Literature database
Latchkey Experiences of School-Age Children in Low-Income Families in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
Junior Secondary School Certificate Examination Results as Predictors of Students’ Performance in Mathematics at the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations in Benue State, Nigeria
It's All About MeE: Using Structured Experiential Learning (“E”) to Crawl the Design Space
An Investigation into Differential Item Functioning of Tests Conducted by the Two Major Examination Bodies in Nigeria
Improving Physical Education in Nigerian Primary Schools
Implications of Missionary Education for Women in Nigeria: a Historical Analysis
The Impact of Teacher Education Programme and Information Technology in the Nigerian School System
ICT as a 21st Century Standard for Nigerian Teachers
Government Expenditure on Nomadic Education in Nigeria: Implications For Achieving the Millennium Development Goals
Funding of Vocational and Technical Education in Nigeria in Times of Global Economic Recession
Enhancing the Teacher Profession: Key to Revamping the Education Sector in Nigeria
Effective Service Delivery of Nigeria’s Public Primary Education: the Role of Non-State Actors
Effect of Inadequate School Plant on Academic Performance of Nigerian Secondary School Students
The Effect of Education on Political Engagement in Weakly Institutionalized Countries: Evidence from Nigeria
Educational Reforms in Nigeria: for Who and Why?
Designing Appropriate Curriculum for Special Education in Urban School in Nigeria: Implication for Administrators.
A Critique of Teaching Profession and Teacher Education in Nigeria
A Critical Analysis of Universal Basic Education on its Implementation So Far
Analysis on Cost and Financing of Pre-School Education in Nigeria
The Almajiri Model Schools In Nigeria: Matters Arising
Accelerating Progress to 2015: Nigeria
Reform in Curriculum for Basic Education in Nigeria: the Need for Character Training Curriculum
Enhancing Quality Basic Education for the Attainment of Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria: Suggested Policy Interventions
This paper examines the different ways of enhancing quality basic education in order to achieve millennium development goals in Nigeria. Also the paper further examines the pertinent facts about Universal Basic Education (UBE) as well as vision... More
Assessment of Parenting Styles on School Attendance and Academic Performance of Nomadic Children in Selected Settlements in Nigeria
The study examined parenting styles on school attendance and academic performance of nomadic children in selected settlements in Nigeria. The study used 120 (44 male,76 female) pupils between the ages of 10 and 13 from eight government primary... More
Managing the Challenges and Prospects of the New Teacher in Contemporary Nigeria
A nation that is aspiring for greatness, self-sufficiency, political and economic emancipation cannot afford running away from effective system of education which can only be managed by good quality teachers. A teacher is a trained person who is... More
The Relevance of Sex Education in Secondary School Curricula in Abraka Metropolis, Delta State, Nigeria
This paper was designed to look into the relevance of sex education in secondary school curricula in Delta State, Nigeria. The study was to compare the attitude of teachers towards sex education. It focused on the attitude of both male and female... More
Universality of Primary Education in Nigeria: Trends and Issues
Universality of primary education dates back to the 1950’s. Before independence, the different governments in southern Nigeria proclaimed primary education to be universal. After independence, during the second republic, all the state governments... More
Repositioning Special Education in Nigeria for Sustainable Development
In Nigeria, as in many countries of the world, education as one of the social institutions has been a subject constant debate and discussion among stakeholders. .lt has continued to attract the attention of everybody and has experienced series of... More
The Relation between Language and Science, Technology, and Mathematics in Nigerian Schools
The study focuses on importance of language proficiency in the learning of science, technology and mathematics (STM) with attention given to the review of research studies on language and STM within the context of the debate on choice of mother... More
The Place of English Language Education in Nigeria Educational System
In an increasingly competitive global village, the need for innovation in our collective quest for national actualisation and continued global relevance through a functional educational system cannot be overemphasized. Language forms the fulcrum... More
Female Gender in Professional Education, Nigeria
This paper discusses the issue of female gender in professional education, surveying which entails the general studies and female gender that looks at the past from the perspective of gender, it is in many ways, an out growth of women’s history... More
Reforms in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education
Report on Review of High Level Policy Documents
The State Partnership for Accountability, Responsiveness, and Capability (SPARC) Programme funded by the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID) commissioned the review of LASEEDS review report of 2008 (Review Report 2008... More
Trends and Issues in Science Teacher Education in Nigeria and the Way Forward
An Historical Assessment of the Implementation of Basic Education in Nigeria
This study examined basic education in Nigeria. The study adopted historical meyhod in which the investigate relied heavily on primary source of dat gathering. In addition, both secondary source of data gathering and structured interviews were... More
School Climate and Teacher Job Performance in Lagos state, Nigeria
The study examined the relationship between school climate and teacher job performance among secondary schools in Lagos State. A multistage cluster sampling technique which divided Lagos state into six educational districts yielded a sample of... More
The Teacher as Factor in the Effective Teaching
The model of English usage acquired through the educational system has a great impact on the socio-political life of Nigeria since English language is the main medium of instruction in Nigeria schools. It is an aberration for one who claimed to... More
National Framework for the Development and Integration of Almajiri Education into UBE Programme
The history of Islamic Education in Nigeria, and indeed of Qur’anic Education, dates back to the early days of Islam. Islamic education takes different forms and scope across the country. In the northern states where it is dominant, it is... More
Gendered Voices in a Heterogenous Classroom: Movign Qualitative Research Forward within the Nigerian Educational Research Tradition
The study examined qualitatively the gendered perception of schooling amongst secondary school students. The research agenda emerged through the revealed evidence of what appeared to be an one-sided research approach to the study of gender issues... More
Strategies for Ensuring Effective Pre-Primary School Education in Nigeria
This paper is an attempt to discuss strategies for ensuring effective pre-primary school education in Nigeria. It examined the poor state of pre-primary education in contemporary Nigeria. The paper further discusses the ways to improving... More
Multilingual Education in Africa: Lessons from the Juba Language-in-Education Conference
The Challenge of Child Labor to the Achievement of MDG2: Case Study of South-East Nigeria
Counsellors as Facilitators for the Successful Implementation of the Universal Basic Education Scheme in Nigeria.
Education is known to be a great anti-dote to poverty and a stimulant of economic growth. This is because it enhances people's productivity and their potential for achieving a higher standard of living. It also provides non-market benefits,... More
Demand and Supply of Teachers for Primary Schools in the 21 st Century in Nigeria
How to ensure Nigerians have access to Universal Basic Education has often attracted the attention of some States and Federal Government of Nigeria since 1955. Several factors, bordering on supply of teachers, facilities, finance have constrained... More
Integrating African Arts and Culture into the School Curriculum: Models, Challenges and Prospects.
Of what importance is the huge investment in Arts and Culture? Should the School Curriculum contains the Arts and Culture? Does any relationship exist between Culture and the School Curriculum? This are the questions that have been confronting... More
Language Education in Primary Schools in Nigeria: Contemporary Issues and New Direction
The Federal Government of Nigeria in the National Policy on Education (2004), has spelt out the aims of Primary Education. Being the foundation for formal schooling, this paper posits that the effective tool for the appropriate achievement of... More
English Language Proficiency as a Predictor of Academic Achievement Among EFL Students in Nigeria
English language plays the vital roles of being the medium of instruction in Nigerian schools from primary to tertiary level. The knowledge of the contents of school subjects is transferred to the students at all levels of education via English... More