Browsing by Author "OKAFOR, I.P."

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    Assessment Of The Perception Of University Undergraduates Students As Regards The Effect Of Economic Recession On University Undergraduates' Motivation To Learning
    (2018) BELLO, M.B.; ONIYE, R.K.; OKAFOR, I.P.; AJAYI, O.B.
    The study investigated the effect of the contemporary economic recession on university undergraduates in three selected Universities in Nigeria. A descriptive form of the survey was employed. 727 undergraduates from 300 and 400 levels in the three Universities were sampled using stratified sampling techniques. A 13 items Likert-scale questionnaire titled, "Assessment of effects of economic recession on University Undergraduates with psychometric properties of content validity and reliability index of 0.78 was used for data collection. Descriptive statistics were used to answer the research questions, the findings revealed that economic recession affects university undergraduates' motivation to learning. Students are forced to engage in antisocial behaviour in order to meet needs during the period of economic recession and participate less in extra-curricular activities. Based on these findings, it was recommended among others that government should as a matter of urgency address the lingering economic recession as it has an untold effect on undergraduate students learning.
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    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.O
    This 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.