Eragbai Jerome Isuku

University of Ibadan · Department of Educational Management

Secondary educational system in Nigeria has been experiencing serious backwardness because of poor teachers' quality (TQ) which consequently leads to low students' academic achievement (SAA). This study aimed at investigating the relationship between teachers' quality, and students' academic achievement in Yewa South Local Government Area (YSLGA) o...

The study investigated the impact of budgetary allocation and quality of secondary education in public secondary schools in Oyo state, Nigeria. The study employed descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised all the public secondary schools principals and teachers in Oyo State and Ministry of Education staff (TESCOM off...

School facilities are over stretched due to the student population explosion in Ibadan South-West Local Government Area of Oyo State. The available classrooms are either dilapidated, uncompleted or with dusty floors that show holes of rodents and ant lion larvae. The study was a descriptive survey design of ex-post facto type. The population for...

Climate change is without doubt one of the greatest threats that mankind has to contend with in this 21 st century globally. Although, climate change invariably provides opportunities to create a more improved environment for the future, the drive to address the risks and effects of climate change has been hindered due to income inequalities in dev...

The problem in accessing funds for research by most university academics in Nigeria has imposed serious limitations to the growth to the growth of quality research output in the country. Thus, this study investigated the influence of fund accessibility on the research output of academic staff of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. The descriptive su...

The study examined the effectiveness of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the prevention of crime by the Nigeria Customs Service. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. A total of four hundred (400) customs officers were purposively drawn from the three (3) Area Commands in the SouthWest that share border with nei...

This paper examined the influence of teacher competence on internal efficiency of public primary schools in Osogbo Local Government Area of Osun State. The purpose of this study was to find out the level at which public primary schools in Osogbo Local Government Area of Osun State are efficient internally. Descriptive survey design was adopted for...

Classroom management (CM) is a very crucial strategy in the teaching/learning process in schools, because it helps in the proper execution of the curriculum and hence ensures that the classroom teacher develops the best teaching practice for a successful learning environment. Classroom environment creates in the minds of the students a first impres...

This study focuses on the attitude of teachers and students towards the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the teaching and learning of mathematics in public secondary schools in Ibadan. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design, while mixed-model approach was used in this study. The sample size for this researc...

The economy of Nigeria is plagued with an alarming rate of unemployment. Stakeholders are of the view that graduates are not employable due to lack of insufficient relevant skills. Yet, there is a constant increase in the number of higher institutions of learning who produce graduates annually with the view that education guarantee employment. This...

The increasing turnout of graduates from universities and other higher institutions of learning in the country yearly, in the face of rising unemployment in Nigeria have raised serious concern on the extent to which university graduates possess the requisite skills needed by employers of labour to be employed. The problem is that employers of labou...

This study, investigated the influence of school size factors (enrolment, average-class-size and student-teacher-ratio) on the recurrent unit cost of public secondary education in Edo State, Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. This design was considered appropriate because it provided a strategy for obtaining and describing th...

The study investigated the influence of parental factors like parents' educational background, income level and parenting style on teenage pregnancies among the secondary school students in Ibadan Metropolis The study adopted the descriptive research design. Eight hundred and twenty-five respondents were selected through a multi-stage sampling proc...

The debate about the task of financing education in general and universities in particular has continued to generate serious concern among stakeholders all over the world; and more specifically for developing countries like Nigeria. Despite various efforts in the country by successive governments at initiating policies that could enhance effective...

The study conducted an investigation into the influence of peer pressure on teenage pregnancy among adolescents girls in selected secondary schools in Ibadan Metropolis. The study adopted the descriptive research design. Eight hundred and twenty-five respondents were selected through a multi-stage sampling procedure. A questionnaire with a reliabil...

In Nigeria private universities have exhibited an impressive growth over the past one and half decades, becoming one of the fastest growing higher education systems in the country. The number of private registered universities in the country increased from three in 1999 to fifty in 2012 representing 27.5% annual growth rate while enrolment also inc...

The paper examined the importance of educational costs in the determination of quality and quantity of educational services available to the individual institution and society at large. The paper reviewed the various cost concept, theories and strategies that are germane in the course of prvoiding educational services to a people or group particula...

In Nigeria, governments of different states in the country have often made efforts aimed at providing access to secondary education for all eligible school-age children. This is evidenced in the number of secondary schools that are spread across almost every city and villages characterized with very high and very low enrolment at different location...

The Nigeria Custom Service is a strategic income earning agency for the government. However, owing to criminal activities around the borders and other linkage areas, there is high risk of import prohibitions into the country as well as financial loss for the government. This study examined the role of information and communications technology on cr...

The study investigated a total of five hundred (500) students who were purposively sampled from year three to year five across the four university centers which operate the ODL programme in South West-Nigeria, namely: the National Open University of Nigeria; Universities of Ibadan, OAU Ife and Lagos, out of which four hundred and eighty-three (483)...

In Nigeria, as in most other developing countries, the problem of social and economic insecurity has constituted a serious threat to the peace and development of the entire society, this problem is complicated by the daunting challenge of the growing number of unemployed labour force. Although governments at various levels, have been making efforts...

Adequate financing of university's research is often believed to be one of the strong catalysts for successful economic development. However, in Nigeria, the problem of financing university’s research in particular and education in general is acute. This study, therefore, examined the trends in the financing of research in Nigeria's publicly-owned...

Student-teacher ratio (STR) and average-class-size (ACS) indices are important determinants of the status of educational progress of countries. However the disparity in the distribution of these indicators between urban and rural areas impose serious limitations to the goal of achieving the much deserved educational transformation of the rural area...

The paper x-rays school productivity in relation to teachers' productivity in secondary schools. The productivity of teachers in schools has reportedly declined over the years. This assertion is evident from the visible poor performance of students in both internal and external examinations. It specifically assesses the performance of students in t...

Universities across the world have increasingly continued to gain recognition as key players in their countries' efforts to develop sustainably. This has informed government's decision to commit enormous resources towards ensuring the supply of quality university graduates and also direct policy towards improving access to all eligible citizens in...

According to the revised National Policy on Education (Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1998), tertiary education is the education given after secondary education in universities, colleges of education, polytechnics, and monotechnics including those institutions offering correspondence courses. Accordingly, the goals of tertiary education, among others...

This paper examined the problem relating to higher education and youth employment in the Nigerian labour market. The national survey data obtained from the Bureau of Statistics and other relevant government data bank formed the source of information for the research questions raised in the study. The data were analysed using the simple descriptive...

The study assessed Nigeria's technological educationa and the attainment of vision 2020. The descriptive research design was adopted for the study. The population was made up of all students in tertiary institutions of learning offering technology, technical, engineering and all vocational courses. Data were collected from secondary sources. Three...

The contemporary International Scene is full with numerous co-operations, understandings, undertakings and agreements of various forms of integration which are regional, continental and global both in nature and dimension. All these integrations are essentially geared towards the elimination of ignorance and poverty Such undertakings therefore revo...

The issues of deregulation are mostly the offshoot of extraneous factors and internal administrative needs of Nigerian University Education System. As public policies, deregulation implies expanded private sector activity with complimentary contraction in public sector size in the interest of productive efficiency. It is evident that deregulation a...