SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS’ ROLE IN JOB DESIGN AND ERFORMANCE OF OFFICE EMPLOYEES IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN RIVERS STATE

Nweke, Emmanuel Onyekachi; Nwankwo, Stella Amuma

Department of Educational Management

Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt, Rivers State

Email: emy1242000@yahoo.com; stellaamumanwankwo@gmail.com

ABSTRACT:

The study delved into school administrators’ role in job design and role performance of office employees in tertiary institutions in Rivers State.  A sample size of 250 was drawn from a population of 400 consisting of administrators (HODs, Deans, Bursar, directors and other principal officer) in tertiary institutions in Rivers State. The purposive sampling technique was adopted. The tertiary institutions included the Rivers State University, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Capt. Elechi Amadi Polytechnic, Port Harcourt, KenSaro Wiwa Polytechnic, Bori and Rivers State College of Health Technology. Out of the 250 questionnaire instruments distributed, 235 or 94% were duly completed and returned.  The analysis of this study was based on the returned copies. Two research questions and two null hypotheses were posed.  The descriptive statistical of tool of mean and standard deviation was used in answering the research questions while Chi-square was used in testing the research hypotheses. The questionnaires were validated by a senior lecturer in the department of Educational Management Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt. The reliability of the instrument was tested using the Crumbach Alpha (SPSS version 23) and obtained .811>.71 which showed that the instrument was highly reliable. The findings showed that job enlargement, role differentiation or rotation, job enrichment and engineering approach lead to greater performance of the office staff.  The study recommended that administrators should endeavour to allocate roles to staff according to the staff competences, attitude, skills.

Key Words: School administrators, Role, Office employee, Tertiary institutions, Job design, Approaches, Performance.

POTENCY OF LANGUAGE IN VALUE RE-ORIENTATION: IMPLICATION FOR ERADICATING CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA

Afe, C. T. & Obi, O. E.

Department of French, College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti

Department of French, College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti

Email – obi.oghenefejiro@coeikere.edu.ng

Correspondence: Obi, O. E.

ABSTRACT:

Corruption is the cancer at the heart of many of our challenges in Nigeria. It destroys jobs and holds back development, costing the country’s economy billions of naira every year. It impoverishes the masses as every corrupt government siphon fund and prevents hard working people from getting the benefits that are rightfully theirs. Since language is the most effective instrument in communication in social activities, political interaction and cultural transmission, its potency in curbing corruption cannot be undermined. Consciousness of virtues, good values, integrity and honesty will only be functional, when it employs the weapon of language to meet its target audience (corrupt people). It can also re-orientate the society on its ethics and values that are useful in eradicating corruption. This paper examines the potency of language and value re-orientation in the eradication of corruption in Nigeria. It also explains the forms and the causes of corruption in Nigeria.

Keywords: Potency of language, value- re-orientation, corruption, Nigeria.   

INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION ON ETHNIC TOLERANCE AAMONG NATIONAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION (NCE) STUDENTS IN KADUNA STATE

¹Agbo, Eunice Oada, ²Ayuba, Anita Bishara, ³Yaro, Linda Kiritmwa

^{1 & 2}Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, University of Abuja

³Department of Social Studies, Federal College of Education, Pankshin, Plateau State

Email : ¹oadaagbo@gmail.com; ^{2anitabishara@gmail.com}; ^{3yarolinda@gmail.com}

ABSTRACT:

In the world over, societies experience various forms of civil unrests irrespective of their level of development. This civic unrest is evidence Nigeria. Nigeria has been experiencing ethnic intolerance over the years and this has encroached into the educational institutions. Students are expected to live harmoniously among themselves but unfortunately this is not the case especially in the Colleges of education in Kaduna State which is the thrust of this study. The study aims at assessing the influence of social studies education on ethnic tolerance among the NCE students in the two colleges of education in the State. Three research objectives, questions and hypotheses were raised for the study and a sample of 250 respondents was drawn from a population of 940 for NCE II and NCE III students of Federal College of Education Zaria and College of Education Gidan-waya in the State. The data for the study was collected and analysed using percent, mean, standard deviation t-test and one-way ANOVA. At the end of the study, the research revealed that there was a significant difference between the perception of NCE II and NCE III students on the influence of Social Studies education on ethnic tolerance with the p value of 0.006 which is less than the significance level of 0.05 indicating that the opinion of NCE II and NCE III students did differ in the perception regarding the influence of Social Studies education on ethnic tolerance in the state. Meanwhile, on the other hand, the influence of the subject matter on ethnic tolerance based on tribe affiliation and college type revealed that there was and there was no significant difference between the mean opinion scores of the students based on tribe affiliation and college type respectively. The influence of Social Studies education based on college type revealed the p value of 0.001 which is also less than the significance level of 0.05 while the influence based on tribe affiliation was given at 0.478 which is more than the required significance level of 0.05. Based on the outcomes of the result the following recommendations were given; government should encourage the teaching of Social Studies Education courses on religious tolerance by non NCE Social Studies students as electives so as to ensure that the citizenry has all information needed for ensuring ethnic and religious tolerance; teachers of Social Studies Education at NCE level should be made to update their knowledge and skills on how to effectively translate the content of ethnic tolerance through seminars, workshops and conferences organized by governments and professional bodies; and Social Studies Education should be taught in senior secondary school to enable smooth transition to NCE level.

Keywords: Social Studies Education, Ethnic Tolerance