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Item ICT factors and lecturers' productivity in public colleges of education in the new normal(Higher Educational Research and Policy Network, Kampala International University, Uganda, 2021-06) Isah, E. A.; Ayeni, F. C.The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic introduced a new normal into the business world and the higher education environment. The pandemic has served as an existential threat to humanity resulting in productive dynamism in higher education system particularly in the demand for enhanced productivity of lecturers through Information Communications Technology (ICT) factors (availability, accessibility and functionality of ICT facilities). This study investigated ICT factors and the productivity of lecturers in public Colleges of Education in Nigeria in the new normal. The study was guided by one research question and one hypothesis. The survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for the study comprised of lecturers and students in Colleges of Education in the Southwestern geopolitical zone of Nigeria. The multi-stage procedure was adopted to draw a sample of 1,011 Lecturers and 3,033 students. The findings of the study included the fact that ICT facilities are available, accessible and functional in public Colleges of Education in Southwestern Nigeria as they scored low (ẋ = 0.00-2.44). Also, it was found from the hypothesis in this study that a significant relationship exists between ICT facilities factors (availability, accessibility, functionality) and lecturers’ productivity (teaching) in public Colleges of Education in Southwestern Nigeria at r=0.125; 0.868 and 0.824; p<0.05 level of significance. The study recommended that Government should make sure that acquisition of computers and other related ICT facilities are available, adequately accessible for lecturers and functioning properly. Additionally, training of lecturers to enhance ICT proficiency must be encouraged by the government.Item Facilitating secondary school teachers records keeping capacity through ICT resources utilisation in Ogun State, Nigeria(2020-05) Isah, E. A.; Oluwabori, S. K.The problem of records management and retrieval has become a challenge in Nigerian schools which might not be unconnected with methods used. Traditional methods have proved to be problematic with important documents as certificates, testimonials and others usually missing. In these digital times, important documents are often either misplaced or cannot be traced giving educational administrators and stakeholders tough decision making processes. The study adopted the survey research design with a population of1,845 teachers and a sample of 218 teachers selected through simple random sampling technique. The instrument for the study is ICT resources utilization and records keeping questionnaire (ICTURKQ) developed by the researcher, face and content validated by experts in the Faculty of Education of the University of Ibadan. ICTURKQ reliability coefficient is r=0.84 using the Cronbach alpha statistic. ICTURKQ is 25 item questionnaire whose findings were analysed with frequency count percentages, independent t-tests and multiple regression analysis. Findings revealed that the level of ICT utilization for record keeping in schools in the Shagamu LGA is low. A significant difference existed in the method of records keeping between private and public secondary schools in the LGA (t=0.002;p<0.05]. Finally, ICT resources allocation and utilization was found to have a significant joint influence on records keeping with(R=0.579, R2=0.335, Adjusted R =0.332 and r=0.000;p<0.05). It was recommended that government should take more concrete steps in funding public schools to make ICT facilities and teacher training in ICT more effective and efficient to facilitate records keeping in Ogun state schools.Item Mitigating corruption entrenchment and its effect in Nigeria’s educational system: the policy initiative(HERPNET, Kampala International University, Kampala, Uganda, 2020-09) Isah, E. A.The problem of corruption appears to have permeated every aspect of the Nigerian society since the end of Colonial rule. Corruption drove the military to incur into governance in Nigeria with subsequent coup d'etats. Today, nearly every facet of the Nigerian society appear permeated with corruption inclusive of education at all levels. Common occurrences in educational cycles include; examination malpractices, impersonation in examinations, examination frauds, institutional fraud, admission racketeering, sexual harassments specially sex for grades in higher institutions and the adoption of policies that serve as catalysts to corruption in high places giving an impression and perception that Nigeria is replacing meritocracy with mediocrity. The paper presents a clarification of key concepts on corruption and an overview of perceived policies as 'equal educational opportunity' Federal character policy, quota system and their contributions to the perceived decline of educational standards with attendant consequences on national development. The National common entrance examination to Federal Unity Schools was discussed. The BBC reported sex for grades scandal at the University of Lagos in Nigeria and sex for grade scandal in Obafemi Awolowo University, lle-lfe were highlighted. The paper examined educational policies as well as the centralization and regulation of the administration of education. Recommendations include that the FGN should decentralize the corruption fighting agencies to have sections for secondary and higher schools. Again, Federal Unity schools should be regionalized to help in the area of quality assurance standards maintenance. The problem of corruption appears to have permeated every aspect of the Nigerian society since the end of Colonial rule. Corruption drove the military to incur into governance in Nigeria with subsequent coup d'etats. Today, nearly every facet of the Nigerian society appear permeated with corruption inclusive of education at all levels. Common occurrences in educational cycles include; examination malpractices, impersonation in examinations, examination frauds, institutional fraud, admission racketeering, sexual harassments specially sex for grades in higher institutions and the adoption of policies that serve as catalysts to corruption in high places giving an impression and perception that Nigeria is replacing meritocracy with mediocrity. The paper presents a clarification of key concepts on corruption and an overview of perceived policies as 'equal educational opportunity' Federal character policy, quota system and their contributions to the perceived decline of educational standards with attendant consequences on national development. The National common entrance examination to Federal Unity Schools was discussed. The BBC reported sex for grades scandal at the University of Lagos in Nigeria and sex for grade scandal in Obafemi Awolowo University, lle-lfe were highlighted. The paper examined educational policies as well as the centralization and regulation of the administration of education. Recommendations include that the FGN should decentralize the corruption fighting agencies to have sections for secondary and higher schools. Again, Federal Unity schools should be regionalized to help in the area of quality assurance standards maintenance.Item School location factors and learners access to the universal basic education programme facilities in Edo State, Nigeria(2019-06) Isah, E. A.; Oshogwe, O.The problem of access, equity and quality are of concern to stakeholders due to perceived decline in numeracy and literacy in Nigeria. Insinuations are that the UBE programme is failing. Previous researches pinpointed funding among others. Some other factors yet to be well investigated include locational factors; home distance, rural - urban settings and school site as they influence access (enrolment) to UBE in Edo state (2010 - 2015). The survey research design with a population consisting of all public primary schools was adopted. The Multi-stage sampling procedure was adopted to select 1 senatorial district (Edo North). Various sampling techniques were used to select 998 primary 6 pupils and 786 Junior secondary school students. Two instruments titled ‘School Location Factors and School Access Questionnaire 1 & 2’ (SLFSAQ) guided the study. SLFSAQ 1 is a checklist while SLFSAQ 2 (r-0.85) elicited primary information. SLFSAQ 2 is designed after the Likert scale type. Instrument validity was established by colleagues in the Department of Educational Management, University of Ibadan. 5 research questions and 5 hypotheses guided the study. The hypotheses were analysed using chi- square for hypotheses 1, 2 and 3 while multiple regression analysis was adopted for hypotheses 4 and 5 @ p<0.05. A significant relationship existed between home distance and school location X2(df =15.27) =2087.16; p<0.05. Also, a significant relationship exist between rural-urban location and access to schools Ai(df=2,27) =1088.73; p<0.05. The relationship between school site and learners acess is X2 (df=27,30)=2071.13. The independent variables jointly contributed to access to UBE R=0.687 while F =df (3.16287) = 26.605, p<0.05. Geographical location made the highest contribution P=0.186; p<0.05. Recommendations included the need for more mass mobilisations especially in rural areas, schools should be located in centrally accessible areas with modest distribution of resources (personnel).Item Modelling learning environment for digitization in secondary schools in Ibadan metropolis Nigeria(Scholarlink Research Institute Journals, 2018) Isah, E. A.In Nigeria, a common unspoken beliefs that secondary schools are not technically matured to accommodate high level innovations in digitalization and modeling hence this study investigated digital readiness of secondary school environments in an in-depth study of Ibadan Metropolis as it has permeated other professions. The descriptive survey research type with total population of secondary schools in Ibadan Metropolis that sampled 483 teachers was adopted. The research instrument used for the study was validated with a Cronbach alpha reliability r=0.74. The result of the study indicated that level of ICT ubiquity had no significant relationship with level of digitalization (r=0.096, p>0.05). However, affordability (r=0.340, p<0.05), Usability (r=0.191, p<0.05), reliability (r=0.249, p<0.05), speed of using ICT (r=0.118, p<0.05) and secondary schools stakeholders’ ICT skills (r=0.432, p<0.05) significantly correlated with level of digitalization in the secondary schools. Fit indexes of validated model revealed; Normed fit index (NFI) = 0.00> 0.95; Comparative fit index (CFI) = 0.99>0.90; Root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) = 0.000<.06. The reduced model gained an incremental fitness over the hypothesized ones x2(8) = 12.621, p>.0.05. The proportion of direct to indirect effect of indicators in the model reveal that 89.0% of the relationship between digitization indicators and level of digitalization are direct while 11.0% are indirect. The study concluded that secondary schools learning environment could accommodate digitalization, facilities for modeling and digitalization should be provided for schools.Item Psycho-social factors and management of student discipline in Ibadan rural secondary schools(Department of Educational Administration and Planning, University of Calabar, Calabar - Nigeria, 2017-12) Isah, E. A.The problem of indiscipline among adolescents and youth in the Nigerian secondary school system has been a subject of discontent to stakeholders spanning decades. On management of disciplinary issues, urban schools receive more attention than rural schools. It is also observed that most student’s migrate from rural to urban schools after acquiring vices hence the problem remain unabated. Severed factors have been investigated previously but this study concentrated its investigation on psycho-social factors (peer pressure, parental influence and social factors and disciplinary problems. The study used the individual theory and Bandura's theory of social learning as its theoretical framework. The survey research design was adopted using purposive sampling technique to select Oluyole Local Government Area (LGA). Out of 23 secondary schools in the LGA, 50% i.e. 12 where randomly selected for the study with a student population of 10% that resulted into 300 respondents. A researcher developed instrument titled 'Psychosocial Factors and Disciplinary Issues Questionnaire’ (PFDIQ) ‘r’-0.76 was used for the study after validity test by colleagues in the Faculty of Education of the University of Ibadan and a trial test among similar subjects. The 5 developed hypotheses were tested with Pearson product moment correlation coefficient (PPMC) and multiple regression analysis @p<0.05 level of significance. Result indicated a significant relationship between peer pressure and indiscipline r = 0.015;p<0.05, parental influence and indiscipline r=0.234;p<0.05, social factors and indiscipline r-0.002;p<0.05. There were relative contributions and joint influences but recommendations included strengthening current disciplinary measure and introducing more via joint efforts between the homes and the schools.Item Integrating information communication technology (ICT) into secondary school teaching process in Nigeria(Department of Educational Management, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, 2018) Isah, E. A.; Dairo, G. O.; Oke, T. T.The problem of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) teaching, availability, utilization, evaluation and policy implementation among public secondary schools is new in Nigeria has been a subject of concern to stakeholders. Nigeria joining the global ICT scramble has formulated policies that ensures ICT an examinable subject at the Senior Secondary School level in Nigeria. The process of implementing this new policy is of interest to this study which investigated the integration of ICT teaching into Nigerian secondary schools teaching process. The survey research design which drew four research questions and two hypotheses was adopted. The total population consisted of secondary schools in Oyo state with Ibadan North Local Government Area sampled. Simple random sampling technique was adopted to select 15 out of the 47 secondary schools and 172 teachers as respondents. An instrument titled 'ICT integration and teaching process Questionnaire' (ICTYTQ r=0.61) was validated by colleagues in the Faculty of Education of the University of Ibadan. Findings indicated that a significant relationship existed between Availability of ICT resources and ICT teaching process with r-0.0118;p<0.05 while Teacher quality and students learning outcome in ICT teaching process did not give a significant result r=0.089;p<0.05. The study recommended that more ICT teacher specialist be recruited and also there should be provision of in-service and refresher courses for serving teachers.Item Facilitating security in Nigerian secondary schools in a period of national economic recession(2017-01) Isah, E. A.; Ishola, O. S.The problem of insecurity in Nigeria has assumed a high dimension in the years after 2009. Insecurity has brought in its wake a new national trend where everybody feels insecured. In the Post-civil war years in Nigeria, the vogue was armed robbery but in recent years due to perceived bad governance, leadership ineptitude, corruption and greed, issues as ethnic militias, militancy and their allies have filled out the landscape. To this effect, the educational sector is not spared. Several schools have been attacked by militants in recent years and times. Other vices very common in Nigerian schools now include kidnapping for ransom, abductions and outright assassinations after collecting ransom. This paper examined the concept of insecurity as well as its origin and spread in Nigeria tracing the types of insecurity experienced in other lands with the hope of proffering solutions to our threatened existence and the erosion of our core values. The study further looked at the challenges confronting the attempt to solve the problem of insecurity and finally provided a pathway that will facilitate the eradication of insecurity in Nigeria.Item Improving the utilisation of ICT, social networking in the academic community of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria(Department of Educational Management, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, 2017) Isah, E. A.The problems with Information and Communications Technology [ICT] have received scholars' attention over time. ICT has continued to attract attention as new trends evolved with one of such being the Social Network Media with capacity of linking like minds in divers places together for a common purpose. Despite internet challenges across Africa, modern Internet Service Providers (ISP)s have enabled most academics (lecturers and students) access it. Emerging social network media presents a platform and veritable tool for lecturers- students interaction in academic communities. This study investigated access and utilization of social network media/services for academic purposes in the University of Ibadan. The study formulated 5 research questions adopting the survey to elicit responses from an instrument titled 'Social Networking and the University of Ibadan Questionnaire' (SNUIQ -'r'=0.89). The multi stage sampling procedure was used to select respondents totaling 523 made up of faculty members and students. SNUIQ is subdivided into 3 sections with section A eliciting responses on demographic details, Section B, techniques of Social Networking and section C on the Utilization of Social Networking. Findings were presented using descriptive statistics as frequency counts, charts and graphs that indicated that over 60% of the academic community had awareness of the use of Social Networks. 68% use more of Twitter and Instagram while above 65% do not use SNM for academic interaction. It was suggested that the university should ensure that Social networks are developed to help academic activities.Item An analysis of computer literacy levels among pre-service teachers in the university of Ibadan Open Distance Learning (ODL) programme(2016-03) Isah, E. A.; Odedoyin, M. A.Teacher certification is a core concern for educational planners and employers of labour in Nigeria with the adoption of the National policy on education in 1981 that made the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE), least teaching qualification. Employers have sought ways of improving teacher qualifications while planners have sought ways of increasing teacher production to meet rising demands. Distance education adopted by the University of Ibadan utilizes Information Communication Technology (Computers, laptops, smartphones and the internet). Distance education adopts high computer literacy skills to ensure students competence in their studies. This paper investigated computer literacy levels among pre-service teachers in the University of Ibadan ODL using the survey research design. The study population consisted of students in the 8 Departments of the Faculty of Education involved in the ODL using the disproportionate stratified random sampling technique to select 500 respondents. A researcher developed instrument 'Pre-service Teachers Computer Literacy Level Assessment Questionnaire (PTCLLAQ r=0.85) was adopted for the study. Findings indicated that a significant positive relationship r=0.025; p<0.05 existed between computer literacy level and ODL programme at the University hence the study recommended that the centre should find ways to sustain the current trend.