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The Impact of Mother Tongue on Students’ Achievement in English Language in Junior Secondary Certificate Examination in Western Nigeria
The study is designed to examine the influence of mother tongue on Students performance in English language in Junior School Certificate Examination. The study investigated if mother tongue is solely the cause of the students’ woeful performance... More
The Importance of Mother Tongue-Based Schooling for Educational Quality
The Discourse of Whole Class Teaching: A Comparative Study of Kenyan and Nigerian Primary English Lessons
This paper explores the discourse of whole class teaching in Kenyan and Nigerian primary school English lessons. Twenty lessons were analysed using a system of discourse analysis focusing on the teacher-led three-part exchange sequence of... More
A Comparative Study of Students' Academic Performance in Public Examinations in Secondary Schools in Ondo and EKITI States, Nigeria
: This study investigated students' academic performance in public examinations in Secondary Schools in Ondo and Ekiti States, Nigeria. As a descriptive research, the study population comprised all the 281 secondary schools in Ondo State and the... More
Confronting the Challenges of Teaching English Language as a Second Language in Nigeria
In this paper the author focuses on the challenges of teaching English language as a second language in a multilingual society like Nigeria. Even though English Language is the language of instruction in the Nigerian educational system and has... More
The Use of Assistive Technology for Persons with Learning Disabilities in Special Needs Education in Nigeria
This is a discourse on the use of assistive technology in the education of persons with learning disabilities in Nigeria. Assistive technology is a tool that helps students maximize their potential and ability to achieve their individualized... More
The Language Element in the Nigerian Secondary School French Curriculum
School in Nigeria with a view to finding out what is the proportion of, elements that could be described as language-specific. The need to do this arises when we take into account the tendency for most french textbook to deal with language... More
Entrepreneurial Capacity Building in the Universal Basic Education Programme
The briefs so far released by the Federal Ministry of Education and made available to the public say little about the products of the Universal Basic Education (UBE) Scheme with respect to those who, for cognitive or financial reasons cannot... More
Schools’ Records: A Deficiency Analysis of English Language Exercises in Public Schools
This paper examines students’ records of English language exercises in public schools in Rivers State, Nigeria. Students’ record shows classroom practices or interaction between teachers and students as it relates to the implementation of the... More
Assessment of School Teachers’ Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Oyo Metropolis of Nigeria
This study examines the availability and usability of Information and communication technology among secondary school teachers in Oyo Metropolis. The Research Design employed is the descriptive survey design. Three research questions were... More
ESL Curriculum in Secondary Schools in Nigeria: Issues and Challenges Towards Communicative Competence.
Determining the success or otherwise of the English curriculum aims, goals, objectives, methods and materials, which bother on the mass and accumulation of the four language skills [listening, speaking, reading and writing] as well as different... More
Female Students Perceived Causes of and Solution to Examination Malpractice in the Asa Local Government Implication for Counselling
Examination malpractice is rated as one of the greatest problems that undermine the foundation of educational practice in Nigeria today. The magnitude of the problem and the dangers posed by the phenomenon have been identified by stakeholders as... More
Mother Tongue Medium as an Efficient Way of Challenging Educational Disadvantages in Africa: The Case of Nigeria
The paper aims to examine the policy of mother-tongue medium of instruction as a way of challenging educational disadvantages and enhancing sustainable development in Africa. The overall illiteracy rate is approximately 70% and recent facts and... More
Factors Which Predict Performance in Secondary School Physics in Ebonyi North Educational Zone of Ebonyi State, Nigeria
Identification of the factors affecting performance in secondary school Physics is the first step in the solution to the problem of poor performance in physics at this level, and subsequently at higher levels. The factors studied in relation to... More
Optimizing Students’ Performance in English through Quality Teacher Education
Research has established significant connection between quality teacher education and student achievement. This cannot but be a concept in considering the performance of students in English language, a skill-based school subject. This paper... More
Promoting Effective Management of the Universal Basic Education in Primary Schools through the Establishment of Guidance and Counselling Programme
There are multifaceted challenges which the child faces as he or she crosses over from the home to the school. If the initial fears, stress and confusions are not properly managed, it could lead to loss of interest in learning. To assist the... More
Gender-Stereotypes Belief and Practices in the Classroom: the Nigerian Post-Primary School Teachers
This study explores the gender-stereotyped beliefs and perception of secondary school teachers’ in classroom practices. A total of 250 teachers’ participated in this study. A self-administered questionnaire was used to generate responses from... More
The Needed Resources for UBE and STM Education in Nigeria
This paper discussed the inclusion of primary education in the MDGs, the substantial progress and the challenges of a number of educational policies such as UPE, UBE and EFA (as its international antecedent), put in place by the Federal... More
Examination Malpractice: a Stigma on School Effectiveness in Nigeria
The paper opens with the meaning of school effectiveness and the need for examination as a method of assessment of students who have gone through one level of education or the other It discusses the incidence of examination malpractice in Nigeria... More