Category Archives: International Journal of Educational Research and Management Technology 2016

CONTENT

S/N	Title	Author(s)	Pages
1	The Effect of Conflict on the Education of the Nigerian Child: The Experience of Bogoro and Tafawa Balewa Local Government Areas of Bauchi State	1Rhoda Y. Degri; 2H.C. Pisagih; 3MadallaAjemasu &4Hakeema Bello	1-15
2	Strategies for Improving the Teaching of Practical Agriculture in Senior Secondary Schools in Taraba State, Nigeria	1Yaro Anthony, 1Gadu O. Idris & 3Pev Isaac	16-36
3	Technological Advancement and the Employability of Business Graduates in Nigeria	Amana, E. Augustine & Halilu, Ibrahim	37-51
4	An Assessment of International Student Satisfaction Levels With Student Support Services at Universities: Substantiation from Africa and Asia	1Mohammed Musa Waziri Kirfi (PhD) & 2Nura Abubakar Allumi (PhD)	52-77
5	Place of Distinctive Features in Indigenous Languages: Sound Segments	Aturamu Olayinka Omolayo ;  Awoyomi Emmanuel Segun & Musa Haliru Kuta	78-87
6	Job Stress Prevalence among Basic Science Teachers in Public Secondary Schools in South-West, Nigeria	Oniya,Toluwa	88-97

The Effect of Conflict on the Education of the Nigerian Child: The Experience of Bogoro and Tafawa Balewa Local Government Areas of Bauchi State

¹Rhoda Y. J Degri; ²H.C. Pisagih; ³MadallaAjemasu &⁴Hakeemat S. Bello

^{1, 2, 3} Muhammadu Wabi Library, Federal Polytechnic Library, Bauchi, Nigeria

⁴ Federal University Dutsenma, Katsina State

Email:  hajaratupisagih@yahoo.com; madallajemasu@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Childhood education in Nigeria has witnessed a lot of boost and progress, but there have been some points in time and in some part of the country where armed conflict as a result of acrimony, religious and political unrest had unleashed terror on people.  One facet remains constant, the devastating effects it bestows upon children and their right to education. This paper therefore explores the impact of conflict on children’s education in Nigeria as well as the approaches and strategies employed in meeting the educational needs of children in such situations with a view to providing possible solution to that regard. A survey research method was used. Questionnaire and unstructured interview were used to generate data relating to the objective of the paper. The data was analyzed using applicable and relevant statistics, frequency and percentages displayed in tables.

Keywords: Conflict, Children Education

Strategies for Improving the Teaching of Practical Agriculture in Senior Secondary Schools in Taraba State, Nigeria

¹Yaro Anthony, ¹Gadu O. Idris & ³Pev Isaac

¹Department of Agricultural Education, College of Education, Zing, Taraba State, Nigeria

³Taraba State Post Primary Schools Management Board, Jalingo, Taraba State, Nigeria

Email: zikpev@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

The study was designed to determine the strategies for improving the teaching of Practical Agriculture in Senior Secondary Schools in Taraba State, Nigeria. Five research questions guided the study and five hypotheses were postulated and tested using student t – test at 0.05 level of significance. A sample size of 101 registered Agricultural Science teachers were statistically obtained using Taro Yamane formula for finite population. Random sampling technique was adopted for the study. Data was collected from respondents using validated and tested structured questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.83 based on Cronbach Alpha formula. The results of the analysis revealed that varied strategies; instructional materials and methods; and different types of Continuous Assessment can be used to improve the teaching of practical Agriculture in Senior Secondary Schools in the state. It was recommended that in teaching of practical Agriculture, teachers should activate the magnets of curiosity, knowledge and wisdom in students based on proper demonstration; varied instructional materials and relevant teaching methods. Moreover, adequate time should be allocated to practical agriculture lessons; and regular diagnostic assessment should be employed as a tool for evaluation of the students based on the fact that teaching of practical Agriculture is more than imparting Knowledge but inspiring change and learning of practical Agricultural science is more than absorbing facts but acquiring understanding.

Keywords: Practical Agriculture, Teaching, Strategies

Technological Advancement and the Employability of Business Graduates in Nigeria

Amana, E. Augustine & Halilu, Ibrahim

ABSTRACT

Technological advancement and advancement in management sciences education are both required for improved productivity and economic growth; however the progress of the former can inhibit the latter. The survey design was used for the study. Data were collected through a simple, concise and precisely constructed questionnaire sent randomly to three hundred business education graduates deployed to various offices in Kogi State for the National Youth Service Corps between 2010 -2013. Half of the respondents provided the data which were presented in descriptive tables, and the analysis of variance (ANOVA) technique was used to test the results of the four hypotheses. Results of the tests indicate that technological advancement did not affect the employability of business education graduates in private and public sectors of Nigeria. Technological advancement also had no discriminatory effects on male and female business education graduates, neither did it affect the ability of business education graduates to establish and run their own private enterprises. It was recommended that governments should improve the quality of business education so as to enhance the productivity and employability of business education graduates.

Keywords: Technological, advancement, employability, graduates, business

An Assessment of International Student Satisfaction Levels With Student Support Services at Universities: Substantiation from Africa and Asia

¹Mohammed Musa Waziri Kirfi (PhD) & ²Nura Abubakar Allumi (PhD)

¹Department of Accounting and Business, Administration, Federal University Kashere

²Department of Public Administration, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto

Email: lawalikf@gmail.com; nallumi@yahoo.com      

ABSTRACT

The go wrong of Africa’s education system to meet up with the growing demands of the institutions and citizens, warrants the international movement of those citizens who can afford to travel abroad to acquire education and even become expatriates afterwards. This movement according to UIS (2012) led to the number of African and Asian students abroad grew up to 71% from 2007 and 2010. More so, British council (2012) released that the number in United Kingdom rose from 11, 785 in 2008 to 17,620 in 2012. Albeit the current exchange rate crisis appears to be a cog in the wheel of such intentions, the possibility of such movements cannot be ruled out. Using a population of 1128 with distributed 500 questionnaires, predictive relevance of concerned variables was represented via the Partial Least Square. The study found that International Student Satisfaction is influenced by the push and pull factors hence, the hypothesized relationship between PSF; PLF and SSL was tested and the findings of this study support the relationship that PSF; PLF are related to SSL. The study recommends that universities must develop and/or consolidate best practices in the area of student support services in order to attract and retain students.

Keywords: International students, support services, push and pull, universities, attraction and retention.

Place of Distinctive Features in Indigenous Languages: Sound Segments

Aturamu Olayinka Omolayo ;  Awoyomi Emmanuel Segun

Department of Yoruba, College of Education, Ikere- Ekiti

E-mail: olayinkaatuu2016@gmail.com

&

Musa Haliru Kuta

Department of Hausa,    College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti

E-mail: halirumusa247@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

This paper examines the place of distinctive features in phonology. It traces the development of distinctive features in phonology. It argues that the consonants differ from vowels. The use of features in phonological description reflects the dynamic nature of linguistic behaviour. It enumerates the various ways its impact is felt in indigenous languages sound segments. The theoretical framework is also presented. This paper, therefore, concludes that distinctive features are subject to revision or modification from time to time.

Keywords: Distinctive features, indigenous languages, sound segments.

Job Stress Prevalence among Basic Science Teachers in Public Secondary Schools in South-West, Nigeria

Oniya,Toluwa

Department of Science Education

Faculty of Education

Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria

Email: oniyatoluwa@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

This study focused on the phenomenal of job stress of Basic Science teachers in South-west, Nigeria. The purpose of this study is to first assess the prevalence of secondary school Basic Science teachers’ job stress. The study further investigated into the difference in the job stress among Basic Science teachers in rural and urban public Secondary Schools and also investigated difference in job stress between male and female Basic Science teachers in South-west, Nigeria. This study employed a descriptive research design of the survey type. The Sample consisted of 100 Basic science Secondary School teachers chosen from fifty Secondary Schools in South –West, Nigeria. The instrument used in collecting the data was Basic Science Teachers’ Stress Questionnaire (BSTSQ) which was adopted for the study. The data generated were subjected to descriptive and inferential analysis using t-test. The study revealed that the level of job stress was moderate among Basic Science teachers. It also showed that there was difference in job stress between Basic Science teachers in rural and urban secondary schools. Also there was difference in job stress between female and male Basic Science teachers. Based on the findings, it was recommended that government should evolve effective and lasting strategies that will mitigate the effect of stress among basic science teachers in south-west, Nigeria. Both government and school principals should put in place routine seminars and workshops to reduce job stress.  Keywords: Job stress, Gender, Rural, Urban, Basic Science, Teachers