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Item A comparative analysis of senior secondary school students’ performance in terminal and SSCE results in Christian Religious Studies, in Ogbomoso South Local Government, Oyo State(International Society of Comparative Education Science and Technology (ISCEST), Nigeria., 2016-12-10) Aburime, A. O.; Jekayinfa, O. J; Saidu, A.The study examined relationship between students' performance in terminal and SSC Examinations as well as the differences in the academic performance of male and female students in the two examinations Ex post facto research design was adopted for this study.The target population comprised all the public senior secondary school students in Ogbomoso South Local Government Area of Oyo state, Nigeria. A total of 300 students were sampled across 11 schools for the study using stratified random sampling technique.The research instrument used was a proforma tagged Christian Religious Studies Achievement Tes(CRSAT). Frequency counts and percentages were employed to provide answers to the research questions raised. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and student t-Test were used to analyze the null hypotheses generated at 0.05 levels of significance. Findings of this study showed that majority of the sampled students had pass grades (i.e. D⁷, and E⁸) in Christian Religious Studies in terminal examination i.e.118 (39.3%) students had pass grades. Also, more students passed at credit level in SSCE Christian Religious Studies. However, terminal exam recorded higher number of F, in Christian Religious Studies than SSCE (WAEC) for the May/June 2014 examinations across the sampled schools.The results of the hypotheses showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between students' performance in terminal and SSC Examinations in Christian Religious Studies. It was also revealed that significant differences exist in the academic performance of students in both terminal and SSC Examinations on the basis of gender. It was recommended that secondary school students should change their perception toward Christian Religious Studies so as not to only increase their academic performance but also affect their moral and spiritual life.Teachers should educate students on how their performance in terminal exam could determine their eventual performances in SSCE.Item ANALYSIS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PRE-PRIMARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM IN ILORIN WEST AND SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS(Al-Hikmah Journal of Educational Management and Counselling (AJEMC), 2020-06) Jekayinfa, O.J.; Aburime, A.O.; Saidu, A.; Ogunniran, V.O.; Oloroode, A.Item ANALYSIS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PRE-PRIMARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM IN ILORIN WEST AND SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS(Al-Hikmah Journal of Educational Management and Counselling, 2020-06) Jekayinfa, O.J.; Aburime, A.O.; Saidu, A.; Ogunniran, V.O.; Oloroode, A.n carrying out this study an attempt was made to determine and compare the implementation of Pre-primary school curriculum in Ilorin South and West Local Government Areas of Kwara State. As a survey research, the instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire designed by the researcher. The number of teachers used were 100 (One Hundred). Ten randomly selected pre-primary schools (five) (5) in Ilorin South and five (5) in Ilorin West Local Government Areas ofKwara State constituted the sample size. The findings revealed that facilities like plastic/paper letters, number posters and charts, television and blocks of different shapes and colours were available in the pre-primary schools in Ilorin South and Ilorin West LGAs. Also, teachers made use of academic resources to enrich learners understanding. The study recommended that government should provide a well-prepared curriculum and instructional resources for all teachers in pre-primary school in order to enhance the full implementation of the curriculum.Item Attitude of University of Ilorin undergraduate students to the teaching and learning of History(Department of Educational Foundations, University of Benin, Nigeria., 2017-05-02) Saidu, A.; Badru, S. A.; Oyinloye, S. K.The study examines attitudes of University of Ilorin Undergraduate Students toward the teaching and learning of History.Specifically,the study finds out the attitudes of undergraduate students toward the teaching and learning of History based on gender,academic levels and faculties. The study was descriptive in nature.The population of the study included all History undergraduate students in the Faculties of Arts and Education. Incidental sampling technique was used to select the first 30 students that came for lectures in HIS 210, 308 and 424 in the two faculties making a total of 180 students. Four research questions were generated, research question one was answered with summated mean rating, while the remaining research questions with corresponding hypothesis were tested with the use of the t-test and ANOVA statistical techniques. Majority of History students in the University of Ilorin had positive attitudeto the teaching and learning of History but they agreed that History curriculum istoo wide.They also agreed that History is pretty important for general knowledgeand they find the work in their History classes interesting and feel good aboutthemselves as History leamers.It was recommended that curriculum developersshould take a critical look at the History curriculum with a view of makingamendment to either reduce the topics for the semester.Also,workshops anseminars should be organised for undergraduate students to further sharpen theiorientation to History as a course.Teachers of History should adopt the method oF using instructional materials to facilitating learning during lessons,and alsoadopt diversified methods of teaching and be friendly to the students in class.Item Availability and level of Use of Information and Communication Technology Equipment in Upper Basic Schools in Gwagwalada, Abuja.(Al-Hikmah Journal of Education, 2014) Jekayinfa, O.J.; Saidu, A.; Olugbemi, O.V.Item Challenges and prospects of private secondary school as perceived by proprietors/proprietresses in Ilorin metropolis(Department of Educational Foundations, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu., 2015-10-10) Saidu, A.; Ajiboye, S. K.; Ojo, O. J; Aburime, A. O.This paper examined the challenges and prospects of private secondary schools in llorin Metropolis as perceived by the proprietors/proprietresses.The research design adopted for the study was a descriptive type. A researchers-designed questionnaire was used in the study to obtain the necessary information from the respondents on their perception of the challenges and prospects of private secondary schools in llorin Metropolis.The reliability of Instrument was done by administering the questionnalre on ten (10) selected stakeholders of private secondary schools in llorin Metropolis. The reliability co-efficient was calculated to be 0.75.The population for this study included all seventy-two (72) proprietors/proprietresses of private secondary schools in llorin metropolis. Purposive sampling technique was used to select all the seven-two (72) proprietors/proprietresses,The data collected for the study was analyzed using mean and standard deviation.The result revealed that zero financial support from government is one of the challenges facing private secondary schools in llorin Metropolis. Finally, the paper gave recommendations on how to enhance standards in privately owned secondary schools in Nigeria. Key words: ,Item Challenges and Prospects of Private Secondary School as Perceived by Proprietors/Proprietresses in Ilorin Metropolis(African Journal of Allied Education, 2015-10) Saidu, A.; AJIBOYE, S.K.; Ojo, O.J.; Aburume, A.O.Item A comparative analysis of senior secondary school students’ performance in terminal and SSCE results in Christian Religious Studies in Ogbomoso South Local Government of Oyo State, Nigeria.(Journal of International Society of Comparative Education, Science and Technology, 2016) Aburime, A. O.; Jekayinfa, O.J.; Saidu, A.Item Emotional intelligence in relation to level of curiosity and academic achievement of rural area students in Okene Local Government of Kogi State(Department of Social Sciences Education, Faculty of Education, Universiy of Ilorin., 2009-03-12) Aburime, A. O; Nuhu, M. A; Saidu, A.Since emotional intelligence is still not wholly accepted despite evidences of its powerful influence in general setting, this study is conducted to identify emotional intelligence and anxiety, as well as their relationships with academic achievement. It involved a sample of 200 J.S.S 1 and S.S.S 1 students. Process of data collection was administered by using a set of questionnaire which includes a self report measure of emotional intelligence adapted from Schutte Self-Report of Emotional Intelligence (SSRI) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). T-test analysis showed that there were no significant differences for the emotional intelligence level within all students between ages 13 and 16. However, there were significant differences for the emotional intelligence level among female students in accordance to age. The results showed that there were significant differences between emotional intelligence level of male and female students. Mean score of emotional intelligence of female students was higher than that of male students. Pearson correlation analysis showed that emotional intelligence levels of all students were significantly negative in relation to anxiety level. Emotional intelligence was also significantly positive in correlation with academic achievement of all variables including student's age and gender. The study revealed that anxiety was also significantly correlated in a negative manner with academic achievement among all students.Item History teachers’ attitude towards the use of excursion method to teach History in secondary schools in Ilorin metropolis(Department of History and International Studies, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria., 2016-08-05) Saidu, A.; Yayi, T. O.This study focused on the attitude of History teachers towards the use of the excursion method in teaching History in secondary schools in llorin metropolis. The study adopt descriptive method of research. Purposive sampling technique was used to select all the History teachers in llorin metropolis secondary schools. Four research questions and one hypothesis were generated. The research questions one and four were answered with the mean rating, while research question two which has corresponding hypothesis was tested with the t-test and the research question three was answered with the percentage.Majority of the History teachers had positive attitude towards the use of excursion method because the weighted mean score obtain dewas 47.16 which is above the benchmark weighted mean score of 42.5. However,they are of the opinion that the greatest constraint to the use of excursion method is that there is no maximum support from the school management. The research work recommended that the History teachers should not shy away from the student centre approaching teaching which focuses on the students so as to further increase critical thinking in the students. Also there should be training workshops to orientate History teachers on the proper use of the excursion method. it also recommended that the school management should give support to the History teachers for the effective use of excursion method.Item Strategies for improving students’ low enrolment in senior secondary school History in Kwara State, Nigeria.(Department of Adult and Primary Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, 2020-06-20) Saidu, A.; Ahmed, T. A.History as a subject in Nigerian secondary schools is not only significant for its role as an instrument of nation building rather it instills creative, imaginative and critical thinking skills on the learners.However,as important as History is, the enrolment rate is still low in Nigeriansecondary schools.Therefore,this study examined teachers' perceived strategies for improvingstudents'low enrolment in Senior Secondary School History in Kwara State. The population consisted of all Senior Secondary School teachers in Kwara State.Descriptive survey research design was employed in the study while 450 teachers were randomly sampled using multistage sampling techniques.A researchers'self-developed questionnaire was used for data collection while the data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics of mean and rank order to answer research question and inferential statistics of t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)were used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings from this study revealed that the perceived strategies for improving students'low enrolment in Senior Secondary School history in Kwara State, Nigeria are by making History as a core subject for Arts students; making History as a general/optional for all SSS students to have knowledge of the past events of their immediate community and at large among others. There was a statistically significant difference in teachers' perceived strategies for improving students' low enrolment in Senior secondary School History based on teaching-qualifications in Kwara State, Nigeria It was therefore recommended among others that History should be made a core subject for Arts students and a general/optional for other category of students; the use of modern teaching and learning techniques such as inquiry teaching technique, co-operative (e.g.think-pair-share)and competitive teaching technique (game theory),all which are learner-centeredness in Historyteaching and learning process should be integrated so as to increase the number of students enrolling for HistoryItem Strategies for improving Students’ low enrolment in Senior Secondary School History in Kwara State.(2020-03-06) Saidu, A.; Ahmed, T. A.History as a subject in Nigerian secondary schools is not only significant for its role as an instrument of nation building rather it instills creative, imaginative and critical thinking skills on the learners. However, as as History is, the enrolment rate is still low in Nigerian secondary schools. Therefore important, this study examined teachers’ perceived strategies for improving students’ low enrolment in Senior Secondary School History in Kwara State. The population consisted of all Senior Secondary School teachers in Kwara State. Descriptive survey research design was employed in the study while 450 teachers were randomly sampled using multistage sampling techniques. A researchers’ self-developed questionnaire was used for data collection while the data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics of mean and rank order to answer research question and inferential statistics of t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings from this study revealed that the perceived strategies for improving students’ low enrolment in Senior Secondary School History in Kwara State, Nigeria are by making History as a core subject for Arts students; making History as a general/optional for all SSS students to have knowledge of the past events of their immediate community and at large among others. There was a statistically significant difference in teachers’ perceived strategies for improving students’ low enrolment in Senior Secondary School History based on teaching qualifications in Kwara State, Nigeria. It was therefore recommended among others that History should be made a core subject for Arts students and a general/optional for other category of students; the use of modern teaching and learning techniques such as inquiry teaching technique, co-operative (e.g. think-pair-share) and competitive teaching technique (game theory), all which are learner-centeredness in History teaching and learning process should be integrated so as to increase the number of students enrolling for HistoryItem Study habits and attitudes of Senior Secondary School Students towards Schooling in Ilorin metropolis(Department of Teacher Education, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria., 2014-11-18) Jekayinfa, O. J.; Aburime, A. O.; Saidu, A.; Okafor, U.This study was carried out to find out the views of senior secondary school students in Ilorin metropolis about their study habits and attitudes towards schooling.The multistage sampling technique as well as simple random method were used to select six hundred respondents across the metropolis. A self designed questionnaire tagged "Study Habits and Attitudes of Senior Secondary School Students' Towards Schooling questionnaire (SHASSTSQ)" was used to gather the required information from the respondents. The instrument has three sections containing items that revealed personal information, study habits and attitudes towards schooling. In the means and rank order of respondents' study habit reading section, I read section by section of my note book before going on ranked highest with a mean score of 3.176. Also, in the means and rank order of respondents attitudes towards schooling it was revealed that item 10 which states that I always have quick answer to the question in all subjects ranked highest, with a mean score of 3.178. The results of the study revealed that problem connected with poor attitudes towards schooling is when student did not have access to school facilities like available classroom, well ventilated library, electricity laboratory equipment, well dedicated teachers etc. Conversely when all these are available, the students would develop positive attitudes towards schooling also, study habits can improve if student can set aside a specific time to study, study everyday, create his/her own study space, have a lot of reading to do to prepare for a test or exam etc. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended that the government, parents should provide the necessary and adequate facilities like textbooks, infrastructural facilities, libraries so as to improve the study habits of students and inculcate in them the positive attitudes towards schooling.Item Study habits and attitudes of Senior Secondary School Students towards Schooling in Ilorin metropolis.(African Journal of Historical Sciences in Education, 2014) Jekayinfa, O.J.; Aburime, A. O.; Saidu, A.; Okafor, U.Item Teacher education in Nigeria: trends in policy, reforms and challenges from 1960 - 2019(Faculty of Education, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, 2025-07-15) Saidu, A.; Saliu, K. A.This study examined the historical trajectory of teacher education in Nigeria focusing on the trends in policy, reforms and the persistent challenges from 1960-2019. Drawing upon key educational reforms and government initiatives, the finding revealed a progressive yet uneven development of teacher education. Significant milestones include the post-independence expansion of teacher training colleges, the implementation of Asby commission recommendations, the establishment of colleges of education and National Teachers’ Institute (NTI), and introduction of the Universal Basic Education (UBE) programme and the 6-3-3-4 educational system. These policies reflect the government’s commitment to enhancing teacher quality and educational access. However, the sector continue to face critical challenges such as inadequate funding shortage of qualified educators, outdated curricula, poor infrastructure, poor teacher morale, and systemic corruption. Additionally, the declining appeal of teaching profession and limited integration of information and communication technology (ICT) further hinder its progress. The study concludes that while considerable effort have been made to reform teacher education, a strategic, well founded and sustained implementation framework is essential to achieve a robust future ready teacher education system in Nigeria.Item Teachers’ attitude towards moral development of basic school pupils in Ilorin South Local Government Area, Kwara State, Nigeria(Jamia Journal of Education,Faculty of Education, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India, 2017-11) Ajidagba, U.A.; Saidu, A.; Ajiboye, S.K.The main focus of this research was to investigate the Attitudes of Teachers in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara state towards moral development of Basic school pupils. Specifically, the study sought to determine theattitude of teachers towardsmoral development of Basic school pupils based on gender and qualifications. Descriptive design of survey type was adopted in this study. Two hundred and eighty (280) Basic school teachers were selected from 2,796Basic school teachers in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State using proportionate stratified random sampling technique. The instrument that was used to gather data in this study was a questionnaire titled “Teachers‟ Attitudes towards Moral Development of Basic School Pupils Questionnaire” (TAMDBSPQ) The results showed that there is no significant difference between male and female teachers‟ attitudes towards moral development of Basic school pupils. Also, it was revealed that there is significant difference in the attitudes of teachers toward moral development of pupils based on qualifications. Based on these findings, a number of recommendations were made;one of which is that teachers should be more warmth and supportive as these traits create a bond between teachers and pupils which in turn can enhance the likelihood that pupils are motivated to listen to a teachers' messageItem Unraveling the historical antecedents and challenges of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN)(Department of Educational Foundations and Management, Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, 2025-07-20) Saidu, A.; Saliu, K. A.Item What to teach in History(Department of Arts Education, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin., 2020-08-15) Saidu, A.; Aburime, A. O.; Olaniyi, A. J.