Introduction The thirst for knowledge has always led humans to seek education, and as such many countries of the world, including Nigeria, place a high premium on the education of their citizens. Adjudged the most populous country in Africa and the eighth most populous country in the world with a population of over 150million, Nigeria is located on the Atlantic coast in West Africa, bordered by Benin on the West, Niger and Chad on the North, and Cameroon on the East (Academic American Encycl...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the relationship between input and process variables and school effectiveness in private secondary schools in Lagos State. The input variables were teacher qualification, teacher experience and equipment and facilities while the process variables were leader behaviour, school environment, academic emphasis, teacher expectations and monitoring of students' progress. The study is a descriptive survey research, carried out ex-post facto. The stratified random sam...
ABSTRACT A major economic policy of the first military regime in Nigeria, 1966-79, was the indigenisation of the national economy. The aim was to put Nigerians, to a greater extent, in control of the economy of the nation. The history of the nation's indigenisation policy, close to policy flirtation by the colonial masters, was broached in 1946, and again in 1956. In 1964, under a post-colonial government, the policy was mooted, but a concrete formulation, perhaps delayed because of the polit...
ABSTRACT This work examines how Federal Government Colleges in Nigeria obtain, allocate, utilize resources and evaluates the influence this has on the academic performances of the students. The study employed a descriptive research design. Data was collected from a sample of 745 respondents selected from 12 schools located in South West geo-political zone of Nigeria. The respondents were students in SSS3, teachers, Vice Principals and Principals, and the Director General in charge of Finance ...
Introduction University library websites constitute important access points to online resources for library users including persons with disabilities. This is evidenced by the United Nations’ adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), which guarantees that people with disabilities have the same access and opportunities as everyone else to participate in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private settings ...
ABSTRACT The scourge of out-of-school children is real in Nigeria today. It is a common sight to see school-age children, particularly teenagers, who are supposed to be in school roaming the streets. Some are found outside the school performing one form of economic activity of another. Some have been to school but did not complete their education while some of them have never been to school at all. Some of these out of-school children, especially the school dropouts, claimed to have acquired ...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the effects of guided discovery approach on students’ academic performance in ecology among Senior Secondary I students in Sokoto metropolis. The population of the study comprised of 13,045 students offering Biology in the 43 secondary schools within Sokoto metropolis. The researcher used stratified random sampling to select the sample 521 students and used purposive sampling technique to select intact classes from each sampled school. The instruments used f...
Abstract This study was conducted to assess the impact of past adult literacy programmes on the educational attainment of the indigenes of the ten (10) villages of Gumbi District in Wamakko Local Government Area of Sokoto State. Three populations were used. The first population was 361 educated persons in the ten villages; the second population was 425 ex-literacy programme participants, while the third one was 57 officials/community leaders. Three instruments were used in data collection. Th...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess integrating ICT in public secondary school administration in Kibwezi Sub County of Makueni County. The study was guided by the following objectives: to assess the state of ICT infrastructure in public secondary school administration in Kibwezi sub county, to determine the level of ICT integration in Public secondary school administration in Kibwezi Sub county, to assess the influence of ICT infrastructure on ICT Integration in secondary schools...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to establish the influence of teacher empowerment on Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) performance in public secondary schools in Kibwezi sub-county, Kenya. The study was guided by three research objectives and three null hypotheses. The research objectives sought to examine the extent to which teachers‟ involvement in decision making influenced academic performance of secondary schools; establish the extent to which teachers‟ professio...
ABSTRACT Performance in physics at secondary school level in Sabatia sub-county has shown no significant improvement in recent years. Analysis by the Kenya National Examinations Council indicates that students do poorly in kinematics and this affects their overall performance in physics. This poor performance has mainly been attributed to conventional methods of teaching physics. It has been observed that schools that perform well emphasize the use of emerging instructional methods such as co...
ABSTRACT The research was a survey designed to investigate the effect of sex and environment on mathematics achievement of senior secondary school students in Katsina state. Two research objectives and six-research hypotheses were formulated. Stratified random samplinq technique was employed in which four hundred and twenty (420) students were sampled.
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate factors influencing principals‘ performance of administrative duties in public day secondary schools in Mwingi East Sub - County, Kitui County, Kenya. Four research objectives guided the study. The objectives sought to establish the influence of finances, human resources, infrastructure and community around the school on principals‘ performance of administrative duties in public day secondary schools in Mwingi East Sub -County. The stu...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to establish the administrative factors influencing performance of girls in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education in mixed day secondary schools in Nzambani Sub County, Kitui County Kenya. Four research objectives guided the study which sought to establish the influence of resources for girls, teachers as role models to girls, discipline among girls and the school environment on girls’ KCSE performance in mixed day secondary schools. The study was c...
ABSTRACT This study was set to investigate the factors influencing teachers‟ participation in the integration of ICT in teaching and learning in public secondary schools in Machakos Sub County. The study was guided by four objectives and two hypotheses which include; establishing the relationship between teacher competency in the integration of ICT in teaching and learning; to assess the extent to which teachers apply computer skills in teaching and learning; to determine the influence of t...