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ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to   assess teachers’ creativity in teaching mathematics in secondary schools in Keffi LGA of Nasarawa State. One hundred   SS2 students and ten mathematics teachers were selected from five senior secondary schools in Keffi LGA through stratified random sampling technique. The descriptive survey design was used. Two instruments  developed  by  the  researcher  were  used  to  collect  the  data.  The  Pearson’s product moment correlation statistic ...

ABSTRACT This research work was designed to assess the influence of class-size on teaching and learning of English Language in Senior Secondary Schools in Enugu Education Zone. Four corresponding purposes of the study and research questions guided the study. The researcher adopted the descriptive survey design in the research work. The study was conducted in Enugu Education zone of Enugu State. Enugu education zone comprises schools in Enugu North L.G.A, ...

Abstract This study was on influence of counseling on the academic achievement of senior secondary school 2 students. Three objectives were raised which included: Guidance and counseling on students’ establishment and realistic academic goals, Guidance and counseling on students’ study habits; and Guidance and counseling on students’ academic performance in mathematics, English Language. A total of 77 responses were received and validated from the enrolled participants where all respondents were ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study One of the fundamental rights of every human being is education. Education prepares the individual for challenges in life. Consequently, Gujjar (2010) opined that education does not only deliver information, but for developing complete personality of a child. In Nigeria there are three levels of education: primary, secondary and tertiary level. Secondary education is the level between primary and tertiary education. It equally ...

ABSTRACT The study examined the effects of guided Demonstration method on academic performance of biology students in selected senior secondary schools in Lagos state. The study used a quasi-experimental research design. A sample of 120 senior secondary 11 (SS2) biology students were selected by random sampling from 2 private and 2 public schools which comprised both boys and girls with 30 students each in experimental and control groups respectively.  The ...

ABSTRACT This project was carried out to find out the problems in teaching Biology practicals in senior secondary schools in Igbo Etiti Local Government Area in Enugu State. Opoh (2008) and Onah (2002), observed that Biology practical is the scientific study of the life and structure of plants and animals and their relative environments in real or experimental set up. Furthermore, the present researchers findings made it evident that there ...

CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION Each country develops its own education system, which evolves to meet the challenges of changing times. The Indian education system must also face several new choices, opportunities and challenges to ensure the implementation of a modernized, advanced and quality education system at all levels. The report of the National Indian Knowledge Commission reiterates its commitment to provide excellence in the education system to meet the 21st ...

ABSTRACT This project was carried out to find out the problems in teaching Biology practicals in senior secondary schools in Igbo Etiti Local Government Area in Enugu State. Opoh (2008) and Onah (2002), observed  that Biology practical is the scientific study of the life and structure of plants and animals and their relative environments in real or experimental set up. Furthermore, the present researchers findings made it evident that there are ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Socialization is the process of imparting knowledge mostly from the old to the young.  It is the transference of values to the young so as to perpetuate the society in question in Ojobo Charles (1992) Language is a significant aspect of the culture of the people and all over the countries, mankind has transmitted language from one generation to another, through the process ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION In recent years, student academic achievement in senior secondary school certificate examination mathematics. The word “Mathematics” is a Greek word, meaning things that are learned. Majasa (1995) further defined it as the science of counting, measuring and describing of the shape of objects. It deals with logical reasoning and quantitative calculations. Mathematics as a school subject is recognized as the foundation of science and technology without which ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1  Background Of The Study Literature in English is an academic discipline today in schools and universities. It owes its heritage to ancient times. Its sources rise out of inherent nature of man. It is variations reflect the social, political, religious, cultural and environmental changes of ages, and it’s objectives demonstrate the dominant ideas, events, concepts, beliefs as well as time and space in the society. The ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY For a start, I argue that colonialism, slave trade and missionaries are the pioneers of Western civilization in Africa. This is true to the extent that colonialism serves as a vehicle of western civilization in Africa. Colonialism, perceived in this context, is a forceful imposition of foreign rule over indigenous traditional political setting and foreign dominance and subjugation of Africans in all spheres ...

ABSTRACT Many Nigerians have passed through poor quality education because of ineffectiveness of qualified personnels in the educational sector. Many teachers lack the indepth knowledge of the subject matter but the worst is that majority don’t know the rightful teaching methodology in approaching the subject matter. Teacher’s effectiveness invariably affects students’ effectiveness. This study exposes the Andragogical method of education as the rightful approach in teaching economics to students in ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Dating and pre-marital sex has given birth to ceaseless questions, being known as a practice that is hugely affected by the time, period, social conditions, construct, biology, cultural nuns and institutional frame that wraps around the people. Dating is an act that is practiced and known by too many people, but just a few are acquainted by or knows the exact meaning. Apparently, ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Academic performance is a factor found among students and is it a function of many factors, some of which are within the student and the class room while others are out of the class room while academic objectives are paramount to students’ success in school attainment, goal commitment is sensitive to factors like hope and specifically agency hope and confidence in one’s abilities. ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The Nigerian government in her National Policy on Education (2004) sees major subjects like mathematics, English language and economics as one of the core subjects to be offered at the senior Secondary School level. Despite this, there are some psychosocial factors that are affecting the teaching and learning of Economics. It should be noted that no great cornerstone of our understanding about the psychosocial ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY For a start, I argue that colonialism, slave trade and missionaries are the pioneers of Western civilization in Africa. This is true to the extent that colonialism serves as a vehicle of western civilization in Africa. Colonialism, perceived in this context, is a forceful imposition of foreign rule over indigenous traditional political setting and foreign dominance and subjugation of Africans in all spheres ...

Abstract:  This study titled “The Perception of the relationship between teachers‟ quality and students‟ academic performance in Hausa language of senior secondary schools in Kano metropolis”. The study sought to: determine the relationship between teachers qualification/ certification and students academic performance. Establish the relationship between teachers years of teaching experience and students academic performance. Establish the relationship between teachers knowledge of subject matter and student academic performance. Examine how teachers‟ teaching methods ...

CHAPTER ONE Introduction Background to the study Education is the most important instrument of change and resources development. it is much more than mere training and mere knowledge of facts. The real essence of education is the transmission of values and ideas that are meant to be internalize. Accepting the recommended worth-while values as defined by the National Policy on Education (2004 edition), the Federal Government purposes that education should ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background to the Study The purpose of education is to equip the individuals to reshape their society and eliminate inequality. In particular, secondary school education is an important sector in national and individual development. It plays a vital role in creating a country’s human resource base at a level higher than primary education (Boit, Njoki and Chang’ach, 2012). Provision of quality secondary education is therefore important in ...