2022 Archive
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Title: CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN PUBLIC SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN RIVERS STATE.pdf Author: BLESSING WEY-AMAEWHULE PhD. & NWISAGBO, EBUNOLU AYODELE PhD. Abstract: Abstract The study investigated classroom management strategies for students’ academic achievement in public senior secondary schools in Rivers State. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 7,425 teachers in the 268 public senior secondary schools in Rivers State. A sample size of 380 teachers was used for the study. The Taro Yamen technique for minimum sample size determination was used to obtain the sample size. A 14-item instrument titled “Classroom Management Strategies for Students’ Academic Achievement Questionnaire (CMSSAAQ)” was used for collecting data. The questionnaire was structured using the five point modified Likert rating scale response pattern of Very High Extent (VHE) = 5 points, High Extent (HE) = 4 points, Moderate Extent (ME) = 3 points, Low Extent (LE) = 2 points and Very Low Extent (VLE) = 1 point. The face and content validity of the questionnaire were assessed by two experts in measurement and evaluation. The reliability of the instrument was determined through test-retest technique. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation Statistics was used to arrive at a reliability index of 0.80. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while z-test was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study found that male and female teachers agreed that appropriate use of time allotted for instructions and manageable class size as classroom management strategies to a high extent enhances students’ academic achievement in public senior secondary schools in Rivers State. It was recommended that secondary school teachers should appropriately use the time allotted for instruction in order to reduce the time students’ spend working on academic tasks, and the government should ensure that secondary school are provided with appropriate manageable class size to enable students make high grades and teachers give close attention to their students in the teaching-learning process. View |
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Title: THE EFFECT OF CORRUPTION ON CURRICULUM INOVATION IN NIGERIA.pdf Author: TUPELE-EBI ENAI OYADONGHAN & TAMUNODIENYE MBA Abstract: Abstract Curriculum is an instrument for educational development and direction of social changes in a nation. Any desired social change achievable through education is designed in a curriculum. Hence curriculum innovation is always occasioned by social factors such as population, economic goals and objectives and technological changes in the society. Curriculum innovation has many processes which are affected by the state of the nation. The present state of Nigerian Nation is filled with political and economic woes and corruption. This study is conducted in Bayelsa state to determine the effect of this poor governance on curriculum innovation in Nigeria. Using the Niger Delta University (NDU) and the Isaac Jaspers Boro College of Education, the study used a questionnaire to collect primary data. With the help of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), the data was analyzed with regression and coefficients of determination. The main findings are that the present state of corruption has a negative effect on curriculum innovation. It is recommended that teachers, lecturers and instructional materials should be cared for by the state government by reducing corruption. Key Words Curriculum, Innovation, Corruption, Education, Instructional materials and Research View |
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Title: THE NIGER DELTA REGION AND PEACE-BUILDING INITIATIVES.pdf Author: CHIZOR WISDOM DIKE Abstract: Abstract The Niger Delta presents an interesting case study in peace-building. Every society must maintain social harmony in order to experience peace, and development. Individuals, groups, households, communities and companies must locate their quest for survival and growth within an atmosphere of peace. The Niger Delta region has intractable conflict issues which has enabled government, organizations and institutions at all levels to focus attention, energy and resources in ways and means of attaining sustainable peace in the region. As economically and politically important as the Niger Delta is to all stakeholders, the pathways of peace must be consciously directed. This paper argues that the achievement of peace is both a goal of development and a condition for social progress and co-existence. We adopted a survey method which enabled us to look at the various peace-building efforts initiated over time in the Niger Delta. Our conclusion is that peace-building is an ongoing process and must be institutionised to achieve desired outcomes. Some recommendations have been made as measures for preventing conflict, promoting peace, reducing conflicts, reconciling aggrieved stakeholders and enhancing sustainable development in the region. View |
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Title: STREET HAWKING AND CHILD ABUSE IN IKWUANO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ABIA STATE.pdf Author: DANIEL, URANTA, DSW, EKE VERONICA & CHINKATA FAITH CHIDINMA Abstract: Abstract Street hawking has been found to be majorly caused by poverty or the inability of parents or guardians to meet the needs of children. Hawking is an alternative means many families in Ikwuano community revert to seeing that they cannot meet their basic needs. Street hawking was shown to have several negative consequences, some of which includes; it denies children quality education, it exposes children to rapist, ritualist and abuse. For every child to develop adequately, children must be free from abuse, child labor and be given an opportunity to attain basic education. Governments, Non-Governmental Organizations and even parents have a major role to play in this regard. Provision of free education and even the initiation of school feeding programs for the less fortunate in Ikwuano community is recommended as means of curbing the menace of street hawking and child abuse in the community. Keywords: Poverty, Street hawking, Child Labour, and Child Abuse. View |
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Title: PRINCIPALS HUMAN RELATION STRATEGIES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE TEACHERS JOB PERFORMANCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ETCHE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, RIVERS STATE..pdf Author: NLEBEM, B. S. (PhD) Abstract: Abstract The study assessed Principals’ human relation strategies and agricultural science teachers’ job performance in secondary schools in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State. Three research questions and five hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. A descriptive design of a correction type was adopted. Fifteen out of 20 schools in Etche Local Government Area were randomly selected while one school principal, two vice principals, three HODS and Six agricultural science teachers were selected using stratified random sampling techniques from each sampled schools totaling 180 respondents. Two validated questionnaires (PHRSAQ) and (ASTJPQ) with reliability coefficient of 0.81 and 0.68 were used to elicit information from the respondents. Descriptive statistics of mean rating and inferential statistic of Pearson product moment correlation were used for data analysis. The study revealed among others, that there is a positive relationship between human relation strategies of principals and teachers’ job performance in secondary schools (r=112 P value .240 > .05). The study therefore recommended that opportunities should be given for agricultural science teachers to partake in matters affecting them within the system among others. Keyword: Principal, Human relation, Agricultural Science, Teachers Job Performance, Strategies. View |
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Title: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND MATERNAL MORTALITY IN NIGERIA.pdf Author: SATURDAY, ODEPELI & NYE, ORUWARI PhD Abstract: Abstract This study examines the consequences of environmental pollution on maternal mortality in Nigeria with emphasis on the proliferation of pollutants in most nooks and cranes of the country. Data for the study are generated from secondary sources of World Development Indicator and Central of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin of various issues. The data is analyzed using the Toda-Yamamoto estimation technique for the analysis. The study used maternal mortality rate as the dependent variable while carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and particulate matter are used as the main explanatory variables for environmental pollution, whereas government expenditure on health is used as check or control variable. The finding reveals that carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and particulate matter do not have causal effect on maternal mortality in Nigeria within the period of study. Implying that environmental pollution do not contribute to maternal deaths in Nigeria within the period of study. Although the impact of environmental pollution considering the status of the result is not the focal cause of maternal mortality in Nigeria in the period of study, the study recommends the following in order to achieve a better and healthier environment. Tree planting is one of the best means of mitigating the impact of environmental pollution because of its absorptive nature. On this premise, tree planting should be made a priority in the local, state and federal levels. Also, products that utilize solar energy, wind energy, hydro energy and other renewable product should be made tax free in order to encourage mass production. Keywords: Environment Pollution, Maternal Mortality. View |
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Title: AN ANALYSIS OF THE MENACE OF KIDNAPPING IN NIGERIA THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DISCOURSE.pdf Author: EMMANUEL UGOCHUKWU NWAKANMA, PhD. Abstract: Abstract Kidnapping in its modern form in Nigeria has been traced to 2006 when the kidnapping expatriates in the oil producing Niger Delta started, and since then till now, the perpetrators have been modifying their means of operation as it has been manifesting in different forms and spaces. Between 2020 and 2022, the Fulani-Herdsmen/Farmers conflict in Nigeria has heightened and gotten complicated with kidnapping as one of its manifestations. In the Isuikwuato, Abia state, South East of Nigeria, kidnapping has crippled economic and social life in the local government and citizen’s move with fear of the unknown. This study therefore explored the relationship between the Fulani-Herdsmen/Farmers conflict and kidnapping, the impact of economic status on kidnapping and the effect of societal values on the kidnappers’ behavior. Using a descriptive survey, the study employed a multistage sampling method to draw 362 samples from the total population of Isuikwuato LGA. Primary data was collected with the use of questionnaire, and subjected to descriptive analysis using means and standard deviation to describe data around the objectives of study, while the Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) was used in testing the three research hypotheses. The study’s findings show a significant relationship between the Fulani-Herdsmen/Farmers conflict and kidnapping; a significant impact of economic status on kidnapping; and a significant relationship but negative effect of societal values on the kidnappers’ behavior. Therefore the study concludes that crime in general and kidnapping as we see it in Nigeria and Isuikwuato in particular, did not start and will not end with solving the Fulani-Herdsmen/Farmers conflict, but with a wholesome look at the socio-economic situation of the country. View |
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Title: ENTERPRISE EDUCATION AND SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM-A 21ST CENTURY CHALLENGE IN A DEVELOPING ECONOMY.pdf Author: EMESIOBI, PATIENCE O. (Ph.D) Abstract: This research examines various approaches of empowering secondary school pupils in Rivers State through enterprise education. This study demonstrated how students can become more independent while still in school by employing various entrepreneurial abilities. It also examined elements that can call for empowerment, such as youth restlessness, poverty, unemployment among recent graduates, and other social vices. It was recommended that; secondary school curriculum should be designed based on enterprise education topics that will equip the students with necessary technical knowhow, managerial, creative and social skills. Teachers especially those directly involved in teaching the entrepreneurship contents should be sponsored on training such as workshops/seminars on the inculcation of entrepreneurship zeal and enthusiasm using appropriate methods of teaching among secondary students. Policy makers should prioritize entrepreneurship development and strategize viable means of its enhancement among school leavers. Keywords: Enterprise Education, Secondary School, Curriculum, Empowerment, Students, Socio-Economic Development. View |
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Title: IMPACT OF ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMMES ON POVERTY REDUCTION IN ETSAKO EAST, WEST AND CENTRAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF EDO STATE.pdf Author: OVOEMAH, BEAUTY OGIOSOMHI AND PROF. AUGUSTINE ONYEOZU Abstract: This research study investigates the Impact of Adult Education Programmes on Poverty Reduction in Etsako East, West and Central Local Government Areas of Edo State. To achieve the study; five objectives, five research questions and five hypotheses were raised to guild the study. The study will adopt descriptive survey design with a population of 1,805 adult learners from Etsako East, West and Central Local Government Areas. Simple random sampling techniques will be used to get sample size of 400 adult learners from the three LGAs in Etsako East and West Local Government Areas of Edo State. Self-designed questionnaire tagged “Questionnaire on Impact of Adult Education on Poverty Reduction in Etsako East, West Local Government Areas” (QIAEPRD) will be used for the study. Two theories will be adopted. Face and content validity was used while Split-Half was used to determine the reliability of the instrument, the scores will be correlated using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Co-Efficient (r) at 0.78 level of significance. The data will be analyzed using mean and standard deviation, while Z-test was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Keywords: Adult Education, Poverty Reduction, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State, Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State. View |
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Title: STRATEGIES FOR SELECTING INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA IN PRIMARY AND POST PRIMARY SCHOOL IN RIVERS STATE.pdf Author: DOKUBO A. N. Abstract: Psychologists working in the field of education study how people learn and retain knowledge. They apply psychological science to improve the learning process and promote educational success for all students. This study examines the strategies for selecting instructional media in primary and post primary school in Rivers State. The study concludes that the use and application of hardware and software technologies may prove quite beneficial not only in terms of providing a substitute for the direct real experiences, but also as a better means and media for the effective teaching and learning. The study recommends the utilization of hardware and software technologies, material and equipment like radio, television, tape recorder, films, models, charts, diagrams, maps, slides and transparencies for the organization and execution of the tasks and activities related to education. In addition to this, the use of software technology in the form of dramatic participation, demonstration, excursion or field trips, exhibition, visual and verbal symbols are also recommended. Keywords: Instructional Media, Effective Teaching, Primary and Post-Primary, Schools, Rivers State. View |
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Title: EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT-EXAMINING THE EDUCATION-COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NEXUS IN NIGERIA.pdf Author: TAYLOR, TAMUNOSAKI (Ph.D) Abstract: This research paper qualitatively examines the concepts of education and rural development, differentiated education and “training” or “schooling”, the implication of the rural development praxis against the object of education in the community development of Nigeria. This paper views education as not just a tool for rural development, but the most fundamental tool for rural development. However, the paper discovered that in Nigeria like in other developing countries, education has not been able to play this role of community development optimally. Findings from this paper reviews that, the reason for this underdevelopment is due to the dissonance between the educational curriculum and developmental needs of the communities. The paper thus recommends a critical re-examination of the extant development praxis and harmonizes it with the socio-cultural and environmental realities in the polity and to design an appropriate educational curriculum. Keywords: Education, Community Development, Nigeria. View |
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Title: PLANT SPECIES COMPOSITION AND NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS PER SPECIES OF UNDERSTOREY VEGETATION IN DIFFERENT LAND USE IN ETCHE REGION OF RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA.pdf Author: NLEMUONWU, CHIJIOKE (Ph.D), B. N. PORONAKIE (Ph.D) & PROF. A. A. OBAFEMI Abstract: Species composition helps to conserve, maintain and regulate the environment. Although, plant biodiversity has been extensively studied, there is paucity of knowledge on the relationship of its different categories. Thus, the study examined analysis of plant biodiversity in Etche Region, Rivers State, Nigeria. A quantitative research design was used and this involved comparison of tree growth and understorey parameters in the built up area (BUA), natural forest (NF), fallow land, farmland and riparian vegetation. Five quadrats of 20 x 25m2 were laid randomly in each of the study area for data collection. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. Results showed that 58 different understorey and 35 different overstorey species were found in the entire study area. The species diversity and richness of the understorey and overstorey were higher in the NF and fallowland. It was also found that the combination of tree growth characteristics (girth, diameter at breast height, basal area, crown diameter) were significantly related to species diversity, richness, evenness and number of individual understorey species at p View |
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Title: THE MEDIA, COVID-19 AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA.pdf Author: ANNA YUNANA AKINGA (Ph.D) AND JAMIU YUSUF DANGA Abstract: This paper examines Media’s role during the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on gender-based violence in Nigeria. The paper clarifies the concept of Media, Covid-19 and GBV. The paper discussed media coverage of GVB in Nigeria at the peak of the pandemic in the year 2020. The paper further discussed the salient barriers to media reportage in the country and responses to gender-based violence in Nigeria where the paper examined the responses of government, non-governmental organisation and religious bodies on gender-based violence in the country. The study further proffered recommendations as to lessening the effect of GBV especially during lockdowns and pandemic in Nigeria. Keywords: COVID 19, Gender Based Violence, Media Coverage, Nigeria. View |