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    EFFECTS OF WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE (WASH) EDUCATION ON LOWER BASIC PUPILS’ HEALTH PRACTICES IN ASA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KWARA STATE
    (Ife Centre for Psychological Studies/Services, Nigeria, 2022-03-01) Olumuyiwa Ayobami Ajayi; Asmau Bolanle Qudus
    Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) are issues that affect the health of every person in the world, everyone needs clean water to drink and a safe place to urinate and defecate. Studies have shown that most primary schools in the country lack good toilet facilities, access to good water, and they lack the requirements needed for health practices. Poor WASH practice or education can impair health, reduce life expectancy and cause gender inequality and also contribute to poor social-economic development. It is on this note that the researchers examined the effects of WASH education on lower basic pupils’ health practices in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State. Pre-test, post-test, control group quasi-experimental design was used for the study. Stratified random sampling technique was used was used to select the schools where the research was carried out into public and private schools. Purposive sampling technique was used to select four (4) primary schools two public and two privates in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State. These schools were randomly assigned to an experimental groups and control groups respectively. Seven hypotheses were formulated; two instrument were used titled Pupils Health Practices Rating scale (PHPRS) with reliability coefficient of 0.75, one treatment package was used, Instructional Guide for Water Sanitation and Hygiene (IGWASH). Frequency counts, mean and percentage were used for demographical data of the participants while research hypotheses were tested using the Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) all at 0.05 level of significance. The study showed that there was a significant main effect of treatment on pupils’ health practices in Asa Local Government Area; (F(1,63) = 30.29; p< 0.05; ɳ2 =0.33), there was a significant main effect of gender on pupils’ health practices in Asa Local Government Area; (F(1,63) = 7.54; p<0.05; ɳ2 = 0.107), there was no significant main effect of school type on pupils’ health practices in Asa Local Government Area; (F(1,63) = 0.51; p> 0.05; ɳ2 = 0.008), there was a significant interaction effect of treatment and gender on pupils’ health practices in Asa Local Government;(F(1,63) = 8.10; p< 0.05; ɳ2 = 0.114), there was no significant interaction effect of treatment and school type on ,pupils’ health practices in Asa Local Government Area; F(1,63) = 0.17; p> 0.05;ɳ2 = 0.003), there was no significant interaction effect of gender and school type on pupils’ health practices in Asa Local Government Area; (F(1,63) = 1.38; p> 0.05; ɳ2 = 0.021) and there was a significant interaction effect of treatment, gender and school type on pupils’ health practices in Asa Local Government Area (F(1,63) = 3.85; p< 0.05; ɳ2 = 0.058). The study concluded that Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) are to be reckoned with if pupils’ health practices must be improved. It was, therefore, recommended among others that teachers should always carry out WASH education where necessary to promote good health practices among pupils; Government and private body should train Early childhood educators on effective procedures for WASH education in their schools by organizing extensive seminars and workshops. This will assist in improving pupils’ health practices.
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    BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES FACING STUDENT INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMEAS PERCEIVED BYLECTURERS IN KWARA STATE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION
    (Department of Early Childhood and Primary Education, 2024-10-05) Kamaldeen Olohundare Sulyman 2Bukola Rianat Asifat 3Nafisat Onaopemipo Opeloye 4Ismaila Kolawole Ishola
    This study examined the benefits and challenges facing student industrial work experience scheme as perceived by lecturers in Kwara State Colleges of Education. It adopted descriptive research design of survey type. All 84 lecturers in the Departments whose students go for SIWES constituted the study population. Census sampling technique was used to select all the three public Colleges of Education in Kwara State. Purposive sampling technique was also used to select all the 84 lecturers in the department whose students go for SIWES. Self-designed instrument titled ‘Benefits and Challenges Facing Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme Questionnaire’(BCFSIWESQ) was used to collect data. The instrument was validated by three experts, subjected to a reliability test and found a reliability index of 0.82. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer research questions while t-test was used to test hypotheses. The study found among other things that SIWES provides students the latitude to acquire practical knowledge on what they have learnt theoretically in their respective institutions; affords students opportunity to acquire the training required to meet market demand and helps to foster development of entrepreneurial skills in students. The challenges facing SIWES included inadequate funds, ineffective supervision of students, nonchalant attitudes of students, insufficient time, poor motivation of lecturers who supervise students. It was recommended that Kwara State government should ensure adequate provision of fund, to enable managements of the institutions adequately provide all the needed facilities for SIWES and also properly motivate lecturers to effectively supervise students in a way that stated goals of the scheme would be realised.
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    EFFECTS OF PICTORIAL DISPLAY ON THE ACQUISITION OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR BY LOWER PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN MODAKEKE, OSUN STATE, NIGERIA
    (Department of Early Childhood and Primary Education, 2024-10-05) Joshua OlayemiSALAMI Ph.D, Johnson Olasunkanmi AGBOOLA
    The study investigated the effect of pictorial display instructional strategy instructional strategy on the acquisition of English grammar by lower primary school pupils in Modakeke, Osun State. The study adopted the nonequivalent pre-test, post-test and control group quasi-experimental research design. The population for the study comprised all the 1050 lower primary school three pupils of English Language in Modakeke, Osun State. The sample for the study consisted of45 lower primary school three pupils in their two intact classes. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select the sample for the study. The two intact classes were randomly assigned to one experimental group (pictorial display instructional strategy) and one control group (conventional instructional strategy). One research instrument was used to collect data for this study which is English Grammar Achievement Test (EGAT). The EGAT was a self-designed instrument by the researcher to evaluate the upils’ acquisition of Englishgrammar in English Language in both experimental group and control group in the study area. Data collected were analysed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) analysis. Results of the study showed that there was significant effect of pictorial display instructional strategy on the acquisition of English grammar by lower primary school pupils in Modakeke, Osun State (F = 16.483; p < 0.05). Results of the study revealed that there was no significant effect of pictorial display instructional strategy on the acquisition of English grammar by lower primary school pupils based on gender in the study area (F = 1.322; p > 0.05).The study concluded that there was significant effect of pictorial display instructional strategy on the acquisition of English grammar by lower primary school pupils in Modakeke, Osun State.
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    FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR INEFFECTIVE JOB PERFORMANCE AMONG LECTURERS IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN OSUN STATE, NIGERIA
    (Department of Early Childhood and Primary Education, 2024-11-24) Kamaldeen Olohndare Sulyman, Afolabi Idayat Mohammed, Omotayo Salawu, and Keji Sakiru Sulaimon
    This study investigated the factors responsible for ineffective job performance among lecturers in Colleges of Education in Osun State, Nigeria. It adopted descriptive research design of survey type. The two public Colleges of Education in Osun State (Federal Colleges of Education, Iwo and Osun State College of Education, Ila-Orangun) were the study focus. The population of the study comprised 375 lecturers in the two institutions. Stratified sampling technique was used to group the institutions into federal and state. Through the use of proportionate sampling technique, 183 lecturers were selected as respondents. Data collection was done via the use of research instrument tagged, ‘Factors Responsible for Ineffective Job Performance among Lecturers in Colleges of Education Questionnaire’. The questionnaire was validated with reliability coefficient of 0.81. The study found that the factors responsible for ineffective job performance included ineffective recruitment process, poor motivation of lecturers by the employer, engagement in personal activities to augment their salaries due to economic hardship and poor commitment to capacity building of lecturers by the management; and there was no significant difference in the factors responsible for ineffective job performance among lecturers in Colleges of Education in Osun State, Nigeria based on lecturers’ status; institutions; and gender. It recommended among other things, that government should provide adequate funds for the institutions to help the managements provide stable power supply, internet service, adequate current textbooks; and regular and periodic capacity building through seminars, workshops and conferences, so as to enhance lecturers’ job performance.
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    NUMERACY ANXIETY AS A CORRELATE OF PUPILS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN ASA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KWARA STATE
    (Department of Early Childhood and Primary Education, KWASU, 2024-05-15) Usman Tunde SAADU, Hafees Tosin SULYMAN & Abdulkadir Tunde AREMU
    This study investigated numeracy anxiety as a correlate of pupils’ academic performance in Asa local Government, Kwara State. The study adopted correlational research design. The population for the study comprised2,711basic five pupils in both public and private basic schools. Krejcie and Morgan (1979) table was used to determine the total number of 335 basic five pupils in both public and private basic schools in Asa Local Government Area, Kwara State. Two instruments were used for the study “Numeracy Anxiety Scale” (NAS) and Numeracy Academic Performance Test (NAPT)were subjected to validity by the experts in Department of Early Childhood and Primary Education Kwara State University, Malete and a test-re-test reliability procedure was used to determine the reliability index of NAS (r=0.76).One research question was raised using descriptive statistic of percentage and mean and three research hypotheses were formulated using PPMC to test hypothesis one while t-test to test hypotheses two and three at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that numeracy anxiety had a significant relationship on pupils’ academic performance (r= .161; p<0.05). However, gender (t = 6.637; p > 0.05) and school type (t = 2.103; p > 0.05) did not have significant difference in pupils’ numeracy anxiety in Asa local Government. The study concluded that numeracy anxiety determined pupils’ academic performance. Also, gender and school type had no influence on pupils’ numeracy anxiety. It was recommended that teachers should provide support for pupils who experience numeracy anxiety through one-on-one support, in order to build their confidence and skills in handling numeracy and to improve their academic performance.