CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The school drops project of the national education association defined school dropout as a pupil who leaves school for any reason as a death, before graduation or completion of a programmed of studies and without transferring to another school. The term dropout is used most of term to designate an elementary or secondary school pupils who has been a membership during the regu […]
Bullying at school is a serious issue for a long time. The relationship between parents and children possesses certain characteristics that explain permanent impact of one upon the other. This study investigated influence of parenting styles on bullying behaviour of in-school adolescents in Ilorin metropolis. The study was a survey research. The population of this study comprised all in-school adolescents in Ilorin metropolis while 300 […]
Due to the place of English language in Nigeria, the poor performance of students in the use of the language is definitely an issue of national concern. Therefore, the study was designed to explore the perception of teachers on the influence of mother tongue interference on the secondary school students’ academic performance in English language. The subjects for the study consist of fifty teachers from twenty secondary schools in Ibada […]
Teaching-learning facilities are essential ingredients in any school setting especially at the primary school level of education. It is based on this fact that this study examined the relationship between institutional variables (teaching aids, classroom environment and library facilities) and pupils’ academic performance in Yewa Local Government Areaof Ogun State. The researcher adopted descriptive survey design of correlation type fo […]
The academic performance of students is associated with several factors of which the physical environment of the school is a vital factor. Understanding this influence and the degree of impact is significant in devising means of improving the learning outcome of Students. This underlying phenomenon formed the basis for the conduct of a study in Ilorin Local Government Area (LGA). The study evaluated the influence of the School’s physic […]
The advantage of cellular communication like GSM technology is a potential solution for such remote controlling activities. GSM-SMS technology can be used to control household appliances from remote places. Remotely, the system allows the home owner to monitor and control his house appliances via his mobile phone set by sending commands in the form of SMS message and receiving the appliances status as well. This system provides ideal s […]
The leadership roles of the principal as the chief executive in the school isenormous. He plays a key role in the success and failure of the organisations. They study therefore investigated principal decision making strategies on teacher effectiveness in secondary schools specifically, the objectives of this study were to determined (i) examine who decision are made by the principals the secondary school level; (ii) asses t at decision […]