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Item AN ASSESSMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS STUDENTS’ COMPUTER LITERACY IN LEARNING CIVIC EDUCATION IN KWARA STATE(NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL STUDIES, 2019-04) ABDULASHEED, S.A.; ABDULAZIZ, IThis study examined senior secondary school students’ computer literacy in learning civic education in Kwara State. It specifically assessed the level of computer literacy among senior secondary school students; investigated difference in computer literacy of students based on gender, as well as examining the students attitude towards use of information and communication technology in civic learning. The study adopted the descriptive survey type. The population for this study consisted of all senior secondary schools’ students in Kwara State. The target population was the SSS2 students. Stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used to select schools and students. A researcher-designed structured questionnaire was used to obtain data from the respondents and data collected were analyzed using percentages and independent t-test statistical technique. Results revealed that senior school students’ computer literacy was at moderate level with highest frequency of 86 respondents and (57.3%). Also, no significant difference in students negative attitude, (M = 10.33, SD = 3.86) and the students positive attitude (M = 9.60, SD = 3.42); t (148) = 1.230, p > .05 towards use of ICT in civic learning and there was significant difference in computer literacy of male, and female senior secondary school students The study concluded that the level of computer literacy among senior secondary school students is moderate enough for sustainability of civic learning. The study thus recommended that Social Studies educators are encouraged to engage the students in learning civic through application and their interaction with computer and other ICT gadgetsItem A SURVEY OF DIFFICULTIES AND COPING STRATEGIES EXPERIENCED BY LEADERSHIP OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA(Counsellor Education, University of Ilorin, Nigeria., 2017) IYEKOLO, A.O.; ABDULAZIZ, I; OKAFOR, I.P.; AKINSEMOYIN L, L.OThis study investigated the difficulties encountered and the coping strategies applied by administrators of private and public secondary schools in the governance of their scools in Kwara State. Population for the study included persons in the administrative cadre of public and private secondary schools in the State. The sample consisted of 60 principals and 146 Vice-principals selected using stratified random sampling technique. Researcher developed a questionnaire titled “Difficulties and Coping Strategies Questionnaire (DCSQ)” was used for data collection. Content validity was used to validate the instrument while a reliability coefficient of 0.61 was obtained. The data were analyzed using percentages and t-test statistics at 0.5 alpha level of significance. Findings revealed that leaderships of private and public secondary schools in the State encountered inadequate facilities and inapplicability of some of the school policies enacted by the State Government. The findings further revealed that the school administrators delegated authority, utilized PTA and hosting community resources and used collaborative interpretation of school policies as coping strategies to handle the difficulties and these were found to significantly vary on the basis of the administrators’ gender, school type and year of leadership experience. Based on these findings, it was recommended that government and owners of private schools should provide needed facilities for the governance of their schools. They should also make sure that the educational policies enacted for the secondary schools are practicable.