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    EFFECT OF STORYTELLING ON DEVELOPING EMPATHY SKILL AMONG PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN ILORIN SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KWARA STATE
    (Department of Early Childhood and Primary Education, 2025-09-19) Usman Tunde SAADU, Hafees Tosin SULYMAN, Fatima Hajiya YUSUF
    Empathy is considered an essential skill for creating a generation of compassionate and socially responsible individuals. Therefore, this study examined the impact of storytelling on developing empathy skill among public primary school pupils in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State. Using a pre-test, post-test quasi-experimental design with a factorial design of 2x2x2. The population comprises all public primary school pupils in Ilorin South LGA of Kwara State and the study targeted basic-one pupils in public primary schools. A multistage sampling technique was employed, using simple random sampling technique to select two schools and purposive sampling to focus on 82 basic-one pupils from intact classes. Two instruments were utilized: an instructional guide for the storytelling intervention and a 15-item rating scale titled “Effect of Storytelling on Developing Empathy Skills among Public Primary School Pupils (ESDESPPSP)”, using a three-point Likert scale of Always, Sometimes, and Never. While both groups underwent pre-test and post-test evaluations, only the experimental group received the storytelling treatment. The instrument was tested using Internal Consistency reliability, with Cronbach Alpha coefficient of 0.83. Data was analysed using Analysis of CO-Variance (ANCOVA) revealed that storytelling significantly enhanced empathy skill (P = 0.00 < 0.05). However, there were no significant interaction effects of storytelling with gender, age, or their combination on empathy development. These findings highlight storytelling as an effective universal tool for fostering empathy, irrespective of demographic differences. The study recommends integrating storytelling into teaching methodologies to support holistic education and nurture empathy in pupils, contributing to their social and emotional development.