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This paper is premised on the fact that education is an instrument for social change. It is the only known weapon that can combat poverty. In this regard, this paper examined the concepts of education and teaching, the importance and the usefulness of teachers. It also provided strategies for making teachers more relevant in teacher education and teaching profession. These strategies include: reviewing the existing teacher education programmes to emphasize how to teach, which can be achieved...

The study examined the phenomenon of parental preference for private secondary schools in Nigeria.The population consisted all the parents and guardians of children in private secondary schools.Purposive random sampling was used to select 750 parents from various private schools during the Parents-Teacher Association (PTA) meeting.An instrument designated Parental Preference for Private Secondary Schools (PPSS) was used to collect data.The instrument was validated and reliability coefficient...

AbstractThis article focused on the concept of metacognition. Some theoretical models of metacognition were discussed to provide a general framework to understand the relationship between the different aspects or components of this phenomenon. The study also looked at five metacognitive strategies that enhance learning in schools, namely: (1) graphic organizers; (2) metacognitive scaffolding; (3) reciprocal teaching; (4) explicit instruction; and (5) collaborative learning. The work also...

Secondary school teachers' opinions about their school counseling programs were investigated. The teachers were asked how they perceived the school counseling services being implemented in their schools, and how they rate the counseling activities provided by school counselors in their schools. Results indicate that majority of the teachers are of the opinion that counseling programs make positive contributions to the school's instructional program, and the major responsibility of the school...

This study examined smoking intensity among secondary school adolescent smokers. A total of 800 students, made up of 685 males and 115 females who have at least tasted a cigarette once, from twenty secondary schools (5 private and 15 public secondary schools) in Benin City, Nigeria participated in the study. A questionnaire was used in collecting data that were analyzed in this study. The questionnaire consisted of 7 sections: the demographic variables, Smoking stages, delinquency, alcohol...

This paper focused on three dominant psychological theories--Cognitive Dissonance, Relative Deprivation and Campus Ecology that have been evolved to explain student unrest, to determine their ability to account for the phenomenon in Nigerian universities. It found that none of the theories could all alone holistically account for all the causal factors (non-participation in decision-making, academic stress, welfare problems, changing value systems of students, parental influence, teacher...

School violence, which is any behavior that violates a school's educational mission or jeopardize the intent of the school to be free from gang activities, locker thefts, intimidation, gun use, assaulting, just about anything that produces victims, was examined in this endeavor. From the available statistics on the rate of prevalence of school violence, in Nigeria and several countries of the world, it is obvious that school violence is a serious problem and of great concern to all. Based on...

espanolLa percepcion de los estudiantes acerca de los servicios de apoyo en la Universidad de Ambrosi Alli de Nigeria se recogio a traves de un cuestionario elaborado a tal efecto, aplicado a 500 estudiantes. La mayoria de los encuestados reconocieron que la presencia de los servicios de apoyo era altamente inadecuada. El estudio recomienda, por tanto la mejora de los servicios de apoyo para que los estudiantes puedan beneficiarse de forma holistica de la orientacion universitaria. Antes de...

There is no gainsaying the fact that private and public sectors cooperation in education delivery in any nation is not only necessary, but also, equally desirable because education is a social service that a nation ought to render its citizen. When both sectors harmonize their contributions to the education of the learners, the results are enormous. This paper therefore sought ways of harnessing such gains. It also affirmed the fact that both sectors have been cooperating in education sub...

The Universal Basic Education (UBE) scheme, which came into existence in September 1999, was lauded by the Federal Government of Nigeria as a preferred programme of Nigeria's basic education service.It is expected to provide full and compulsory education from primary one all through to junior secondary school 3 (that is nine years of compulsory schooling).This paper discussed ways in which Universal Basic Education (UBE) could be successfully implemented in order to attain national...

Incidence of child labour among secondary school students in Benin Metropolis of Edo state Nigeria was investigated. The study adopted the survey design. A total of 755 students participated in the study. The questionnaire titled Child Labour and School Attendance Inventory was used to gather data for this study. Results indicated among others as follows: 278 respondents representing 36.8% were engaged in at least one form of child labour. Of these, 197 (70.86 %) of them are involved in...

This study examined metacognitive awareness of learning strategies among Secondary School Students in Edo State, Nigeria. The study was an exploratory one, which utilized descriptive statistics. A total number of 1200 students drawn through multistage proportionate random sampling technique participated in the study. The study found that secondary school students have poor use of metacognitive awareness of learning strategies, and there was no significant difference between students in...

The academic, career and personal needs of students of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma-Nigeria were surveyed. A total of 920 undergraduates participated in this study. The results of the study revealed that irrespective of students' residential status, gender, age and relationship status, the students ranked time-management as the most pressing counseling need. This was followed in this order: drug concerns, family problems, career needs, relationship problems, finance, sexual harassment,...

AbstractThis study investigated the attitude of undergraduates of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria towards female genitalmutilation (FGM). The sample for the study made up of 180 undergraduates of the university of Ibadan, Nigeria. The questionnairewas used in eliciting information from the participants drawn from all the faculties of the university. Results indicated that studentsdid not on the basis of sex and religion differ in their attitude towards female genital mutilation. However, a...