Arts and Social Sciences Education Research Papers/Topics

CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF SINGLE PARENT HOOD IN IMEZI OWA IN EZEAGU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ENUGU STATE

ABSTRACT The major purpose of the study was to find outs the causes and consequences of single parenthood in Imezi –Owa in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State. The population of the study was 3000 that made of men, women and youths that lives in the study area. 3000 respondents were selected from the total population for sampling.Four research questions was used to construct the questionnaire which was administered to the selected respondents. The main instrument for the study was q...

IMPACT OF ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE IN BUSINESS ORGANISATION (A CASE STUDY OF PZ INDUSTRIES PLC ENUGU)

ABSTRACT Recently, with the present economic predicaments in the country, many business organizations and individuals have found it difficult to cope with the high cost of living.  This is due to the paucity of the raw cash available in the economy with which they can buy the necessary goods and services they require on the spot with cash.Fortunately, with the advancement in the business world, sales and purchases can be made on credit basis thus alleviating the sufferings and the deprivati...

AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE PROBLEMS MILITATING AGAINST THE EFFECTIVE OPERATION OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES IN UDI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ENUGU STATE

ABSTRACT No small scale industry can stand on its own and operate effectively if it does not acquire the necessary requirements to ascertain its effectiveness.Problems militating against effective operations of small scale industries in Udi Local Government has been investigated in course of this research and the result has shown that, inadequate financing of small scale industries has been a very fascinating issue and as a result of this, the industries can not attain to height they ought to...

ATTITUDE AND PERCEPTION OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS TOWARDS EXAMINATION MALPRACTICES.

ABSTRACT This research was carried out to investigate examination malpractice among secondary school students in Oshodi/Isolo Local Government area in Lagos State. The project examines the attitude and perception of students and teachers towards examination malpractice in secondary schools. In this research work, a sample of one hundred (100) respondents was collected using purposive sampling techniques from four secondary schools in Oshodi/Isolo Local Government. The research instrument used...

INFLUENCE OF FAMILY BACKGROUND ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF UPPER BASIC STUDENTS OF ILORIN SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KWARA STATE

ABSTRACT Family background in this context is a general term that encompasses a particular setting in which a child is raised, characterized by a common residence, economic operation and reproduction. these factors have far reaching impacts on the academic performance of students. Therefore, this work is a descriptive research which tries to examine the influence of family background on the academic performance of upper basic students in Ilorin South Local Government Area of  Kwara State. A ...

SELECTION AND UTILIZATION OF SOCIAL STUDIES INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS BY SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN EBONYI STATE

ABSTRACT  The study focused on selection and utilization of Social studies instructional methods by secondary schools teachers in Ebonyi State. Five purposes of study were formulated to guide the study. Five research questions rooted in the purpose were also formulated and three null hypotheses were also made to guide the study. The design of the study was descriptive survey research design aimed at eliciting information from the respondents based on the research questions that guided the st...

The Effect of Parental Influence on the Choice of Career Among Secondary School Students

ABSTRACT The study was carried out to identify the effects parental influence has on the child's learning and his future life, endeavour of student. A student population of 50 student drawn from five Secondary School randomly selected was used for the study to each student questionnaire was administered and answer offered were collated and analysed. The result obtained from the study show that, illiterate parents have little or no time to their children's education, children from educated hom...

IMPACT OF TEXT MESSAGING AND SOCIO-MEDIA SLANGS ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, MORO IFE NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, OSUN STATE

ABSTRACT Any material that has been produced for Education, Information and Entertainment or for any other reason or reasons must have been written by an author, or a group of people or an organization whose right to the material must be protected from undue exploitation by other members of the society. This means that apart from the owner of an intellectual property, no other person can make economic use of it unless he gets permission from its owner or his license.  The extent of exploitat...

EVALUATION OF SUPERVISORY PRACTICES IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE

ABSTRACT The main thrust of this study is to evaluate the supervisory practices in public primary schools in Anambra State. The study was guided by four research questions and two null hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance. As a descriptive survey, a sample of 400 respondents was used for data collection. The data collected were statistically analyzed using mean and standard deviation for the research questions and t-test statistics for testing the null hypotheses. The findings of t...

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES OF PRINCIPALS AS PERCEIVED BY TEACHERS IN IMO STATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS

ABSTRACT This study is aimed at investigating the various strategies adopted by principals of secondary schools in Imo State in handling conflicts. Four research questions and three hypothesis guided the conduct of the study. Questionnaire was used to collect relevant data from three educational zones out of the six educational zones of the state. 720 teachers were randomly selected. T-test statistics was employed to test each hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed th...

Problems and prospects of Primary Education in Nigeria

Abstract Education is widely regarded as the route to economic prosperity, the key to scientific and technological advancement, the means to combat unemployment, and the foundation of social equity. Primary education is a foundational level of education that needs to be well funded, controlled and managed. Adequate provisions of education to the citizens contribute greatly to the socioeconomic development of the country. Therefore good administration of primary level of education is require...

THE PLIGHT OF REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS IN NIGERIA: IMPACT ON THE SOCIETY.

ABSTRACT This paper is an exposition on the plight of refugees and displaced persons in Nigeria and the impact which their plight has had on the society. The research contends that displaced persons are victims of various kinds of injustices, confrontations, perpetrated by either the government against them or by other means like communal clashes, riots, terrorism, religious conflicts, natural disaster and so on, they remain within their country but outside their community While the ref...

Problems of Examination Malpractice in Tertiary Institutions and Ways of Solving Them

In many institutions around the world the word “malpractice” has become a common phenomenon.  According to Oxford dictionary, malpractice is defined as: “a careless illegal or unacceptable behavior by somebody in a professional or official position eg. Medical practice”.  Hornby (2003).The American Heritage dictionary Mifflm (2009) defines malpractice as an “improper or unethical conduct by the holder of a professional or official position”. CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1BACKGRO...

The use of ICT in teaching and learning of english language

TABLE OF CONTENT Chapter OneINTRODUCTIONBackground of the StudyStatement of the ProblemSignificance of StudyPurpose of StudyResearch QuestionLimitation of StudyDefinition of TermsHypothesisScope of Study Chapter TwoREVIEW OF RELATED LITERATUREConceptual FrameworkStudents-Teachers’ Competence and Attitude towards Information and Communication Technology Chapter ThreeTHE RESEARCH METHODArea of the StudyPopulation of the StudySample and Sampling TechniquesValidation of th...

Impact of Teacher’s Involvement in Examination Malpractice on Students in Secondary Schools in Ebonyi State: Afikpo Educational Zone

INTRODUCTION Our society is faced with various kinds of malpractices. It is very common to see teachers failing to do their professional duties properly. Examination malpractice is one of such acts where people do things wrongly in an interrupted way to achieve or acquire correct things. Salami (1995) explained examination malpractices as all forms of illegal acts or cheating in order to pass an examination. He said that these include cheating in the hall, writing exam outside the hall, buyin...


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