Browsing by Author "Emunemu, B. O."

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Higher education and national development
(Trafford Publishing INC, 2013) Emunemu, B. O.; Isuku, E. J.
Improving teacher productivity and performance for better learning outcomes in Nigeria public secondary schools
(Higher Education Research and Policy Network, 2011-06) Emunemu, B. O.; Isuku, E. J.
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 two key subjects (English Language and Mathematics) in external examinations held in Nigeria. The paper is of the view that most of the seemingly poor performance of our school System lies on the deficiencies and ineffectiveness of our poorly trained and poorly motivated teachers. The reasons for this apparent low teacher productivity in schools are discussed as well as the challenges and rote of the teacher for improved productivity in the school. It further discusses the factors militating against effective classroom management. The principles and strategies for effective classroom management are also discussed. The paper concludes that a concerted effort is needed to improve the performance of teachers in public schools for the benefit of the entire school System. It identifies an effective classroom management as key to increasing the productivity of teachers and the leaning outcome of students in schools. These include ensuring a hygienic and congenial physical classroom structure; having a good mastery of the subject matter; use of appropriate methods of instruction; and ensuring that teaching and learning is done under organized, planned, and fortified environment with teaching/leaning instructional aides to stimulate students' sense of conception, perception and concentration to -facilitate systematic understanding and acquisition of knowledge in them
Increasing access and reducing operational unit cost in public secondary schools in Edo State, Nigeria
(2012) Isuku, E. J.; Emunemu, B. O.
The problem of increasing financial burden of education in the face of other pressing macroeconomic needs poses serious challenges to educational development in Nigeria. Moreover, there is an increasing demand for education at a time when government revenues are dwindling. This problem compounded by the inefficient use of available resources in schools. This has resulted in a high cost of public school operation. This has necessitated the need to explore alternative means of improving control over the cost of education and increase access to public schools. This study, therefore investigated the influence of a number of size factors (enrolment, average class size and student-teacher ratio) on the operational unit cost of public secondary schools in Edo Stale. Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design of ex-post facto type. Multistage sampling techniques were used to select 207 out of the total of 509 conventional public secondary school across the three senatorial districts of Edo State. Two inventories were used to generate secondary data from the selected schools and two State Ministry of Education officials. The school inventory was used to obtain data on individual school size features and recurrent expenditures while the inventory for Ministry of Education was used to collect aggregate school enrolment, class, staff and recurrent expenditures in the state during the research period. Three research questions were answered and data analysed using descriptive statistics. The results showed that increasing the various size factors invariable reduces operational unit cost of schooling and hence, generated monetary savings for the school System in the state. Notably the results indicated that the reduction in unit cost is not linear, implying that cost reduced at a declining rates. Therefore, enrolment average class size and student-teacher ratio could be increased to a permissible level as a cost reduction strategy in public schools
Information availability for educational management in Nigerian universities: options for reforms
(2012-12) Isah, E. A.; Fabunmi, M.; Emunemu, B. O.
Information has been recognized as an essential ingredient in educational management. It has been observed that most studies focus on information generation with the assumption of its availability once generated, hence this study investigated the availability of information for educational management in Nigerian Universities. The study investigated Information Communication Technology (ICT) equipment availability among stakeholders (lecturers and students) in universities, copiously examining databases, websites/web portals, Local Area Networks (LAN) and Wide Area Networks (WAN) availability. A total of 7,160 respondents representing 11% of total population were drawn from first and second generation universities that cut across the six geo-political zones of Nigeria. Two researcher-designed instruments titled 'Information Availability and Management of Education in Nigerian Universities Questionnaire (IAMENUQ) I and II that yielded ‘r’ -0.602 and 'r-0.76' were used to elicit responses after due validation. While all independent variables recorded 100% availability, LAN recorded 72% deficiency and unavailability. It was further observed that a significant relationship existed between Information Availability (IA) and Educational Management (EM) at r-0.260 and r-0.443 when p<0.05 respectively in Nigerian universities. Information availability cannot be overlooked when implementing educational programmes in tertiary institutions. Policy makers are therefore implored to plan information resources adequately to enhance its good availability and utilization.
Management of teacher development programmes, productivity and students' academic performance in secondary schools in Oyo State, Nigeria
(2012-12) Emunemu, B. O.; Oyekan, O. A.; Isah, E. A.
This study investigated management of teacher development programmes, productivity and students' academic performance among secondary school students in Oyo State, Nigeria. It adopted the survey research design that cut across 2 Local Government Areas [LGAs] of Oyo State (rural and urban) with a total population of 14,663 teachers and 967 Principals from 967 secondary schools. A researcher-developed questionnaire that yielded Y -0.92 using the method of split half was adopted. The multi stage sampling procedure was adopted to select 30 secondary schools and 300 teachers inclusive of Principals. Two research questions and 3 hypotheses guided the study. Findings included that a significant relationship existed between teacher development programmes and teacher job performance (r=0.166, p<0.05). An insignificant relationship existed between teacher development programmes and students academic performance. The study recommended that teachers should be exposed to more development programmes that must be planned with the learner in focus. Teacher development programmes should be more regular than they are presently.
Managing the challenges of schooling in Ibadan rural settings of Oyo state, Nigeria
(2009-06) Onuka, A. O. U.; Emunemu, B. O.
There are many challenges facing schooling in a typical Nigerian rural setting, hence this tudy was undertaken to verify how these challenges could be managed in some rural settings which are quite close to an urban centre. This is a non-experimental study. Simple random sampling was used to select 45 teachers and 150 students from 5 secondary schools in Egbeda and Lagelu local government area of Ibadan less city of Oyo state, Nigeria. Two structured questionnaires were administered respectively on the two categories of subjects. The data so gathered were analysed using percentages and chi-square. findings included: trekking long distance to get to school, teachers' unwillingness to live among the people in these communities due to lack of social amenities and the concomitant unbearable living conditions in thses settings. The roads are also "un-motorable" with its consequent hardship in accessing these areas. The school buildings are equally in a state of dilapidation. It was discovered that if schooling in thses settings were to be effectively managed, then, stakeholders would have to invest in the provision of social amenities such as"motorable" roads, provision of rural electricity, mini-markets, as well as hospitals. It was thus suggested that both government and other stakeholders should provide the necessary social amenities to attract teachers to rural areas, as well as provide extra perquisites to attract teachersto these communities.
Managing the challenges of schooling in Ibadan rural settings of Oyo state, Nigeria
(2009-06) Onuka, A. O. U.; Emunemu, B. O.
There are many challenges facing schooling in a typical Nigerian rural setting, hence this tudy was undertaken to verify how these challenges could be managed in some rural settings which are quite close to an urban centre. This is a non-experimental study. Simple random sampling was used to select 45 teachers and 150 students from 5 secondary schools in Egbeda and Lagelu local government area of Ibadan less city of Oyo state, Nigeria. Two structured questionnaires were administered respectively on the two categories of subjects. The data so gathered were analysed using percentages and chi-square. findings included: trekking long distance to get to school, teachers' unwillingness to live among the people in these communities due to lack of social amenities and the concomitant unbearable living conditions in thses settings. The roads are also "un-motorable" with its consequent hardship in accessing these areas. The school buildings are equally in a state of dilapidation. It was discovered that if schooling in thses settings were to be effectively managed, then, stakeholders would have to invest in the provision of social amenities such as"motorable" roads, provision of rural electricity, mini-markets, as well as hospitals. It was thus suggested that both government and other stakeholders should provide the necessary social amenities to attract teachers to rural areas, as well as provide extra perquisites to attract teachersto these communities.
The role of information and communication technologies in the development of management manpower in Nigeria
(2012) Onuka, A. O. U.; Emunemu, B. O.
In Nigeria, there are management instituitions which are saddled with management manpower preparation. It is an obvious fact that in management, as in other sectors of the economy, the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) cannot be over-emphazied. ICTs are a diverse set of tools and resources used to communicate, create, disseminate, store, and manage information. Thus, the paper attempted to investigate the role of ICT in the preparation of management of human capital for the economy. A rating scale on the role of ICT in management preparation developed and validated by the researchers was administered on a sample of 250 management trainees and 50 management educators in a specialized management institution in Nigeria. Findings showed that ICT played significant role in the development of managers for the Nigerian economy; ICT had significantly improved teaching and learning in management courses and the trainees' achievement in courses like planning, statistics, management communication, quantitative analysis and operations research. It was recommended that every institution involved in management development should be sent on practical exposure programmes outside the institution to enhance their knowledge and application of ICTs in management practices.
The role of research and higher education sustainable development in Nigeria
(Serials Publication, New Delhi, India, 2010-10-12) Onuka, A. O. U.; Emunemu, B. O.
The paper basically examined the role of research and higher education in sustainable development in Nigeria. Stratified sampling was used to select a federal university and a federal research institute, the productive sector and consumers respectively in Oyo state, Nigeria, from which fifty and twenty-five subjects were used for the study. An instrument designed and validated by the researcher was used to collect the data which were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings are that education, particularly higher education has a tremendously impacted the Nigerian national development while research findingd are hardly properly disseminated and applied by the productive sector. There is heavy dependence on importation, simply because the government has not created the appropriate enabling environment. It was also discovered that if the education industry in Nigeria were properly funded, greater level of development would have taken place than presently obtained. It was recommended that funds should be made available in the right quantum both to the higher education sector and the research institutes to anable them realize their mandate. The industrial sector of the Nigerian economy should patronize our higher educatinal institutions and research institute for local content and product development and also work together with these bodies to set research agenda for the nation. Finally, it was recommended that government should set a research outcome/output dissemination agency to coordiante dissemination of research findings to the appropraite 'publics'
The role of university education in leadership preparation in Nigeria
(Serials Publication, New Delhi, India, 2009-01-06) Onuka, A. O. U.; Emunemu, B. O.
polytechnic education system. The study was carried out ex-past facto. Subjects used in the study were purposively selected from university and polytechnic graduate employees in Ibadan and Lagos, as well as 100 purposivly selected employers who reated the two set of graduate employees produced by tertiary institutions. Two instruments which were constructed and validated by the researchers were employed in data collection. The chi-square, t-test and percentages were used to analyze the resulting dataT. Findings include, among others, that the Nigerian university system has been largely responsible for preparing leaders for the Nigeiran nation and that it does better than its polytechnic counterpart in this regard. However, it was also discovered that it lacks adequate funds and facilities to enable it discharge this fucntion adequately and credibly. It was also found that mentoring for leadership was negligible, though it is the practical component that can adequately bridge the gap between the town and the gown. Recommendations include incresed level of funding, provision of relevant facilities, mentoring and leadership as well as curricula revision to make leadership preparation a good combination of theory and practice.
Student perspectives on open and distance learning in universities in South-west, Nigeria
(2014-06) Emunemu, B. O.; Isah, E. A.; Isuku, E. J.
The problem of access to higher education is not new to Nigeria. Over the years, scholars have researched into possibilities of providing education but some African scholars suggested mass education. The arrival of globalization and Information Communication Technology (ICT) has facilitated what is now known as distance education. The Open Distance Learning (ODL) keeps lecturer and student in contact through technology. This study investigated the effectiveness of the system through student perceptions. The study adopted the survey research design with its respondent population drawn from four universities in South-West, Nigeria namely; University of Ibadan (Ul) with 100 respondents, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) with 100 respondents, University of Lagos (UNILAG) with 100 respondents. The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) had 150 respondents. All respondents were purposively selected. A researcher-designed instrument entitled 'Perspectives in Open Distance Learning in Universities in South-West, Nigeria Questionnaire' [PODLUSWNQ) with four sections was adopted. The instrument was subjected to face and content validity by colleagues in the Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. A trial test of the instrument yielded 'r'-0.75. The study found a significant difference in ICT availability among universities [F (3, 479) = 6.382, p <.05j. The level of ICT availability among students in Obafemi Awolowo University (M = 15.8974, sd = 3.41998) was lower than that of students in NOUN (M = 17.8416, sd = 4.29356) and University of Lagos (M =18.0187, sd = 3.88024). ICT availability from OAU was not significantly different from those in Ul (M = 16.9430, sd = 4.50088) while Ul is not significantly different from others. It was revealed that the use of radio and television were average hence recommendations centered on the development of radio and television dissemination of information with adequate funding.
Trend analysis in the funding of university research in Nigeria: implications for social and economic development in an emerging economy
(2012-09) Isuku, E. J.; Emunemu, B. O.
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 federal universities. Secondary data obtained from various national statistical bulletins and other individual sources were used to answer the four research questions raised in the study. The results showed that research funding in Nigerian universities continuously witnessed a downward trend given the real Naira value over the years. Specifically, the study discovered that for a period of twenty years (1990-2009), the average research funds available to Nigeria’s federal universities was a dismal 1.3% of the total universities’ actual spending. Similarly, only 0.3% of the nation’s total GNP was spent on research in Nigeria as against 2.0% in South Korea; 3.0% in Japan and Germany; and 3.4% in the United States of America. The low investment in university-based research in Nigeria could have serious negative implication on the social and economic wellbeing of the country. In view of the imponderable benefits of university research, the study recommended that solid and deliberate effort be made by government towards improving financial investment in university research in the country