Industrial action by the tertiary institution in Nigeria have had serious effect on the Academic performance of students and also the educational development of our Economy. Strike action could be trance back from the nationwide strike organised by the Academic union of Universities (ASUU) in 1988, which was used to challenge the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida, General SanniAbacha (1994 and 1996) and presidentOlusegunObasanjo after the return of Democracy in 1999. The union h... read more

Indiscipline is a behavioural disorder that is classified as an act of delinquency. Just like, lying, stealing and playing truant or running away from home. It is often the cause of a lot of mental, emotional and also physical damage. Such as damage to property in homes as well as in schools. A child that is not disciplined can never be controlled and can do just about any damage when he or she does not get whatever he or she wants. Pupils are priceless assets and most essential elements in e... read more

Developing country policymakers recognize that education is a key determinant of individual productivity and economic growth. Many parents believe that the crowed environment in regular classrooms can have a negative impact on the academic performance of students. Hence they send them to private tuitions where the teacher can individual help them to study their lessons more effectively and perform better at school. However, others believe that private lesson outside school hours are burdensom... read more

Basic science is a branch of science that involves the fundamental system of acquiring knowledge using observations and experiments to describe and explain natural phenomena. Basic science is referred to as a type of science where emphasis is places on the unity of science and it is the only way of teaching science in such a way as the present scientific ideas as unified whole (Wikipedia, 2014). Science was included in the primary school curriculum in (1999) as one of the three subjects in th... read more

Nigeria has over the years substantially to improve the educational attainment of the labor force and to raise productivity but yet still faces declining real output and slow economic growth. The paper focus on the impact of government expenditure on standard of education on the economic growth as a means of achieving the desired socio economic change needed in Nigeria or in each states. The study uses time series data from 1981 to 2012. The Johan-series co-integration analysis and ordinary leas... read more

The impact of school library services on achievement and learning in primary schools has helped pupils immensely on the upliftment of their cognitive domain. In October 2001, the task group setup under the auspices of department for education and skills to implement action outlined in the Government response to “Empowering the learning community” (2001), commissioned a critical review of the literature examining the links between educational attainment and school library use in secondary ... read more

As discipline is a habit of good behaviour generally acceptable or accepted by the standard of norms and values of the society, this should be a behaviour portrayed by a normal human being. On the other hand, indiscipline is the lack of good behaviour that is not generally accepted in a particular society. Edem (1982) states that indiscipline is the violation of school rules and regulations which is capable of obstructing the smooth and orderly functioning of the school system Indis... read more

Students differ in their personal value, they receive and process information differently, their personality traits is different and hence, so also in their understanding. It is often argued that a blend of personality characteristic is necessary for people successful in their carriers. Education, Researchers and psychologists have been constantly. Searching for parsimonious set of variables that predicts patterns of student behaviour and their relationship to academic achievement. Literally,... read more

It is well known among educators that educational experiences involving the learners actively participating in concrete examples are retained longer than abstract experiences. Instructional materials add elements of reality by providing concrete examples to learning. Many authors have written on the use of instructional both in teaching social studies and other related subjects in order to enhance teaching for desired social and behavioural changes. These authors include World Bank (1999) Gre... read more

Antisocial behavior are often exhibited by secondary school students in Imeko, because majority of them are adolescents who wants to risk behaviours like sexual activities, abortion, rape, cultism, interring, lateness and rudeness. These behaviours are inimical to the students and those in their environment. Furthermore, Kimberly and Jacob (2002) defined antisocial behaviour as any act that imposes physical or psychological harm on other people or their property. According to them lying, ste... read more

The National policy on Education (2004) defines education as the process that helps to develop the whole man and enables him to discover his potential towards achieving self-goals. Since through it, individuals are expected to manifest the trait of national ethics such as discipline, integrity, dignity of labour, social justice and self-reliance patriotism. According to Fafunwa as cited in Okonkwo (1999) Education is a powerful instrument devised by man for improving his own lot. Bamisaye... read more

Parents are more generally the family environment have a strong influence on the behaviours and decision taken by the children. There is a tradition for social scientist to study this inter-generational link from it parent educational attainment and pupil learning achievement in public primary schools. According to Iregbu (1992) socio-economic background are the characteristics that are widely clarified or described family. The majority of research on the ways in which parental education atta... read more

In recent years, Nigerian educational system experience different categories of examination malpractices, this evil in our education system has been a major problem which is commonly perpetrated by various stakeholders, the institutions, parents, students, teachers are not left out of the practice. Looking at the level of the examination malpractice that is upheld in our educational institutions, Afigbo (1996), one would be justifiable worried about the future of the nation where over 80% of ... read more

The fast depreciating rate of primary school buildings in Nigeria is of grave concern to stakeholders in Education. Most of the schools building are in terrible state of despair because of poor maintain our public structures and facilities until they have completely collapsed and devasted. This scenario is however not peculiar to primary school buildings and infrastructure but also applicable to Nigerian roads, government vehicles, public buildings and government industries. There are obvious no... read more

The introduction of social studies into the Nigeria school system was based on certain philosophical considerations. One of them is to address social issues and man’s problem of life in their interrelatedness, as they appear in real life situations instead of addressing them in an uninterrelated manner as those learnt through separate disciplined like Geography, Religion, Sociology and Anthropology. Social studies according to Ezegbe (2011), was therefore introduced as an integrated discipline... read more

Since western education became firmly rooted in Nigeria. It has faced myriads of problems (Ijaiya 1999). Most of Nigerian governments have been battling with these problems during colonial or post independence era. It has resulted in the setting up of various commissions (e.g. The Asuby commission of 1960; the 1969 curriculum conference, Education Reform of Committee of 2006 etc) to examine Nigeria’s educational problem and make recommendations. Among the problems facing the Nigeria educati... read more

The interest in the survey of educational facilities in private and public primary schools, was generated by the popular belief that there are more educational facilities in private than in public schools. Thus, parents prefer sending their children to private primary schools where they have to pay schools fees than sending their children to public primary school because they do not pay school fees. But it is necessary to understanding the concept of education before fully discussing the topic o... read more

In fact many researches have been conducted in many countries, especially in Nigeria to verify the causes and effects of teenage pregnancy. The reason suggested for this is the easiness of teenagers to fall into the pit of premarital sexual immorality. This simply means that we are all living in a world plagued with one form of moral decadence or the other. It should be noted that the world has experienced an outrageous drop in its level of morality illicit sex is no longer a prob... read more

The issue of drug and related substance abuse on adolescent is a world wide health problem which has identified by many bodies such as WHO RED CROSS etc. it is a problem of the World, Nigeria inclusive. Since the early times, herbs, leaves and plants have been use to heal and control diseases . The use of drugs in itself does not constitute any danger, because drugs correctly administered have been a blessing. Falco (1988) as cited by Sambo (2008) view that ‘Chronic use of substances can cause... read more

School, colleges and universities have no worth without students. Students are the most essential asset for any educational institute. The social and economic development of the country is directly linked with student academic performance. The students’ performance (academic achievement) plays an important role in producing the best quality graduates who will become great leaders and human resources for the country thus responsible for the country’s economic and social development (Ali, Norh... read more