Staff Development and Teachers’ Performance in Public Secondary Schools in Rivers State

Asita, Masikirikwe P. & Austin, Ikubor Sokpuwu

Department of Educational Management

Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Email: masikirikwe@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

The study delved into teacher development and teachers’ performance in public secondary schools in Rivers State.  Populations of 24,793 teachers (respondents) were studied with a sample size of 400 teachers. The purposive sampling technique was adopted.  Out of the 400 questionnaires distributed, 350 were duly completed and returned, upon which the analysis was done.  The descriptive survey design was used.  Three research questions and three research hypotheses were posed.  The research quesions were answered using mean and standard deviation while the hypotheses were tested using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMC). The instrument was validated a lecturer in the department of Educational Management, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education. The reliability testing was done using the Crumbach Alpha (SPSS version 23) at .85 which implies that the instrument was highly reliable. The summary of the findings showed that teachers in public secondary schools in Rivers State are hardly trained or developed in the job.  The study recommended that all stake-holders should ensure teachers are trained, retrained and developed for the purpose of their efficiency.

Key Words: Teacher, Development, Teacher’s Performance

Change Management and Implementation of Education Innovation in Public Secondary Schools in Rivers State

Nweke, Emmanuel Onyekachi, Austin, Ikubor Sokpuwu & Amadi, George Achinike

Department of Educational Management

Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

ABSTRACT

The study examined School Change management And Implementation of Education Innovations in Public Secondary Schools in Rivers State. . The instrument used in carrying out the study was questionnaire. A total of 380 copies of the questionnaire were distributed to teachers in secondary schools in Rivers State, 350 were duly returned and completed. The Study based its analysis on the returned 350 questionnaires. Five research questions and Fiver hypotheses were raised upon which 15 correlational questionnaire items were generated in the research questionnaire to obtain responses from the respondents. The statistical of ANOVA statistical tool was used to test the hypothesis, using the SPSS Version 23. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation. The testing of the five hypotheses showed non- significant in hypothesis 1 and significant in the other four research hypotheses thereby annulling the raised null hypotheses. Based on the findings, recommendations were reached encouraging all stake-holders especially the principals captured in the study to brace up to the modern challenge of carrying the teachers along in innovation decisions and its effective implementations.

Key Words: School, Change Management, Implementation, Education, Innovations, Public Secondary schools, Rivers State.

A Comparative Study of Counting System in Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba

Aturamu Olayinka Omolayo; Musa Haliru Kuta& Ayodele Stella Chinyere

Department Of Yoruba, College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti

Department of Hausa, College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti                                                        

Department of Igbo, College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti                                                  

ABSTRACT

The significance of counting system and its effects in developing different aspect of the lives of people cannot be overlooked. The concept of counting as viewed in this paper is also expressed. What counting system entails is also discussed. The importance of counting system in the society is also earmarked. The various means of counting used by the three major indigenous languages i.e. Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba is also highlighted. In conclusion, recommendations on what can be done to improve and sustain the counting among the three major indigenous languages in Nigeria is given

Is Monetary Policy a Veritable Tool for Tackling the Problem? Nigeria in Focus

Johnson A. Atan, Ubong E. Effiong & Joel I. Okon

Department of Economics

University of Uyo, Uyo

Email: ubongeffiong78@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

This paper investigated the influence of monetary policy as a veritable tool for tackling the problem of unemployment in Nigeria. In doing this, the paper used time series data ranging from 1981 to 2017. The ordinary least squares (OLS)  method was used in the analysis. The Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) unit root test was employed in testing the stationarity property of the series and revealed that all the variables were stationary at first difference. This therefore necessitated the test for cointegration using the Johansen cointegration test of which both the Trace statistic and Max-Eigen statistic showed 2 and 1 cointegrating equation(s) respectively. This therefore justified the use of the Error Correction Mechanism (ECM) in the study. Findings of this paper showed that monetary policy rate (MPR), money supply (MS), Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and Credit to private sector (CPS) had an inverse and significant influence on unemployment in Nigeria within the study period. Also, the existence of cointegrating equations showed that there is a long run relationship between unemployment and the explanatory variables used in this study. It is from these findings that this paper recommended that emphasis should be laid on aggressively pursuing entrepreneurial development and increased productivity by focusing on investment, employment generation and economic growth that has mechanism to trickle down to the masses.

Key words: Monetary Policy, Unemployment, Economic Policies, Influence

Ivory Tower and its Impact of Research Development: A Study of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State

A. M. Letswa & Abdulkadir Abdulmalik

Department of Political Science                                                        

Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai

Email: ahmadletswa@gmail.com; abdulkadirabdumalik@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Universities are seen as centres for experimentation and knowledge production for development. Science and technology is a product of universities research efforts. At this backdrop, this study was undertaken to probe ivory towers and impact of research development, a study of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai. The study adopted both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection and analysis. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 descriptive analysis and simple regression test as well as content analysis were used to analysed the questionnaires and interview respectively. The research found out that there is a relationship between IBB University and research development. There is relative enabling environment for research development as provided by the University. However, host community has not benefited from IBB University’s research effort. The study concluded that there is a low capacity among the researchers in the University to come up solution driven researches. It was therefore recommended that capacity building by training of researchers on fundamental research techniques should be considered a priority by the University.

Key Words: Research Development, Ivory Tower