Housing generally refers to the social problem of ensuring that members of society have a home in which to live, whether this is a house, or some other kind of dwelling, lodging, or shelter. Many governments have an administrative section that deals with housing. The significance of housing as a major determinant of man's welfare, life sustenance and survival is very critical and will always be of prime concern to individual, family, community and the nation at large. Housing is paramount to ... read more

Educational leadership in contemporary time is witnessing dramatic changes, owing to various factors ranging from social to political, technological and economic. The educational policy makers and administrators are therefore faced with the challenge of ensuring effectiveness in the delivery of qualitative education towards the attainment of educational goals and objectives. Educational production like other forms of production demands human, material and financial resources. The effective le... read more

The issue of quality in any education system cannot be compromised. The quality of educational administrators (principal teachers and learners (students) in any nation determines the quality of its formal education and schooling. The changes in the educational structure in Nigeria, especially at the secondary school stage demands that the school principals play a bigger and more important role in educational supervision. (Grauwe and Carron, 2004) states that principals' supervisory role in schoo... read more

Science provides a body of knowledge for use in addressing various forms of human, material and environmental problems. It can also be viewed as composed of two major complementary modes: accumulation of knowledge through exploration and discovery efforts about the natural world, and the use of such knowledge for human and material development. Science is studied and practised in all parts of the world, including Nigeria. Nigeria is a devel... read more

Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) are making dynamic changes in society. They are influencing all aspects of life. The influences are felt more and more at schools (Fisseha, 2011). Because ICTs provide both students and teachers with more opportunities in adapting learning and teaching to individual needs, society is, forcing schools aptly respond to this technical innovation (Fisseha, 2011). The potentials of ICTs is in increasing access and improving relevance and quality of educat... read more

In the Nigeria society today, education of children in at least basic education is in the top burner. It is also necessary that these children be rightly nurtured by all stakeholders involved in the process and period of their basic education to ensure that they perform well and optimally academically and otherwise. Primary education according to the National Policy on Education 2013 is the basic education given in institutions to children between ages 6-12yers. The duration shall be six year... read more

Organisations either public or private are established to accomplish specific goals and objectives. And for these goals and objectives to be achieved, the human resource should be seen as one of the most crucial factors. For instance, in school organizations, without the teachers (and the supporting staff) the stated goals and objectives of education are as good as dead. Employees in contemporary society are expressing a strong desire to pursue more than just a job and these employees look out f... read more

Teaching and learning in Nigerian schools take place within a formal organisational framework, which includes measures to ensure that schools are well supervised and that the quality of what they offer is maintained and continuously improved (Bolaji, 2006). Teaching in the schools is significantly affected by a powerful inspectorate that is mandated to ensure and maintain quality in resource allocation, curriculum delivery, and educational standards. The curriculum, which is defined as everythin... read more

The concept of the universal basic education may not be a new idea totally. From all indications, the Universal Basic Education can be regarded as an offshoot of the Universal Primary Education (UPE) scheme, which was launched in the country in 1976, As usual with Nigeria, the scheme was abandoned mid-way (Aluede, 2006). The fact that the Scheme i.e UPE had something to offer perhaps led to the re-introduction of the programme in another name and concept known as Universal Basic Education in 199... read more

A family units is the first contact a child has in life, and the quality of such family unit has a great impact on the growing child and it actually reflect on the child’s personality and attitude letter in life. A family has been defined by ties of marriage, blood, adoption constituting a single household interacting and inter- communicating with each other in their respective social roles of husbands and wife, father and mother, brother and sister, creating a common culture. According to Col... read more

Teachers’ job performance is the extent that student’s performance improves after a period of instruction in a manner consistent with the goals of instruction (Olatoye, 2006). He found that evaluation based on a particular score or scores that do not span a long period may lead to a “miscarriage of judgment” in accessing teachers’ job performance. Omoniyi (2005) corroborated the findings of Olatoye (2006) by observing that effective learning and teaching include those activities that b... read more

Secondary School is seen as a center for a living in a modern age of science and technology. It was on the basis of this that Sofolahan’s Committee (1971) recommend geography as one of the core subject and this was agreed upon. This emphasis on geography came as a result of advances in sciences and technology in the developed countries and their diffusion to developed countries which Nigeria is one Fafunwa (1971) accepts this when he writes “we are in a world of science and tech... read more

In order to qualify for admission in the Nigerian university, a candidate must satisfy some minimum requirements. In the first place he or she must obtain five relevant credits in the senior secondary school certificate examination including English and in some cased mathematics. In addition such a candidate must sit for and obtain a minimum pass mark in the University Matriculation Examination conducted by the Joint admission and matriculation Board(JAMB) as well as pass an additional post univ... read more

There is widespread interest in improving the levels of mathematics achievement in schools. There is the economic benefits that this would bring by better preparing young people for the numeric demands for modern workplaces and raising the overall skills levels of the workforce, there are also social benefits tied to improving access for larger numbers of young people to post-school education and training opportunities and laying stronger foundations so skills for lifelong learning. The interest... read more

Teaching and learning activities of the school. Supervision has been conceived as the improvement of teaching and learning process for the ultimate benefit of the learner who is regarded as the pivot of education. In the same vein, Supervision is essentially a leadership function, a kind of superior subordinate relationship, where a leader or an officer instructs, oversees and corrects subordinates in order to enhance effective performance. Supervision is needed in effective and efficient school... read more

There is a saying that “the return of labor is salary or wages. The study focuses on the key determinants of job satisfaction among teachers in ogun state, which include the impact of working and living conditions on teacher’s morale, and also the new salary scheme which was implemented by the federal republic of Nigeria for its workers in which are one of them. In recent times, there has been a growing interest the financial aspect of education. One of the reasons for such interest is th... read more

Biology is a widely studied subject. The knowledge of it calls for a balanced secondary school education. Biology as a school subject may be a factor in improving the lives of students and their immediate environment. In a developing country like Nigeria, the use of "ICT" in the teaching of Biology should be promoted in all secondary schools, since the national policy on education states that "the broad aims of secondary education within overall National objectives should be preparation or hi... read more

Marriage is the oldest institution in the world it was instituted by God Himself in the Garden of Eden. Marriage was not the idea of any man. It was the original idea of God Almighty. God felt the need for marriage and instituted it “And the Lord God said, it is not good that the man should be alone, I will make him an help meet for him” Genesis chapter 2 verse 18. Since then man and woman alike have always tried to live in companion of each other because they are created social being. ... read more

The family is important in many ways in the life of an ordinary child. A family refers to the household or all those who live in a house such as parents and their children. When a child is born, his first contact(s) with the world is family (parents). He is first exposed to before any contact with the outside world. The family background of a child plays a distinctive role in a child’s growth and development of a child depends solely on his/her physical inheritance and the powerful influenc... read more

Motivation is the term used to describe the processes, both instructive and rational which people seek to satisfy their basic derives, perceived needs and personal goal which trigger human behaviour (Cole 1885) it is indeed the force that energize behaviour. The task before the researcher is to know what actually motivates teachers to work hard and use those factors to proffer solutions in order to get the best from the teachers or allow the teachers to contribute effectively towards the accompl... read more