Browsing by Author "Onuka, A. O. U"

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Causes of and solutions to examination malpratices in Nigeria:the perception of some stakeholders
(2004) Onuka, A. O. U; Obialo, F. O.
Effect of manpower development on workers' job performance
(Ozean Publication, 2012) Onuka, A. O. U; Ajayi, K. O.
This study examines the effect of manpower development on workers' job performance. The objectives of the study were to explain the concept of manpower development, determine if manpower development has effect on organizational performance, ascertain how to identify training and development needs in an organization, determine if lack of manpower development programmes leads to low productivity, and ascertain the link between poor development programmes and labour tunrover. The study outlines the benefits of manpower development in modern business organisation. One hundred employees of a manufacturing outfit were used as sample. Date from the study were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics particularly chi-square distribution test. Findings revealed that capital, equipment, manpower among others contributed to the company's success. The most significant of these was the human factor. This is so because it is the human who pools other resources together for objective realization. Thus, manpwer development should be given top priority management attention. Also, human beings constitute the ultimate basis of a nation's wealth and an organization's assets. Therefore, it is imperative for the organization to continuously build the capacity of its human capital on whom the huge responsibilities of achieving the organizational goals rest. It ws, therefore, recommended that organizations in Nigeria should embrace manpower development as corporate and management strategy to continuously improve knowledge, skills and attitude required by employees to perform creditably on a given task or job and cumulatively enhances organizational productivity and optimizes corporate profitability.
Effective time management for teaching effectiveness
(2008-02) Onuka, A. O. U; Onyene, V.; Junaid, I. O
This paper discusses the essence of time management and its positive effect on teaching and subsequently on learning. Samples were selected in two phases of the study viz:at the outset when 31 schools were selected in Ibadan city and after phase one of the study when the most effective teacher-time- manager and the least-effective- teacher-time manager were identified. Thirty students each from these classes were randomly selected and used as the preset-prostest experimental/control groups design to confirm or confound the results one. Findings include:effective-time management resulted in effective and learning, if teachers were to be effective time managers they must minimize social activites and devote more time preparation, good time management engenders improved student performance etc. Recommendations were that to assist teachers to manage their time better, they should be well remunerated; teachers should reduce their social activites to the barest minimum; they should take te business more seriously among others
An evaluation of parents' patronage of private primary schools in Abeokuta, Nigeria
(2008-07) Onuka, A. O. U; Arowojolu, A. F.
This paper examines the factors determining parents' patronage of private primary schools using Abeokuta as a case study. Purposive sampling techniques was used to slect 10 of 14 approved private primary schools in abeokuta. Total of 210 respondents were used in the study. This comprises 100 parents (42 males, 58 females), 100 private school teachers and 10 school administrators. It also used three questionnairs-(PPSPQ,PPSTQ,PPSAQ) AND A CHECKLIST- (SFC). Data analysis involved the use of percentages, frequencies and t-test. The paper found that private schools are highly patronized in spite of high fees charged. The results indicate that parents' patronage are influenced by: teachers' dedication to work, high level of discipline among the teachers and pupils, early opportunity to train a child, good physical facilities, teaching and use of appropriate medium of instruction for which reasons high fees did not deter parents from patronizing them.
Examination malpractice and ACT 33 of 1999
(2004) Onuka, A. O. U; Amoo, S. A.
Examination as generally observed provoke anxiety in students. Anxiety could either be positive or negetive. The anxiety generated in students due to examination is a reflection of the effect of failure or otherwise in public examinations at the end of prescribed courses of study and this depends on how prepared such students are. In this paper, the issues of examination malpractice form the background of discussions. The paper reports the trends of examination malpractice and assesses the Act 33 of 1999 and its implications on examination malpractice. Relevant suggestions relating to implementation of the Act were made. These include strict application of the prescribed penalties on offenders by creating the enabling environment for the full implementation of the act as well as educating the various stakeholders on its essence in order to reduce such offences.
The investment implications of creating friendly environment for the Nigerian child
(2004) Onuka, A. O. U
This study defined and examined early childhood education, child friendly environment and investment. It was pointed out that without good investment in the jeopardy. This is because pre-school education provides the opportunity, not only for training a child academically, but also giving it an alternative motherly care when the mother otherwise enagaged in economic activities. An observation instrument with fifteen indicators was used to gather data from ten schools of the type under consideration in ibadan Metropolis to evaluate whether or not they were child friendly. Data were anlaysed using percentages. The results showed that though there were some minimally acceptable investment in the sub-sector, but the investment still fell short of what it should be. It was, therefore, recommended that creating child friendly enivroment is not the responsibility of only one party, but of all the stakeholders in the sub-sector.
Managing climate change studies in the Nigerian educational system
(2010) Onuka, A. O. U; Adeyemi, S. A; Isah, E. A.
The paper proposed the management of climate change studies in the Nigerian education system. It observed that though climate change has been an issue of global discourse for quite a long time; Nigeria appeared not to have taken appropriate policy measures (including climate change eudaction) to manage its negative impact on the nation. The paper reviewed global trends in combating and negative impacts of climate change. Nigeria must respond to the change in climate by introducing relevant policies including studies in climate to educate the populace on its adverse impact and how the public and private sectors can cooperate to fight the negative impact of the scourage. The paper further discussed the challenges confronting climate change management in Nigeria that includes: illiteracy of the populace, mass poverty of Nigerians, poor planning by government to manage the adverse effect of climate change, poor implementation of environmental laws and plans, unwillingness to adopt change strategy and failure to understand the effect of climate change. The paper concluded that Nigeria needs to address these challenges, by introducing at least a curriculum on climate change to respectively educate and prepare the nation on climate change, to control and manage its negative impact frontally. The proposed curriculum should address the change with respect to its effect on the educational, natural, health, political, social and economic areas of our national life. Finally the paper suggested that a climate change commission be establish to formulate and implement policy for mass eduaction of the populace through public enlightenment as well providing funds for the control and management of climate change in Nigeria.
The mode of public university education curriculum implementation in Oyo state
(2012) Onuka, A. O. U; Durowoju, E. O
This study investigated the mode of higher education curriculum implementation among higher education teachers in Oyo state, Nigeria. The research adopted survey desing and three research question asked. The population for the study consisted of all the lecturers in universities in Oyo state. Multistage sampling techniques was used in this study. One federal and one state universities were purposively selected because they were the only federal and state universities in Oyo state. From each university, four faculties were randomly chosen. From each faculty four departments were randomly selected making a total of sixteen departments. 5 lecturers and 10 students were randomly chosen from each department totaling 80 lecturers and 160 students. Mode of implementating Higher Education Curriculum Scale (MIHECS) and Students' Perception of Problem Associatied with Curriculum Implementation and Possible Solution Scale (SPPCIPSS) were developed to generate data for the study. The research questions were answered using descriptive statistics. Results revealed that 25% of the lecturers always have access to the content of the curriculum, while 50% disclosed that they often do. Also, 95% of the students and 68% of the lecturers agreed thatthe lecture rooms are not conductive for the teaching-learning process while 05% of the students and 32% of the lecutrers disagreed.69% of the lecturers and 75% of the students suggested that workshops on curriculum implementation should be mounted for lecturers, while 56% of the lecturers and 88% of the students said that head of units/departments should seek for feedback from students on thier lecturer's performance. Recommendations were: workshops on curriculum implementation should be floated for lecturers at the national and state levels, while curriculum should be effectively implemented with the use of relevant instructional materials. also, lecturers and students should learn how to and indeed utilize ICT facilities to enhance teaching and learning process.