scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude and Utilization of School Health Services among Senior Secondary School Students in Egor Local Government Area, Benin City, Edo State

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Eunice Amaechi Osian ◽  
Timothy Aghogho Ehwarieme ◽  
Osagumwenro Igbinoba
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
School Health ◽  
School Health Services ◽  
School Students ◽  
Senior Secondary School ◽  
Edo State ◽  
Senior Secondary

Background: The knowledge of school health services among all students in various schools are essential in ensuring that students are equipped with the expected benefits and right attitude of utilizing the services. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess knowledge, attitude and utilization of school health services among senior secondary school students in Egor local government area, Edo State. Methods: Using a multistage sampling two secondary schools were selected from the thirteen public secondary schools in the Egor LGA and a sample size of 274 using Taro Yamane formula. A self-structured questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection with a Cronbach's alpha value of 0.82 which show that the instrument was reliable. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and hypotheses were tested using Pearson Correlation Coefficient at 5% significant level. Results: Findings showed that majority 150(57.6%) of the respondents have good knowledge of school health services, 80(30.5%) have fair knowledge while 31(11%) have poor knowledge.  All the respondents have a positive attitude toward school health services with an average grand mean of 3.078±0.428. However, 113.2(43.4%) have poor utilization of the school health services, 40(15.3%) have moderate while 107.8(41.3%) have high utilization. Positive correlation (p =0.01) was found between knowledge and utilization of school health services. Significant difference was found (p= 0.002; ˂0.05) in the utilization of school health services between male and female students. Conclusion: Government should ensure adequate provision of facilities, inspection and supervision of the school health services. Sensitization/Awareness campaign of school health services should be made available to all school children in the state.

scholarly journals Assessing the Career Conflict Options of Senior Secondary School Students of Ado-Odo Ota Local Government, Ogun State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 55-77
Author(s):  
Samuel Adebayo Idowu ◽  
Tolu Elizabeth Ifedayo ◽  
Elizabeth Oluwatoyin Idowu
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Career Choice ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Career Choices ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
School Students ◽  
Senior Secondary School ◽  
Ogun State ◽  
Senior Secondary

Career choice is one of the most important decisions that students make, and this decision will affect them throughout their lives. This study adopts a descriptive research survey method for assessing career conflict options of senior secondary school students in Ado-Odo Ota Local Government, Ogun State, Nigeria. The data contains questionnaires administered to 373 male and female secondary school students from three private schools and three public schools in the Ado-Odo Ota Local Government. The data obtained from the questionnaires were categorized into a Demographic Data Inventory, Career Choice Scale, and Support, Interference, and Lack of Engagement Scale. Demographic information was analyzed using descriptive statistics, and simple linear regression analysis was used to test the three hypotheses generated for the study at 0.05 alpha levels of significance. The findings suggest that parental formal education has a significant effect on the choice of careers of students, and that the profession of parents has a minor influence on the choice of careers of students. The results also indicate that the socio-economic status of parents does not affect the career choice of secondary school students. Based on the findings, this study recommends that parents be trained in career counseling to help parents direct their children in their career choices. Counseling units in the Ministry of Education should also coordinate orientation activities and provide information on the broad variety of career opportunities open to students. Finally, future research should be carried out on the contradictory effect of teachers and school counselors on the career choices of secondary school students.

scholarly journals Incidence of Truancy among Senior Secondary School Students in Epe Local Government Area, Lagos State, Nigeria: Implications for Counselling

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Anna Onoyase, Ph.D
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
School Students ◽  
Senior Secondary School ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Lagos State ◽  
Senior Secondary

<em>This paper examined the incidence of truancy among senior secondary school students in Epe Local Government Area of Lagos State and suggests ways counselling can be used to curb the problem. Three hypotheses were formulated to guide the study and the design was Ex-post Facto. The sample size was 119 Senior Secondary II students randomly selected from 5 out of the 22 public secondary schools in the local government area. An instrument titled “Incidence of Truancy among Secondary School Students” was used to collect data from the respondents. It had face and content validity through expert judgement and the reliability coefficient was 0.73. The data obtained was analyzed with the Z-test statistics. The results indicated that there is no significant difference between male and female students; urban and rural students and students from high and low socio-economic status homes in their indulgence in truancy. It was recommended that Form Masters/Mistresses should be more objective in taking class attendance and refer truants to guidance counsellors.</em>

scholarly journals ATTITUDE OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TOWARDS AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND TRAININGS IN OGBOMOSO NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OYO STATE

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 130-135
Author(s):  
Akintonde J.O. ◽  
Akinboye O.A. ◽  
Tiamiyu A.O. ◽  
Akintaro O.S. ◽  
Gbadamosi S.A. ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Personal Characteristic ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
School Students ◽  
Senior Secondary School ◽  
Senior Secondary Schools ◽  
Senior Secondary

The study assesses the attitude of senior secondary school students towards agriculture as a profession in some selected secondary schools in Ogbomoso North Local Government Area of Oyo State. One hundred respondents were randomly selected from five senior secondary schools purposively selected due to their questionnaire. The data obtained were analyzed with the aid of frequency count, percentages and cumulative percentage while correlation analysis was used to test the hypothesis. The findings reveal the personal characteristic of the respondents sampled as well as their level of interest in agriculture as a profession. The statistical analysis performed on the respondents’ attitude towards agriculture as a profession revealed that there was significant relationship to the respondents’ gender, educational level father and mother’s occupation respectively while age and religion were statistically insignificant.

scholarly journals Availability and Usage of Library School Resources as Predictors of Reading Habits among Secondary School Students in Oredo Local Government, Edo State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 320-332
Author(s):  
Adedoyin Oluwatosin ◽  
Blessing Amina Akporhonor
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
School Library ◽  
Reading Habits ◽  
School Students ◽  
Library Resources ◽  
Edo State ◽  
Senior Secondary

Background of the study: It is the responsibility of every school library to promote and support the National Policy of Education by providing equitable school library resources. Purpose: This study investigates the availability and usage of school library resources as predictors of reading habits among secondary school students in Oredo Local Government (LG) of Edo state, Nigeria. Method: Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population comprises of 362 students in Senior Secondary Students III (SSS3) in two public and two private senior secondary schools in Oredo LG, Edo state, Nigeria. Stratified random technique was used to select the four schools and 200 copies of questionnaires were administered to the respondents of which only a total of 190 copies of questionnaire were returned which represents 95% return rate. Findings: Findings revealed that most of the sampled schools have library resources; however most of the resources were obsolete. Results show that most of the respondents do not make use of the resources regularly and that the respondents are majorly interested in text related to their subject in school. It was discovered that none of the schools have a trained librarian working in their libraries. Conclusion: The study established that availability and usage of library resources cannot effectively predict the reading habit of secondary school students in Oredo LG, Benin-City.

scholarly journals Impacts of Child Labour on School Attendance and Academic Performance of Senior Secondary School Students in Nigeria

2018 ◽  
pp. 151
Author(s):  
Adesoji Oni
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
School Attendance ◽  
Child Labour ◽  
School Students ◽  
Senior Secondary School ◽  
Lagos State ◽  
Senior Secondary

This study investigated the impacts of child labour on school attendance and academic performance of secondary school students in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria. five hypotheses were tested. The descriptive research design was adopted for the study. A total of 300 respondent were selected from six (6) senior secondary school students within Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State using simple random sampling technique. The research instrument used was a four point modified Rensis Likert Rating Scale Questionnaire type. Data analysis were done using descriptive statistics of frequency counts, percentage and mean to answer the research questions, while the hypotheses formulated were tested using Chi-square and independent t-test statistical tool at 0.05 level of significance. The study concluded that there was a significant effect of students’ exposure to child labour on the school attendance, academic performance and study habit of senior secondary school students in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State. Also, there was a significant difference in academic performance of students exposed to child labour and those that are not in senior secondary school students in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State. But there was no significant difference in school attendance of students exposed to child labour and those that are not in senior secondary school students in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State. The study recommended that the federal government of Nigeria should work towards the eradication of poverty by providing employments to its citizens, which is the primary cause of child labour, the Government/Community should develop positive strategies to labour reduction towards a fruitful fulfillment of children’s school attendance and academic performance, such as: introducing more subsidies such as free meal tickets and reduced school bills and that the Universal Basic Education (UBE) programs should be fully implemented and monitored to take care of these children exposed work.

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