crucial role in the achievement of the goals of higher education. This paper traced the history of higher education in Nigeria, it examined the concept of management transformation and higher education. It went further to examine the goals of higher education as stipulated in the Nigeria National Policy on Education. The issues of transformational management in higher educational institution was examined and the challenges facing such transformation highlighted, recommendations were given which includes that to advance transformational management in the higher education there should be mobilization of financial support from government and donors for higher education leadership and management programmes. It was concluded that higher education in Nigeria is the highest level of education where the adequate manpower of the nation is produced and so, should be able to embrace changes that build its graduates in such a way that they would be able to compete with their counterparts globally. 
Application of Job Analysis Technique for Development in Supervision and Management of Polytechnic Education
No full textAbstractThis paper explains the contents and structure of education system as it is operated in the country today. Similarly, it analyses the conception and practices of educational supervision in school system as well as tertiary level of education with specific interest in the internal and external forms of supervision in the country as a whole system. The national policy call for application of modern managerial techniques to educational endeavors therefore guided the exercise to apply the method of participant observation in job analysis technique to evolve the innovation in the paper. This is job analysis innovation for academic heads of departments in polytechnic. The recommendations therefore, are that the stake holders should ensure thatthe innovation is adequately utilized. 
Utilization of the Social Media in Decision Making and Communication in Secondary Schools in Delta State of Nigeria
Get PDFThe study examined the utilization of the social media, in decision makingand communication, in secondary schools, in Delta State of Nigeria.Two (2) research questions and 2 hypotheses were answered and testedin the study, respectively. The design of the study was the analyticdescriptive survey, with the population as the 447 public secondaryschools in Delta State, with a corresponding number of 447 principals,who served as participants. From the 447 principals, 358 were selectedas the sample, for the study, using the proportionate stratified randomsampling technique. The subjects of the study responded to a validated23-item instrument titled ‘Social Media Utilization in Secondary SchoolDecision Making and Communication Scale’ (SMUSSDMCS 1) designedby the researchers in the modified 4-point Likert scale model, with areliability index of 0.77, determined using the Cronbach Alpha statistics.Mean and standard deviation were used in answering the researchquestions while z. test was used in testing the hypotheses at 5% level of significance. The results of the study show that, to a high extent andvery high extent, the social media are utilized in secondary school decisionmaking and communication, respectively apart from establishing nosignificant differences between the mean ratings of male and femaleprincipals on one hand and less experienced and experienced principals,on the extent, the social media are utilized in decision making and schoolcommunication in secondary schools in Delta State. It was thereforeconcluded that the social media are viable instrumentalities for secondaryschool decision making and communication. Recommendations are thatschool administrators and other stakeholders should continue to usethe social media in their decision making and communication, while alsoembracing the use of other Information and Communication Technology(ICT) oriented applications and making sure that newly appointedprincipals are exposed to the demands of ICT
Influence of Socio-psycho Factors on Secondary School Students’ Indiscipline in Ibadan North-East Local Government Area of Oyo State
Get PDFThis study examined the influence of socio-psycho factors on secondaryschool students’ indiscipline in Ibadan north-east local government areaof Oyo State. The act of indiscipline in public secondary schools hasbecome an alarming issue. Indiscipline is an act of behavioural disorderthat is classified as an act of delinquency, like, lying, stealing, playing truant,running away from school and so on. This study investigated the influenceof peer groups, parental influence and influence of society on students’indiscipline among secondary school students. The study adopteddescriptive survey research design. The study samples consisted of ten(10) public secondary schools, three hundred (300) senior secondaryschool students. Questionnaire was developed to collect data.Descriptive statistics such as frequency count, percentage and meanscore were used to answer the research questions, while multipleregression analysis was used to test the hypotheses at 5% level ofsignificance. The findings revealed that the level of parental influence on students indiscipline was high (Mean = 2.94 which translated to 69.7%);peer pressure has positive and significant influence on students’indiscipline among secondary school students (mean = 2.86 whichtranslated to 93.4%). Also, it was revealed from the findings that levelof societal influence on secondary school students indiscipline waspositively high (mean = 2.87 which translated to 86.5%). The combinedinfluence of socio-psycho factors (parental influence, peer pressure andsocietal influence) on secondary school students’ indiscipline was foundto be significant, F(3, 296) = 16.950); P < 0.05. The finding also revealedsignificant relative influence of socio-psycho factors on secondary schoolsstudents’ indiscipline; Parental Influence (â = 0.250, P < 0.05), PeerPressure (â = 0.170, P < 0.05) and Societal Influence (â = 0.160, P <0.05). It is therefore recommended that parents should be united andagreed together to correct their children when they exhibit bad behaviourinstead of indulging them. School administrators should ensure that thestudents have equal opportunity, the act of bullying other students by theprefects or seniors should stop. Also, teachers should correct any strangebehaviour among the students and not indulge them at any point in time
The Processes of Implementing Job Analysis Technique in Nigeria Technical Schools
Get PDFThis paper states that job analysis is an issue of considerable importancein the generality of contemporary formal organizations including Nigeriatechnical and vocational education schools. The problem is that, inspiteof very many advantages derivable, the required records and expertsfor utilizing the technique are not available in adequate proportion.Therefore, it states the procedure for the study of these jobs. This beginswith preliminary preparation of securing and arranging information forguiding a study and then proceeds to sampling of population under study.Naturally, this leads to the stage of data gathering the outcome of whichis compiled and interpreted to results. Beyond this, it explains each ofthe stages with specific examples in the vocational and technical educationdepartments in the country to conclude that the head or supervisor ofthe department should be familiar with the procedures and infact theproducts for the purpose of adequate utilization of the techniques. Thestaff, the management and the proprietors of the schools should ensuremaximum utilization of the products of this technique
Traditional African Nidation in Works of Selected Contemporary African Poets
Get PDFThe growth of African poetry written in English medium has been credited to a number of African pioneer poets whose verses have been published in English. These poets have modeled their verse artistry to Eurocentric style though with traces of African oral tradition. The contemporary Nigerian poets, however, have continued to implant oral traditions in their works in a bid to sustain the values of traditional and cultural heritage of the African society. The paper, therefore examines, instances of imaginative engravings of traditional myths, legends, symbols, images, proverbs, rituals, and other oral traditions in contemporary Nigerian poetry. While focusing on eclectically selected poems of Nigerian poets, the study probes into the sustenance of aesthetic values of oral tradition into the scripting of verses published in English expression. Using the structuralism with its cultural strand, the study further investigates how the aesthetics of oral tradition of performance, the communal spirit of the verbal art, resonate in written and published poetry in English. The study discovers that female poets also contribute towards the recreation of traditional verbal poetics in their verses. The study concludes that contemporary Nigerian poets have continued to implant the abundance of traditional oral heritage into their scripted verses in English. It submits that the borrowings from oral cultural identity have helped to bridge the gap between oral verbal artand the written expression in the received language