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
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2015-07-15
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EBSU REPOSITORY
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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.
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A DISSERTATION PRESENTED TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS FACULTY OF EDUCATION, EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY ABAKALIKI
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS DEGREE IN EDUCATION (M.Ed)
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