Percepción de los estudiantes acerca de la prevalencia, formas y causas de abuso a menores en Edo, Nigeria

RESUMENLa finalidad de este estudio fue investigar la percepción que tienen los estudiantes de secundaria acerca de la incidencia de abuso a menores en el Estado de Edo, Nigeria, con énfasis en las implicaciones para la Orientación. Se plantearon cuatro cuestiones de investigación: (i) ¿Cuál es el alcance del abuso a menores entre los estudiantes de secundaria del Estado de Edo? (ii) ¿Con qué frecuencia ocurren dichos abusos? (iii) ¿ Se producen más abusos en zonas rurales que en áreas urbanas? (iv) ¿Cuáles son las causas más comunes del abuso a menores? Este artículo presenta los objetivos, metodología y resultados del estudio y sus implicaciones para la orientación.ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study was to investigate the perception of incidence of child abuse among secondary school students in Edo State with focus on guidance and Counselling implications. In order to accomplish this, four research questions were raised: (i) What was the extent of child abuse among secondary school students in Edo State? (ii) What were the frequencies of occurrence of child abuse? (iii) Was child abuse more prevalent in rural than urban area? (iv) What were the common causes of child abuse? The article presents the objectives, methodology and results of the study and its implications for guidance.

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Enhancing the Performance of Secondary School Students in Agricultural Science for Food Security in Ebonyi State.

10.36265/ijired.2019.010216 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 113-121

Author(s):

Aneke C.U. ◽

Nwankwegu Simeon A.

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Secondary School ◽

Science Teachers ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Agricultural Science ◽

School Students ◽

Response Options ◽

Proper Training ◽

Research Questions ◽

Strongly Agree

This study was set to determine the strategies for enhancing the performance of secondary school students in agricultural science for food security in Ebonyi State. A survey research design was adopted with a population of 53 respondents (14 male and 39 female agricultural science teachers) sampled purposively from 48 secondary schools in Izzi local government area of Ebonyi State. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The instrument for data collection was a structured 4-point weighted 21-item questionnaire developed by the researcher sectioned A and B with response options of Strongly Agree (SA), Agree (A), Disagree (DA) and Strongly Disagree (SD) after intensive literature review and the numerical values of 4, 3, 2 & 1 was assigned to the instrument respectively. The instrument was validated by three research experts while the reliability index of 0.77 was established using Cronbach Alpha reliability estimate. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the two research questions while t-test was used to test the two null hypotheses at .05 level of significance and appropriate degree of freedom. Some of the findings among others include that teachers can enhance the performance of secondary school students in agricultural science for food security in Ebonyi State. It was therefore recommended that facilities should be made available for proper training of secondary school students for productivity on graduation and as well for food security in Ebonyi State.

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Availability of Print Resources as a Factor Affecting Reading Culture of Secondary School Students in Edo State, Nigeria

Libri ◽

10.1515/libri-2018-0160 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 70 (2) ◽

pp. 157-167

Author(s):

Christopher Osaretin Ukpebor

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Local Governments ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Survey Design ◽

Weighted Average ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

School Students ◽

Poor Reading ◽

Edo State ◽

Reading Culture

AbstractStudies have shown that Nigerians have a poor reading culture which could be as a result of several factors including unavailability of print resources. Literature has revealed that the quality of reading by secondary school students in Edo State was regrettably on the decline and that inadequate use of print resources was a major factor. The descriptive survey design of correlational type was adopted for the study. Stratified multi-stage sampling technique was adopted in selecting participants for this study. Fifty percent was used to select nine local governments, 10 % to select public and private secondary schools from the already selected nine local governments, making a total of 65 schools. From each of the selected 65 schools, a sampling fraction of 11 % was used to select a total of 895 students for the study. A questionnaire was used for students while an interview checklist was used for school principals in justification of the students’ responses. Regression analysis (at 0.05 level of significance) was used to analyse the data. Findings revealed that secondary school students in Edo State have print resources readily available, while secondary school students had a poor reading culture with the weighted average of 3.06. The effect of print resources (β = 0.141; p < 0.05) in predicting students’ reading culture was significant. Conclusively, the study showed that secondary school students in Edo State have a poor reading culture irrespective of the availability of print resources.

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Relationship between Social Networking Sites and Observational Learning among Senior Secondary School Students in Mbaitoli Local Government Area, Imo State, Nigeria

European Scientific Journal ESJ ◽

10.19044/esj.2018.v14n7p324 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (7) ◽

pp. 324

Author(s):

Beatrice Adanna Achilike ◽

Chibueze Utum Mgboro ◽

Agbasiere, Emmanuel Patrick

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Social Networking ◽

Observational Learning ◽

Social Networking Sites ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

School Students ◽

Research Questions ◽

Senior Secondary ◽

The Relationship ◽

The Way

Social Networking Sites are a type of virtual community which enables many people to interact and share ideas or interests. Social networking is rapidly changing the way the world is doing virtually everything, from the way people access information to the way people communicate and most importantly, the way they interact. This study investigated the relationship between Social Networking Sites and Observational Learning of Senior Secondary School students in Mbaitoli Local Government Area, Imo State, Nigeria. Four research questions with the corresponding hypotheses were generated. The objectives of the study centered on investigating the relationship between four social networking sites namely: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube to observational learning. The correlational study design was adopted for the study. Simple random sampling was used to draw a sample of 560 students from the population of the study. The selfdesigned instrument was of two parts: A and B. Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to answer the research questions while the hypotheses were subjected to critical probability level of 0.05 alpha levels. Findings to this study revealed that there is a significant positive relationship between social networking sites and observational learning; some of which include enhancement of informative endowment as in the case of Facebook, live-video functionality to stories in the case of Instagram and acquisition of vocational skills from YouTube. The paper at the end recommended that more encouragement should be given to students to enable them benefit adequately and positively from the gains of social networking channels vis-a-vis observational learning.

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School-Related Gender Based Violence (SRGBV) and Its Consequences on Secondary School Students: Implications for Counselling

Journal of Education and Training Studies ◽

10.11114/jets.v8i2.4671 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 29

Author(s):

Anna Onoyase

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Field Work ◽

Gender Based Violence ◽

School Students ◽

Research Questions ◽

Gender Based ◽

Level Of Significance ◽

Research Assistants

This investigation was directed to find out the causes and consequences of School – Related Gender Based Violence (SRGBV) in Ivo local Government area of Ebonyi State, South East, Nigeria. The researcher formulated two research questions and one hypothesis to guide the investigation. The instrument used to elicit information from the respondents is, “School – Related Gender Based Violence and Consequences among Secondary School Students Questionnaire” (SRGBVACASSSQ). The instrument was made up of 9 items on the causes of School related gender based violence and 11 on the consequences. The instrument had a reliability coefficient of 0.87, language appropriateness, content and facial validity. The purposive sampling technique was used to select 384 respondents that participated in the research. The researcher and two research assistants retrieved 346 copies of the questionnaire from the respondents. The data from the field work were collated by the researcher, the mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while the t-test was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The researcher used 2.50 as benchmark to find out if respondents agreed or disagreed with the 20 items in the questionnaire. The research revealed in table one a mean score of 3.04 as an indication that many teachers flog students in schools to demonstrate their power over them (students), a mean of 3.00 in table one shows that when bullies are not frequently punished, they continue to bully others in schools, a mean score of 3.07 in table one revealed that boys beat up girls in the secondary schools to show that men are more powerful than women and a mean score of 3.04 in table one revealed that promise of good grades can make some female students to go into sexual relationship with some male teachers.

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Effectiveness of Cognitive Restructuring in the Management of Mathophobia Among Secondary School Students in Khana L.G.A of Rivers State, Nigeria

European Scientific Journal ESJ ◽

10.19044/esj.2017.v13n32p260 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (32) ◽

pp. 260

Author(s):

Ernest-Ehibudu Ijeoma Regina ◽

Wayii Augustine Lezorgia

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Cognitive Restructuring ◽

Control Group ◽

School Students ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Post Test ◽

Research Questions ◽

Rivers State ◽

And Control

This study was developed and conducted to test the effect of cognitive restructuring in the management of mathophobia (that is, Mathematics anxiety) among secondary school students in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. To guide the study, two research questions and two null hypotheses were formulated for testing at 0.05 level of significance. In executing the study, the pre-test, post-test, and control group experimental research design was adopted using a randomized sample of 120 SS2 students drawn from three public secondary schools only. The researchers developed an instrument titled “Mathematics Diagnostic Questionnaire” (MDQ) which was adequately assessed for validity and reliability and was used in collecting pre-test and post-test data for the cognitive restructuring and control groups. Data analysis was done using mean, and standard deviation for the research questions, while independent sample and paired sample t-test were used for the hypotheses. The result obtained showed that the cognitive restructuring was significantly effective in the management of mathophobia among secondary school students. There is a slight reduction in the effect of cognitive restructuring during follow-up; there is a statistical significant difference in the mathophobic level of students treated with cognitive restructuring and those in the control group. Based on the major findings, recommendations were made among which is that functional guidance and counselling centers be established at all educational levels and be manned by professional counsellors who are competent in cognitive restructuring techniques to assist those who have mathophobia and other maladaptive behaviours. Suggestions for further study were made.

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