Browsing by Author "Iyekolo, O. A."

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    Description of parents’ preference for public and private universal basic education schools in two selected local government areas of Kwara State
    (Primary and Tertiary Teacher Education Association of Nigeria (PATTEAN)., 2014) Ayorinde, S. A.; Iyekolo, O. A.; Okafor, I. P.; Popoola, A. B.
    The study finds out parents' preferences for public and private basic education schools in Irepodun and Ifelodun Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Kwara State. It further established the reasons for the preference. In addition to these, it finds out whether the parents' preference significantly varied on the basis of their education and residence. Thus, the population for the study consists of literate and illiterate parents residing in rural and urban areas of the LGAs. From the population, cluster sampling technique was used to sample a total of 437 parents, across their randomly selected places of work or trading. A researcher-made instrument titled Preference for Private and Public Basic School Questionnaire (PPPBSQ) was used to elicit needed data. The instrument was validated using test-re-test approach. The collected data were analyzed using percentage and Chi-square statistics. Findings revealed that a higher percentage
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    Lectures’ Perception of Causes of Unemployment among Educated Youths in Nigeria: The Social Implications
    (Institute of Education and Professional Development, University of Uyo, Akwam Ibom State, Nigeria, 2017) Balogun, A. O.; Jimoh, M. I.; Okafor, I. P.; Oniye, R. K.; Iyekolo, O. A.; Igudia, A. I.; Muhammad, G. M. F.
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    University staff perception of causes and social implications of educated youth unemployment in Nigeria
    (Department of Educational Foundations and Curriculum, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, 2014) Balogun, A. O.; Jimoh, M. I.; Okafor, I. P.; Iyekolo, O. A.
    This study examined University staff perception of the causes and social implications of educated youth unemployment in Nigeria. The population for the study comprised all 99 Faculty of Education Lecturers in the University of Ilorin. Questionnaire titled University Staff Perception of the Causes and Social transformation o f Educated Youth Unemployment Questionnaire was used to elicit information from the respondents. The (USPCASEYUQ) revealed that outdated school curricular and lack of findings of the study emphasis on University certificates, neglect fo skill employable skills, too much of equal educational opportunities were the major acquisition training in Nigeria. Findings also revealed that causes of educated youth unemployment for school completion and civil i n c r e a s e i n i n s e c u r i t y , r e d u c t i o n i n i n c e n t i v e s o f e d u c a t e d hyout disorder were identified as the major implications that government in Nigeria. The study therefore recommended that employment opportunities for teaming educated policies and should provide of the government to review the educational youths and the ability that will afford the youths the opportunity curriculum in such a way a n d make them to be self-reliant.