African Journal of Educational Management

SCHOOL PLANT CONSTRUCTION, HOME AND TEACHER FACTORS AS DETERMINANTS OF STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN OYO STATE

Olubunmi Adedunke Ayoola — 2023-12-28

This study examined the contributions of school plant construction, home and teachers’ factors to students’ academic performance in Oyo state public senior secondary schools. Two hypotheses guided this study. This study adopted descriptive survey design. Multistage and simple random sampling techniques were used in selecting 1500 teachers and 1500 students across the 3 senatorial zones. Ten teachers and 10 students were sampled in each schools using simple random sampling. School Plant Construction Questionnaires (SPCQ) and Demographic Data Form (DDF) were used. Multiple regression analysis was used. The study found that school plant construction, home and teacher factors with R square of 0.113 and adjusted R equal 0.110 and individually predicted academic performance of students with Beta=.167, t=4.867 p<0.5 while teachers factor was the least potent Beta=.144, t=2.316 p<0.5. Recommendations are proffered that educational planners must consider the school plant facilities that is classroom must be well ventilated adequate lighting, acoustic design and building construction must be planned.

THE ROLE OF ADULT ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION FOR POVERTY REDUCTION IN POST COVID– 19 ERA IN NIGERIA

Mary Okenwa-Ojo — 2023-12-28

The study examined the role of adult entrepreneurship education for poverty reduction in post COVID-19 era in Nigeria. It is evident that for a nation like Nigeria to strive better in her education and sustain economy adult entrepreneurship education should be taken into consideration and should be broadly embraced in all level of her education to alleviate poverty. With the reduction of COVID-19 epidemic in Nigeria, towns and villages are trying to cope with the difficulties encountered by the citizens, there is a necessity for people to learn more skills and competencies that would enable them cope in living in such circumstances. Adult entrepreneurship education refers to knowledge, skills and information given to adults to develop, organize and manage business ventures along with any of its risk in order to make profit. The main function of entrepreneurship education among others is to give functional education for the adults and youths that will assist them to be self-employed and self-reliant. It is a key drive to the economy, wealth and a high majority of jobs are created by small businesses established by entrepreneurship-minded individuals, which should lead to big business, which plays a greater role in employment generation and job creation. This paper recommends that the government at all levels should raise awareness about adult entrepreneurship education loan opportunities to adult and non-formal education learners for self-reliance and self-sustenance, to mention a few.

DO THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (INTERNET AND PHONES) MAKE EARTH TO SHRINK?

Oludare Samuel Oladapo — 2023-12-28

Owing to apparent demise of real world interaction; scholars’ opinions were varied about Earth’s shrinkage. Aptly, this paper explored perspectives of Earth’s shrinkage. In doing this, Earth’s description, shrinkage, expansiveness, theories of shrinkage, concept of time-space compression, implications of internet and phones on communication and accomplishment of tasks were examined. It was revealed that no established scientific proofs indicating that the Earth is expanding, internet and phones made physical connection simpler, faster, reduced physical, social, economic, psychological distances and increased demise of real world interaction. Finally, Earth seems shrinking due to annihilation and compression of space by time. The study recommended that phone calls should be made among developing countries, local internet content developers should be trained to upload local information resources; governments in developing countries should add local information resources on the internet to reap the benefits of annihilation of space by time.

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT SERVICES AND TEACHER TASK PERFORMANCE IN OYO STATE PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS, NIGERIA

Sunday James Faremi — 2023-12-28

The quality of teacher task performance in Oyo State Secondary schools has become an issue of concern to policymakers and the society at large. Previous studies on teachers’ task performance had focused on job satisfaction, teacher workload, organisational and demographic factors, and leadership style, with no attention on the influence of government support services (welfare services, motivational strategies and career advancement programmes) on teachers’ task performance in Oyo State public secondary schools. Two research questions were raised and five hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study, while the multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select the samples. The sample for the study comprised of 78 principals and 1,189 teachers selected from secondary schools in the study area through a multistage sampling procedure involving proportional to size technique, simple random sampling technique and total enumeration technique. The data obtained were analysed using frequency counts, simple percentage, mean, standard deviation and Multiple Regression. The finding equally showed that the combination of all the independent variables also allowed reliable prediction of teachers’ task performance F(3,1150) =11.404, p< 0.05). Also, relative contributions of motivational strategies (ß =0.091), career advancement programme (ß =0.021) while welfare services (ß =-0.003) which was significant to teachers’ task performance. The study recommended among others that government should improve the level of secondary school teachers’ motivation by increasing salary so as to make them perform better on their jobs.

SELECTION PROCESS AND TEACHERS’ JOB PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN OSUN STATE, NIGERIA

Muinat Abiodun Ibrahim — 2023-12-28

The study investigated the influence of selection process on job performance of teachers in public secondary schools in Osun State, Nigeria. It adopted the quantitative research design. The population of the study comprised of 3,546 teachers in 364 senior secondary schools in Osun State, out of which 569 were selected using multi-stage sampling procedure. A self-designed instrument was used for data collection. A test re-test method was used for the reliability of the instrument with a coefficient of 0.766. Two hypotheses were formulated and tested with regression analysis and both hypotheses were significant at 1 percent level of significance. Findings of the study revealed that teacher’s qualifications and placement influence teachers’ performance in schools in Osun State. Based on the findings, the study recommended that government follow due process in employing qualified teachers and teachers should be made to teach subjects only in their subject area, for better learning outcome.

EFFECT OF INQUIRY-BASED TEACHING STRATEGY ON JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS` PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS IN ODOGBOLU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OGUN STATE

Sikiru Adewale Yusuf — 2023-12-28

The study investigated the effect of inquiry-based teaching strategy on junior secondary school students` performance in mathematics in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State. The study employed a pre-test, post-test, and non-random control group quasi-experimental research design. 100 (52 male and 48 female) junior secondary school students were the sample for the study, and three hypotheses were posted. A 20-item Mathematics Performance Test (MPT) was used to gather data. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as mean, and standard deviation, while inferential analysis of Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) at 0.05 level of significance. The results revealed that there was a significant effect of inquiry-based teaching strategy on students` academic performance in mathematics, no significant main effect of gender, and no two-way interaction effect on the students’ scores in mathematics. Based on these findings, the study recommended, among others, that there was a need for mathematics teachers to approach the teaching of mathematics with more innovative approaches, such as Inquiry-Based Strategy to develop students’ performance in the subject.

JIG-SAW, BUZZ GROUP LEARNING STRATEGIES AND STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN BASIC SCIENCE IN ATIBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, OYO STATE, NIGERIA

Edidiong Enyeneokpon Ukoh — 2023-12-28

This study investigated firstly, the effect of jig-saw, buzz group, conventional learning strategies and students’ achievement, secondly, the moderating effect of gender of students on achievement in basic science. The study adopted a pretest-posttest, control group, quasiexperimental design. The participants consisted of 208 junior secondary school II students from Atiba local government area in Oyo State, Nigeria. Five instruments were validated for the study. Three hypotheses were tested at p ? 0.05 level of significance. Data collected were analyzed using inferential statistics of Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) and Bonferroni Post-hoc. The result revealed there was a significant main effect of treatment on students’ achievement in basic science, no significant main effect of gender on students’ achievement and that the interaction effect of treatment and gender on students’ achievement was not significant. It was therefore recommended that teachers should use the strategies above to improve the achievement in basic science teaching.

SCHOOL SUPPORT SERVICES, PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS AND TEACHER JOB COMMITMENT IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA

Ademola I Atanda — 2023-12-28

This study investigated school support services, principal administrative skills and teacher job commitment in public secondary schools in Ogun State, Nigeria. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population consisted of 3,587 teachers that were in 473 public secondary schools in Ogun State. The sample size for the study was 300 (teachers) respondents. Four hypotheses were formulated and tested. A self-structured questionnaire titled School Support Services, Principal Administrative Skills, Teacher Job Commitment Questionnaire (0.76). The data collected was analysed using inferential statistics of Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Multiple Regression analysis at 0.05 level of significance. The results showed significant relationship between school support services (library, health and mentoring) and teacher job commitment (library r= 0.410, P<0.05, health/medical r=0.447, P<0.05 and mentoring r=0.177, P<0.05). There was significant relationship between principal administrative skills (supervisory and communication skills) and teacher job commitment (supervisory skill r= 0.308, P<0.05, and communication skills r=0.341, P<0.05). There was significant relative contribution of school support services and principal administrative skills to teachers job commitment (ß = (0.425), t(298) = 7.799, p<0.05, ß = (0.298), t(298) = 2.789, p<0.05) and there was significant joint contribution of principal administrative skills and school support services to teacher job commitment (R= 0.459,(F(2,282) = 37.577, P = 0.000).Based on these findings, the study concluded that school support services and principal administrative skills are potent variables that could enhance or mar teacher job commitment. Therefore, the study recommended that teacher job commitment can be facilitated through school support services and high level of principals’ administrative skills.

ACHIEVING SUSTAINABILITY: STUDENTS PERCEPTION OF INSTITUTIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES AMONG UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA

Samuel Oluwasanmi Babalola — 2023-12-28

This study examined Nigerian universities commitment to sustainable institutional practices in line with universities sustainability implementation framework. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. All undergraduates in public (federal and state) and private universities in Southwest, Nigeria formed the population of the study. Stratified sampling was used to select 3 federal, 3 state and 3 private conventional universities in the six states of southwest Nigeria. Random sampling was used to select 250 students in each of the nine selected universities totaling 2,250 participants. A self-constructed instrument named “Universities Sustainable Development Institutional Practices Questionnaire” (USDIPQ) was administered on the respondents in the study. Data collected were analysed using frequency count, percentage score, mean and standard deviation. The decision rule was placed at 2.50 and it was recommended that Universities in Nigeria should develop a sustainable implementation plan and ensure that the plan puts into perspective the three components of sustainable development.