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12TH TO 15TH CONVOCATION
(EBSU REPOSITORY OFFICE, 2024-04-20) Pof Eugene Ndubisi Nweke - CHAIRMAN CEREMONIALS
12TH TO 15TH CONVOCATION OF EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY, ABAKALIKI HELD ON 18TH TO 20TH APRIL 2024
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF PRINCIPALS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EBONYI STATE
(EBSU REPOSITORY, 2014-07-14) OGBINYA, WILFRED IGWE
The study focused on Personnel Management Practices of Principals in Public and Private Secondary Schools in Ebonyi State. Five purposes of study were formulated to guide the study. Five research questions rooted from the purpose were also asked and three null hypotheses were formulated that guided the study. The design of the study was descriptive survey research design aimed at eliciting information from the respondents based on the research questions that guided the study. The population of the study comprised of 342 principals in registered public and private secondary schools in the three Education Zones of Ebonyi State. No sampling was carried out because the entire population was studied. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire and data were analyzed using frequency tables, mean and standard deviation for all the research questions, while t-test was used in analyzing the three null hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed that; the principals in public and private secondary schools adopted different administrative styles in the management of personnel; there is slightly a difference in the methods of recruitment adopted by the principals of both schools; the supervisory techniques of the principals of the two categories of schools were not the same. The disciplinary measures adopted by the principals did differ and the principals in both public and private secondary schools in Ebonyi State adopted different strategies in handling staff welfare. Based on these findings, some recommendations were made, thus: that government and Ministry of Education should give the principals of public secondary schools a free hand to operate in the management of personnel in the secondary schools, that the government and Ministry of Education should be involved directly in the management of staff welfare, the principals of private secondary schools should emulate the public secondary schools in the methods of recruitment by employing qualified teachers to teach in their school, principals should apply the sections of NUT code of conduct in their disciplinary strategies and that appointment of principals should not only be by seniority and experience only but should also be based on capability and good personality.
EXTENT SELECTED FACTORS AFFECT THE TEACHING OF COMPUTER SCIENCE IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EBONYI STATE
(EBSU REPOSITORY, 2015-03-14) MADUAGWU UKAMAKA
Computer plays a vital role in teaching and learning in this 21st century world. Without the knowledge of computer in our education system, it would be very difficult for our children or student to compete with their contemporaries globally. Government appreciates and understands the importance of computer science in our education system and has formulated different policies to see that computer science is taught in our schools from primary, secondary & tertiary levels. The essence is to make students computer literate. This study sought to establish the extent some selected factors affect the teaching of computer science in Junior Secondary Schools in Ebonyi State. Five research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. An instrument containing 39-items was developed and used to obtain data from a population of 200 computer science teachers of junior secondary schools in Ebonyi State. The reliability of the instrument was established to ascertain the internal consistency and a reliability coefficient of 0.76 was obtained using Cronbach alpha at 0.05 level of significance. The instrument has two parts: A and B. Part A sought information on the demography of the respondents, while part B has five sections of the questionnaire items. Findings revealed that if government and institutions’ authorities do not employ qualified computer teachers to teach computer science, it might hamper adequate teaching and learning of it. In addition to that, inadequate availability of computers, inadequate or poor ICT facilities application in schools, class size and attitudes of teachers also affect the teaching of computer science in JSS. The result of the hypotheses showed that there is no significant difference in the mean responses of male and female teachers on the qualification of teachers. HO2 showed that there is a significant difference in the mean responses of urban and rural teachers on the extent of the availability of computer science teachers in JSS, while HO3 revealed that there is no significance difference on the attitude of male & female teachers of computer science. Based on these findings, it was recommended that only qualified computer teachers should be employed and trained. Government should upgrade existing computer science facilities; school authorities and government should provide adequate classroom for computer teaching and learning. Suggestions for further studies were also made.
INFLUENCE OF MATRILINEAL INHERITANCE ON SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN AFIKPO EDUCATION ZONE: A CASE STUDY OF AFIKPO SOUTH (EDDA) LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EBONYI STATE
(EBSU REPOSITORY, 2015-07-15) OTUSINKAMA LAWRENCE B.A. Ed. (UNN)
This study sort to find out the influence of matrilineal inheritance on secondary school students in Afikpo Educ`ation zone. Five research questions and five hypotheses were raised to enable the researcher elicit needed information. A historical research design was adopted in carrying out the study. The population of study consisted of all the JSS I to SS II students in all the 15 secondary schools in Afikpo South (Edda) Local Government Area of Ebonyi State . The stratified random sampling technique was used in selecting 928 from the students population consisting of 376 males and 552 females. The instrument used for data collection was the matrilineal Inheritance on Secondary School Students Questionnaire (MISSSQ). The instrument was first validated by two experts in measurement and evaluation. The Cronbach Alpha was used to compute the reliability coefficient of the instrument (MISSSQ). The reliability coefficient of 0.91 was obtained. The data obtained were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, t-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA). The result revealed among others that there is a significant difference in the mean ratings male and female students’ transition from primary to secondary school and recommendations were made out of which the Edda indigenes were recommended to imbibe the habit of writing “Will” as this will go a long way in solving the problem of who inherits what.
INFLUENCE OF EARLY MARRIAGE ON EDUCATION OF THE GIRL-CHILD IN ABAKALIKI EDUCATION ZONE OF EBONYI STATE
(EBSU REPOSITORY, 2015-09-14) OGUEJIOFOR JOSEPHINE NGOZI
This work sought to determine the influence of early marriage on the education of the girl child in Abakaliki education Zone of Ebonyi State. Four research questions guided the study, and a descriptive survey design was adopted. The population of the study was four hundred forth eight (448) teachers according to secondary education board, SEB, 2014). The researcher used simple random sampling technique to draw the sample for the study. Twenty eight (28) respondent were randomly selected from each of the five (5) selected schools. Structured questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. The researchers used test and retest method to determine the reliability of the instrument, and a reliability coefficient of 0.89 was obtained. All the copies of the questionnaire were dully completed and returned with no instrument mortality. Data collected were analyzed using the mean (x) to give verifiable answers to the problems and objectives of the research. The findings revealed that early marriage enhances poor academic performances, limits full development of the potentials of the girl-child among others. The researcher recommends that government should enact law through social welfare to prevent early marriage of the girl-child and should be punishable to anyone who violated such law. There should be mass enlightenment in various communities, schools against early marriage of the girl child.