The study examined the perception of teachers on the senior secondary Entrepreneurship Education Curriculum. Three research questions were formulated to guide the study. The research design adopted for the study is a descriptive survey. The population of the study consisted of all the public senior secondary schools in Kano Metropolis and the teachers within them. A purposive sampling technique was employed to select 343 teachers from 12 schools. The instrument for data collection w...
Nigeria as indeed other countries in the globe is committed to the attainment of the goals of education for all (EFA) as well as the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). The key determinant of success in this regard is building the capacity of teacher educators on how to utilize ICT for effective instructional delivery which in turn, would impact on the products of the basic education system. The paper examines the concept of ICT, instructional delivery and the role of ICT in enhancing ...
This paper examined implementation issues in the new senior secondary education curriculum in Nigeria. It discussed the concept curriculum implementation. It enumerated the objectives of secondary education as indicated in National Policy on Education. Implementation issues in the new senior secondary education curriculum were highlighted and discussed. The prospects were pointed out and its implication for Nigeria's cultural policy itemized. Recommendations were made such as the fa...
The Nigerian Certificate in Education programme (NCE) is a special Advanced level course designed to produce quality teachers for the basic education sub-sector. In response to the widespread criticism that the existing NCE programme is dislocated from its service sector, the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) has revised and updated the existing NCE minimum standards documents by incorporating new programmes to address the existing teacher needs at the basic educa...
The paper discussed the concepts educational technology, lifelong learning and sustainable development in detail. The paper also described how instructional media and technologies can be employed to facilitate lifelong learning, and by implication, sustainable development. Some challenges facing the use of educational technology for lifelong learning and sustainable development have been pointed out. The paper concludes with recommendations such as: the fiscal provision for instructiona...
INTRODUCTION: The Female sex workers (FSWs) are females who sells sex (Transactional Sex), they are classified into: i. Non-Brothel Based Female Sex Workers (NBBFSWs), who operates on the street, red zones and hostels ii. Brothel Based Female Sex Workers (BBFSWs), who are resident in an identifiable place. Both groups have different opportunities as well as threats in the discharge of their dutie...
ABSTRACTThe study is aimed at the assessment of compliance with internal control mechanism by Microfinance Banks in the North Central States of Nigeria. Data were collected through the use of structured questionnaire which contained 45 items. Descriptive statistics, mean, standard deviation and t-test were used for data analysis. Simple random sampling was used to select three states (Benue, Nasarawa and Plateau) and Abuja out of the six stat...
This study investigated the influence of age and parental variables such as Parental occupation and education background on the students’ academic performance in Biology in Umuahia education zone of Abia state of Nigeria. The research was ex-post facto research design. A total sample of 120 students was drawn from the population using stratified random sampling. Questionnaire on Age and Parental Variable Influence (QAPVI) developed by the researcher was used for data collection. The r...
ABSTARCTThis study examines the influence of environmental factors on teaching learning process of economics in secondary schools. Primary method of data collection was used. One way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and cross tab Chi Square was used to analyse the data. Findings from the study revealed that the environmental factors examined in this study have significant effect on teaching learning process. Specifically, the findings revealed that physical facilities have significant effec...
ABSTRACTThe educational system has for long had serious hit from examination malpractice and this has brought into focus the need to tackle this issues in order of finding ways to eradicate such problems. In the light of the above the study looked at examination malpractices in Apa local government area with the view to achieve the following objectives.1. To find out the causes of examination malpractice in the local government area.2. To find out the various means by which s...
ABSTRACTThis project is designed specifically to investigate peoples’ view about co-educational system on student’s academic performance in co-educational institution in Agatu local government area of Benue state. This project is divided into five chapters: first chapter is introduction which observes the background of the study, the statement of the problem, purpose of the study, limitation and scope of the study. Chapter two deals with the review of related literatures and opinion...
ABSTRACTThis study was designed to investigate into the assessment of secondary school student performance in economics in Ado-Ekiti Local Government are in Ekiti StateThis population of this study consisted 20 economics teacher and 100 economics student in their senior secondary school II. A simple random sampling technique was selected to investigate the student performance in economics was due to lack of interest in economics by student, short supply of qualified economics teachers I schoo...
ABSTRACT This study investigated cost and students’ learning outcomes in selected senior secondary school subject in Lagos state with a view to determine the contribution of the invested funds by the Lagos state government as well as different households in Lagos state senior secondary school education to students’ learning outcomes. The students’ WASSCE results for five years (2005-2009) were taken as a measure of students’ learning outcome. A total ...
Abstract Nigeria is a religiously diverse society, with Islam and Christianity being the most widely professed religions. In the 1980’s serious outbreaks of violence began to be manifest in the relationships between Christians and Muslims. The clashes in Kaduna and Kano states are notable. Since then, the relationship between the two religions in Nigeria has been defined by violence, attacks, counterattacks and bloodshed. This piece studies the relationship between Christianity and I...
Education is saddled with the onerous responsibility of bringing up children who are responsible and contributing positively to the development of the family, local, national and international communities. This is why all nations strive hard to give the younger generation sound education not only academically but also morally to guarantee a prosperous society. In Nigeria, the desire to build a strong and prosperous nation has led to educationists, curriculum experts and politicians to ...