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

CONTENT

S/N	Title	Author(s)	Pages
1	Challenges of Financing Public Education in Kwara State Options and Implications for Development	Atolagbe, Adedapo Adetiba; Oparinde, Olayiwola Raheef  Umaru, Haliru  Alhaji	1-13
2	An Assessment of the Challenges of Teaching Practice in Federal College of Education, (Tech.) Asaba, Delta State	Francis, U. U. & Anyaegbunam M. N.	14-26
3	Internet Use and Search Efficacy among Undergraduate Engineering Students of Federal Universities in the North East Zone of Nigeria	Linus Ahaz & Wavi  Pur Mamza	27-43
4	Analysis of Distribution of Schools’ and their Facilities in Gwagwalada and its Environs, F.C.T. Abuja, Nigeria	Magaji J.Y. & Zinyahs M. Z.	44-70
5	Does Access to Higher Education for Youth Enhance Sustainable Development in Africa? Some Empirical Lessons from Kogi State, Nigeria	Durowaiye, Babatunde Emmanuel & Fawole, OlufemiOlaniyi	71-95

Challenges of Financing Public Education in Kwara State Options and Implications for Development

Atolagbe, Adedapo Adetiba; Oparinde, Olayiwola Raheef Umaru, Haliru  Alhaji

Department of Educational Management

Faculty of Education

University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria

Email: atolagbeadedapo@gmail.com; laioparinde@gmail.com &   umaru@unilorin.edu.ng

ABSTRACT

The adoption of socialist approach to the supply of education in Kwara State since the beginning of the new civilian administration in 1999 has lead to the increase in school environment at all levels of education. The government desire to meet her social responsibility in this direction has necessitated an increased in her financial commitment to the sector. This was carefully x-rayed by this paper with particular attention to the secondary school sub sector. The study found a need for alternative financing options and sustainable strategies to keep current funding patters alive. The paper recommended cost sharing model as an alternative financing strategy as well as efficiency based funding options. It concluded that if alternative strategies are adopted, more financial resources will be generated and available to fund schools at the current level. Also funds previously locked up in secondary education sector will be free for use in other sectors of education currently being under funded.

Keywords: Budget, Capital Expenditure, Recurrent Expenditure, Actual Budget Released, Budget Estimate.

An Assessment of the Challenges of Teaching Practice in Federal College of Education, (Tech.) Asaba, Delta State

Francis, U. U. & Anyaegbunam M. N.

Department of Business Education, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Ondo State

School of Business Education, Federal College of Education (Tech) Asaba, Delta State

Email:ukaike1980uche@gmail.com, anyaegbunamnkiruka@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

The study aims to identify the challenges faced by student –teacher during their teaching practice and to find out the roles of teaching practice in schools in effective TP Exercise in FCE, Asaba. Two research questions were formulated to aid the study which is: what are the challenges faced by student teacher during their teaching practice? And what are the roles of teaching practice schools in effective TP Exercise in FCE, Asaba? The researchers adopted descriptive survey method. A total number of seventy one (71) questionnaires were distributed. The mean and standard deviation was used as a statistical tool to interpret the research questions. The findings showed among other that: there was no adequate orientation before teaching practice, period of training for the teaching practice exercise is enough for the student-teachers, students-teachers benefits very much during the training imposed on them for the teaching practice exercise, the study also found out that students find it difficult to raise transport fare and aside that the cooperative teachers imposes heavy burden on them during the teaching practice exercise, those students’ teachers are adequately advised and counseled by their cooperative teachers. The study therefore among others recommended that: Proper orientation should be provided by the school before teaching practice exercise as this will make the students to prepare very well for the exercise and also the period of training for the teaching exercise must be extended to at least two weeks so as to aid effective preparation by the students who are embarking on the teaching practice exercise, Ministry of Education in collaboration with the school authorities should make necessary arrangement and allowance for student-teachers to reduce and curtail the problem of accommodation and transportation like the benefit and allowance provided for industrial training student (IT) and SIWES, before and during each teaching practices session, there should be thorough public relations ground work undertaken by the institution in order to maintain good relations between the student- teachers and all relevant role players.

Keywords: Assessment, Challenges, Teaching Practice, Asaba

Internet Use and Search Efficacy among Undergraduate Engineering Students of Federal Universities in the North East Zone of Nigeria

Linus Nihungu Ahaz & Wavi Pur Mamza

Department of Library and Information Science,

Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola

ABSTRACT

This study is an attempt to find out whether Undergraduate Engineering Students of Federal Universities in the North East Zone of Nigeria have been able to access the required information using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) resources effectively to address their information needs. In order to achieve this, five objectives were raised to guide the study and in line with the objectives, four research questions were raised along with one null hypothesis. Reviews of related literatures were made in line with the objective. Survey research method was used for the study while 343 sets of questionnaires were administered on Undergraduate Engineering Students of the Universities studied. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics to answer the research questions while Chi square was used to test the null hypothesis. The findings revealed that: Search engines and e-mail were the most identified Internet resources by the students; Google, Yahoo and, MSN were the most used search engines by the Students; Undergraduate Engineering Students in North East Nigerian Universities use internet resources mostly for communication, assignment and project purposes, Undergraduate engineering students in North East Nigerian Universities are not satisfied with the information they access through internet resources, and there was a significant effect of  internet search skill on the use of internet resources by Undergraduate engineering students in North East Nigerian Universities. Among other recommendations proffered includes: the students should be given more orientation on how to use the various search engines to ensure effective manipulation of internet resources; since the use of internet resources by the students depends on internet search skill, the management of the universities should incorporate computer training as prerequisite for engineering students, etc.

Keywords: Internet, Undergraduate, Information and Communication Technology

Analysis of Distribution of Schools’ and their Facilities in Gwagwalada and its Environs, F.C.T. Abuja, Nigeria

*Magaji J.Y. &**Zinyahs M. Z.

*Dept. of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Abuja, Nigeria.

**Dept. of Mathematics, FCT College of Education Zuba, FCT, Abuja, Nigeria.

ABSTRACT

This paper is aims to find out the nature and distribution of Schools in Gwagwalada and its environs, with the view to verify the extent of SDGs No. 4 achievement. The schools were identified and their location coordinates were recorded and digitised into Gwagwalada Map. Findings shows that there are nineteen 19 Public and 59 Private schools in the study area, that is 76 schools in the study area. There is the problem of inadequate classrooms in the public schools, while the private schools have even excess. That the students–teacher ratio is very high in the public schools, while low and accommodative in the private schools. That Public school were regularly distributed within the town only while the Private schools were nucleated within the town. There are inadequate facilities in both private and public schools e.g. the rest rooms, computer laboratories, school clinics among others. All the Public schools did not meet the UNESCO standard of 1996, of classroom capacity of one teacher to twenty-five pupils in a classroom (1:25).It then concluded that, there is need for urgent attention in the education sector if the SDGs No.4 is to be achieved.

Keywords: Government, Private, schools, distribution, facilities, Efficiency, Equity, and Accessibility,

Does Access to Higher Education for Youth Enhance Sustainable Development in Africa? Some Empirical Lessons from Kogi State, Nigeria

Durowaiye, Babatunde Emmanuel & Fawole, OlufemiOlaniyi

Department of Sociology, College of Business & Social Sciences, 

Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State

Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ilorin Ilorin, Kwara State

Email: babtee2@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

It has been universally acknowledged and empirically proven that education is a catalyst for development. Higher education has been recognized as a prerequisite for eliminating poverty and to achieve sustainable development. In Nigeria, higher educational sector are confronted with multi-faceted problems such as poor funding, unstable curriculum, poor infrastructure, insufficient academic staff and so forth. While a number of private institutions have emerged to expand access to higher education across the nation, the high cost of schooling in private institutions has further led to the exclusion of youth from poor economic background. The study recommended the need for workable intervention programmes in a way that would increase access for youth irrespective of their socio-economic background.

Key words: Access; Higher education; sustainable development; youth; Nigeria and Africa