Browsing by Author "Igudia, O. E."

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Inclusive education and the challenges of publishing in indigenous languages in Nigeria
(2013-06) Akangbe, C. A.; Igudia, O. E.
Inclusive education is a desired approach for strengthening the capacity of education. It addresses the needs of all learners and facilitates access to teaching and learning materials out of which book is principal. Books are basic to schooling which makes publishing vital to education. The National Policy on Education (2004) makes provision for employing indigenous languages for teaching at the primary level of education which is a boost to inclusive education. It is however disheartening that many indigenous languages are endangered. Due to the 'unpopular' nature of the languages and the decreasing number of users by the day, writing and publishing in indigenous languages is faced with stiff ling challenges. Preliminary investigations show that generally, there is dearth of indigenous languages publishers, and logically, there are fewer for inclusive education. The few who do, grapple with series of challenges. It is this resultant challenges to publishing for inclusive education that this paper discusses. Structured into six parts, the study examines the concepts of inclusive education and indigenous languages, the Nigeria publishing system and the persons with special needs, the Nigerian languages and the challenges of publishing for persons with special needs, technical and production challenges, and remedies for the challenges. It is recommended that a spirited effort on the part of the government will bring in a turnaround and be a boost for inclusive education.
Information attitude of book editors and productivity in the publishing firms in South-West, Nigeria
(2020) Akangbe, C. A.; Igudia, O. E.
The publishing industry is a vital index of a nation's development. It makes its contribution to national growth through its productivity, and a key agent of this productivity is the editor. The editor forms the nucleus of the publishing firm. He/she is the nerve of the publishing operations and is highly indispensable in the publishing processes. However, information is germane to editorial activities and as such he/she cannot perform optimally without having requisite information. This thus implies that editor must seek for information. Information-seeking entails requisite and appropriate disposition which is otherwise called attitude. The attitude of editors, the type as well as source of information are all important for editorial efficiency. It is these issues of information attitude of editors and their productivity that this study seeks to answer. Survey method was adopted for the study, structured questionnaire was the instrument employed for data collection while three research questions were formulated. The study population was 62 educational publishing firms in South-West Nigeria while the sample for the study was the 205 editorial staff of twenty randomly selected publishing houses which constituted 19.4 %. The data collected were analysed using Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) version 21. Mean and standard deviation were determined for continuous variables while frequencies and percentages were carried out on categorical variables. The results were presented in tables and charts. The study recommended that editors should obtain information on production, explore the Internet and social media more effectively and strive for more editorial competence to attain higher productivity. Structured into seven parts; the paper is discussed under the following subheadings: introduction, literature review, theoretical framework, methodology, analysis and discussion, conclusion and recommendations.
Personnel, fund and market viability as factors affecting the publication of learning materials for inclusive education in Nigeria
(2016-07) Igudia, O. E.; Akangbe, C. A.
Ojeniyi (2002) has observed that Nigeria has the largest commercial publishing in Africa, which has been corroborated by Ike (2004) when he describes Nigerian book publishing industry as vibrant, with perhaps, the largest publishing companies in Africa. There are over 1000 book publishing firms in Nigeria (both registered and unregistered), which further places Nigeria at a comfortable leading position in Africa. Despite its robust publishing industry, none of the numerous publishing companies in Nigeria specialise in the publication of educational materials for the physically challenged. This could be as a result of the fact that Nigerian publishers are faced with challenges bordering on trained personnel, access to capital and availability of market for the published learning materialsfor the physically challenged. Thefact that publishing in Nigeria is profit-driven necessitates that considerations are needed in the decision to publish for the all-inclusive education. This study therefore aims at assessing trainedpersonnel, access to capital and availability of market as factors affecting the publication of learning materials for students with special needs in Nigeria in order to recommend ways to overcome the inherent challenges for the actualisation of the dream of all-inclusive education in Nigeria.
Publishers, curriculum developers and educational stakeholders in textbook development for building a virile educational foundation in Nigeria
(Scholarship Books, A division of Scholarship Publishing and Educational Consult Services (Nig.) Ltd., Ibadan, 2011-06) Igudia, O. E.; Akangbe, C. A.
The book is a medium of mass communication which influences effective utilisation of other media. It is a literary work, printed or written, which propels and enhances national development. The role of books in literary, educational, political and social development of any nation cannot be over emphasised in the sense that the degree of national development is determined by level of literacy which is aided by book publication. Book is a primary means of inculcating and transmitting knowledge. No educational development succeeds without effective utilisation of the book, since the book is the printed material or electronic material used in preserving knowledge for onward transmission. In the light of the above, it becomes imperative for both publishers and educational administrators to increase commitment in the development and selection of books meant for use in schools at all stages of education in order to properly realise the national education philosophy. This paper therefore assesses the efforts made by Nigerian government to actualise the country's education philosophy, the role of publishers as well as the methods of selecting books for adoption in schools.