Strategies for improving students’ low enrolment in senior secondary school History in Kwara State, Nigeria.

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dc.contributor.authorSaidu, A.
dc.contributor.authorAhmed, T. A.
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-01T21:06:21Z
dc.date.available2026-05-01T21:06:21Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-20
dc.description.abstractHistory 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 History
dc.identifier.issn2616-1311
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/17881
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDepartment of Adult and Primary Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
dc.relation.ispartofseries4
dc.subjectHUMANITIES and RELIGION::History and philosophy subjects::History subjects::History
dc.subjectStudents'Low Enrolment
dc.subjectImprovement Strategies
dc.titleStrategies for improving students’ low enrolment in senior secondary school History in Kwara State, Nigeria.
dc.typeArticle

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