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    SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS VARIABLES AS PREDICTORS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ACHIEVEMENT IN QUANTITATIVE ECONOMICS IN OSUN STATE
    (Department of Early Childhood and Primary Education, 2025-01-23) Kehinde Lateef ADEBISI, & Ibrahim Abiodun AMODU
    The viability of the schools and the students’ achievement called for a special attention of the Education stakeholders nowadays, though several factors have been attributed to the school effectiveness and their contributions to students achievement have been investigated, but it seems there are dearth of literatures on the school effectiveness in the area of school administrations that include student welfare and school safety as well as school learning culture that used Active learning and Collaborative learning practices. Therefore, this study examines the extent to which these School Effectiveness variables predict secondary school student’s academic achievements in quantitative Economics in Osun State. The study adopted correlation research design. The population of the study consists 14,346 Economics students for the 2023/2024 academic session in 364Government Senior Secondary Schools Students, in Osun State. Multistage sampling technique was used. the state was stratified into three senatorial districts. Four Local Governments were purposively selected from each district, three schools were purposively sampled each Local Government Area, and thirty S.S.S.II Economics students were randomly selected from each of the sampled schools. A total of 1080 students were randomly sampled for the study Three instruments were used for the data collection, two of them were validated using Cronbach Alpha; School Administration Practices Scale (SAPS) with reliability coefficient of 0.91, School Learning Cultures Scale (SLCS)with reliability coefficient of 0.90 while Quantitative Economics Achievement Test was validated using KR20 and the reliability coefficient was 0.88. Findings revealed that School administrative practices and school learning culture as the variables of school effectiveness significantly predict Academic Achievement in Quantitative Economics (R =0.409, P<0.05). It was concluded that School safety, student welfare, Active learning and collaborative learning practices significantly contributed to prediction of Academic Achievement in Quantitative Economics. The study recommended that school administrator should always prioritized students’ welfare, and schools should spell out various welfare measures to improve students’ academic achievement, School safety should be considered as an important aspect of school effectiveness and learning cultures should include active and collaborative learning approaches to aid students’ academic achievement, and school learning culture should be officially guided by a written template to improve students’ academic achievement.
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    CORRELATIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF INTERACTIVE PEDAGOGY AND TEACHERS CLASSROOM EFFECTIVENESS IN IBADAN NORTH LOCAL GOVENMENT AREA, OYO STATE, NIGERIA
    (Department of Early Childhood and Primary Education, 2025-01-23) Adedayo Aliu ADEDIRAN, Adewara Oluwasegun Seun, Falola-Ojo Oluwafeyisetan Ibukun, & Ayegboyin Kayode Adeniyi
    The quality of education in any nation is largely dependent on the effectiveness of its teachers. Teachers are the primary drivers of the teaching-learning process, and their ability to facilitate learning significantly impacts students' academic outcomes. In recent times, there has been a growing emphasis on the use of interactive pedagogy to enhance classroom effectiveness and improve the overall quality of education. This shift recognizes that effective teaching goes beyond the mere transmission of knowledge; it involves creating dynamic and engaging learning environments where students are active participants in their own learning. This study seeks to explore the correlation between interactive pedagogy and teachers' classroom effectiveness within the context of Ibadan North Local Government Area in Oyo State, Nigeria. This study employed a correlational survey research design. The target population comprised all primary school teachers in Ibadan North Local Government Area. A sample of 100 teachers was selected using a simple random sampling technique. A self-designed questionnaire titled "Influence of Interactive Pedagogy on Teachers’ Classroom Effectiveness Questionnaire (IIPTCEQ)" was used for data collection. The questionnaire was divided into two sections: Section A elicited demographic information of the respondents, while Section B contained items that measured the influence of interactive pedagogy on teachers’ classroom effectiveness. The instrument's validity was ensured through expert scrutiny, and its reliability (0.79) was established using Cronbach's alpha. Inferential statistics (t-test and ANOVA) were used to test the hypotheses at a 0.05 significance level. The study found a significant difference in the influence of interactive pedagogy on male and female teachers’ classroom effectiveness (t = 0.42; df = 98; p < 0.05). However, no significant relationship was found between the influence of interactive pedagogy on teachers’ classroom effectiveness and their years of teaching experience (F(5,94) = 0.35; P > 0.05). in Nigeria, informing the development of interventions and professional development programs that can enhance teachers' ability to effectively use interactive pedagogy, thereby improving their classroom effectiveness and ultimately leading to improved student outcomes.
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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.