Nigerian Higher Institutions Of Learning Research Articles

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Dramatic Approaches in Improving Oral Communication Skills among Arabic Language Students of Colleges of Education in North Central Zone Nigeria

Recent literature highlights a widespread issue of poor oral competence and communication skills among Arabic language students in Nigerian institutions of higher learning. Contributing factors, including the use of inappropriate teaching methods, have been identified. This study explores the impact of using drama techniques to enhance Arabic oral communication skills among students in Colleges of Education across North Central Nigeria. A pre-experimental design was utilized, with one group serving as the experimental group and the other as the control group. The intervention took place during the second semester of the 2023/2024 academic year, involving 51 students in their 200 level. The sample was divided into 26 students for the experimental group and 25 for the control group. To measure outcomes, a test and evaluation scale for oral expression skills was developed. Statistical analysis, including means, standard deviations, and independent sample t-tests, were applied. The findings indicated a statistically significant difference in favour of the experimental group, suggesting that drama techniques can be an effective approach for improving spoken Arabic, particularly within the Nigerian educational context

Housing as a Stimulus to Students’ Academic Deliverables: A Study of Federal University of Technology, Akure

Learning environment has been a topical issue over years, most especially with rise in student population due to increasing interest in the higher institutions of learning over the years. No doubt, the existing housing facilities around higher institutions of learning in Nigeria have been stretched to overcrowding, poor maintenance culture sometimes to obsolescence. This exerts negative impact on learning outcomes as well as the overall performance of the students. The broad objective of this paper is to investigate how housing stimulates students’ academic deliverables in Nigerian higher institutions of learning with special reference to Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State. And the specific objectives are to examine the background information of the study area; examine the housing characteristics in the study area; examine the effects of housing on moral discipline of the students in the study area; determine the link between students’ housing condition and their academic deliverables. Questionnaires were used to collect information from student populace and data were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. The study revealed that there is significant relationship between housing condition and students’ performance, poor housing condition affect the academic deliverables of student of the study area adversely.

Nigerian Open and Distance Learning Students and the Mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Scheme

The principal means of accessing admission into higher educational institutions in Nigeria is the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) carried out by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The total number of candidates looking for admission into the different Nigerian institutions of higher learning has been on the increase over the years. The main motivation behind setting up any Open Distance Learning (ODL) institutions in Nigeria is to give a scope of chance to admittance to advanced education to students who, for one explanation or the other, really like to have their schooling in a more adaptable way. Moreover, the low admission limit of Nigerian universities for full time studies places a limit on the number of prospective learners who can be admitted into universities thereby making a monstrous hole between the people who want higher education and the framework accessible to cater for their necessities. The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme is an obligatory programme set up by the Nigerian government to include graduates of Nigerian educational tertiary institutions who are 30 years and below with the aim of promoting national unity and integration as well as to contribute to the accelerated growth of the national economy. However, graduates of open and distance learning institutions in the country do not take part in the NYSC programme. An attempt is made in this paper to investigate the level of preparedness and interests of ODL students and their disappointment in their exclusion from the programme. To achieve this, a descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study with a random sample of 201 respondents comprising 114 male and 87 female distant learners within the stipulated age for the NYSC scheme. A researcher-developed questionnaire was used to gather data from respondents. Four research questions were raised and three hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Data gathered were analyzed and presented using figures, simple percentages, frequency tables and the Independent T-test. The findings revealed that 98% of respondents believe that they are prepared for the NYSC scheme, while 2% of respondents are not prepared. 99% are interested and 97% are disappointed at their exclusion from the scheme. No significant gender difference was observed in the level of preparedness, extent of interest and degree of disappointment in exclusion from the scheme among respondents. The study recommends a collaborative effort of ODL institutions and their counselling units in addressing anxieties and disappointments among students. The study also advocates a review of government’s policy on the NYSC scheme for possible inclusion of young graduates of ODL institutions in the scheme.

Meta-Analysis on the Effect of Perceived Usefulness and Perceived Ease of Use of Zoom Classroom in Teaching and Learning Among Nigerian Institutions of Higher Learning

COVID-19 pandemic affected the educational sector in Nigeria and the rest of the world in early 2020 making educationalist search for substitutes for the conventional physical classroom learning style. This led so many institutions in Nigeria and abroad to adopt video conference systems (such as zoom, even though it is used by an insignificant number of academicians) to facilitate academic activities through virtual teaching and learning. More than 80% of young students have negatively been affected by their educational activities due to the closure of all schools globally because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The teaching and learning in most Nigerian institutions are based on face-face contact which was paralyzed due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Institutions are called on to adjust their pedagogical practices and adapt to the learning needs of the students beyond the classroom walls as online learning is perceived to be the best method in order to minimize direct contact. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to examine the effect of perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use on zoom classrooms towards learning motivation. A literature search was performed using prominent internet databases between 2018 to 2023. Sixteen published articles fulfilled the review requirements set for incorporation. The small amount of articles resulting from this search indicates that in recent years the use of video conferencing systems has been investigated to some higher extent in using zoom classroom. Results from the sixteen articles disclosed that zoom classroom remains a promising instructional instrument that awaits further exploration in Nigeria. To enhance the knowledge of learners in Nigerian institutions, the research proposes among other things that, adoption was limited in developing countries like Nigeria due to the factors such as limited power supply, internet subscription costs, and limited internet service.

A Web-based Awareness System for Improving Open-source e-learning Software adoption by Nigerian Higher Institutions of learning

Open-source software has been widely developed and adopted for different purposes, including in the educational sector. Many institutions of learning extensively utilize open-source e-learning software to complement their in-class programs, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. But many institutions of learning in Nigeria are still unable to utilize the opportunity due to a lack of adequate awareness and guidance on how to adopt the software. This study is aimed at educating the Nigerian public on open-source e-learning software and its benefits in education, especially in tertiary institutions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. To better have a wide coverage of respondents in Nigerian tertiary institutions, we conducted an online survey and a paper-based questionnaire. A sample of 500 responses was collected from Nigerians with different high educational levels regarding Open-Source e-learning adoption and awareness. However, only 349 responses were returned. The results of the survey were analyzed using python-based analysis libraries. The findings indicated that a greater percentage of the respondents were aware of what constitutes open-source e-learning but that most institutions in Nigeria have not fully utilized the platform for learning activities. It is implied that a reasonable number of respondents have literacy knowledge of open-source learning and agree that COVID-19 has greatly influenced the use of e-learning software in Nigerian institutions. It is therefore recommended that more work be done to improve the awareness level of various institutions to fully utilize the technology and the benefits it represents. This led to the development of a web-based solution for creating more awareness among the public. This would help close the gap found in this study and affect how open-source e-learning software is used in Nigerian schools.

COVID-19 and digitized education: Analysis of online learning in Nigerian higher education

This study aims at investigating student perception of Nigerian institutions of higher learning using the new digital culture induced by the COVID-19 pandemic, namely, online learning (i.e. e-learning), that has become commonplace globally and specifically in Nigeria. The study used quantitative survey methods and a sample size of 1134 Nigerian students of the three types of higher institutions in Nigeria: universities, polytechnics, and colleges of higher education based on student state residential location. The respondents completed a questionnaire via Google Forms in June and July 2020. The study found that students are not satisfied with virtual learning embarked upon by many higher institutions throughout the country during the COVID-19 lockdown and would not want the online learning to continue after the pandemic due to poor internet infrastructure and lack of electricity. The study concluded that students of higher education in Nigeria have a low acceptance of online learning technology, preferring instead the traditional classroom setting, and thus putting them in the “Laggards adopter categorization” of the diffusion innovation theory, i.e., the group that is highly conservative and extremely slow to accept new technological innovations. The study recommends that universities should engage students more interactively not only through texts but also video (e.g. camera demonstrations), increase their online learning during the pandemic so as not to lag academically, and spend more time on online learning to get the best possible level of instruction until traditional learning resumes. Also, it is recommended that administrators of Nigerian higher institutions should return to a traditional learning format as soon as the pandemic is over as well as an overhaul and restructuring of the internet and power grid nationwide.

QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE MIS COMPLIANCE ON ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE AND EFFICIENCY: SURVEY OF FPB SERVICES DELIVERY BIDA NIGERIA

Accessing the nexus between MIS compliance and the academic institution performance is to a great extent dependent, reflective in the symbiotic relationship between the universities, polytechnics colleges, and its products, stakeholders and the outside world. The non-compliance in this unique feature resulted in the practical gap in institution performance due to the shortcoming of undermining MIS volatility, by limiting the elasticity rich potential of MIS compliance in Nigeria tertiary institution. Negate the exploration and maximization of the full benefits of MIS management, somewhat cannibalizing the manual methods. This divergence has found to be systematically responsible for the dwindling institution performance, in the area of supervision, admission, and graduation of students at much longer duration than projected in Nigeria and Sub-Sahara. It is the anchor of this study to investigate the impact of MIS on institutions performance focusing on the academic point of view at the Nigerian universities, polytechnics, that have a business college using a structural model to explore this inherent practical gap. The study revealed that cost/expense impact, people impact and performance effectiveness were positively related to enterprise performance and efficiency, growth, and development. The researcher strongly recommends the adoption of MIS compliance policy in a tertiary institution instead of depending on the old manual record management approach practised by Nigerian institutions of higher learning. Hence, this will improve the trust, confidence, and performance of every active participant in real currentissue/activities, either as a consumer, investor, suppliers, mediators, or in the process of input, processing and output stage, etc.

Recruitment and Selection Practices in Nigerian Institutions of Higher Learning

Recruitment and selection have become essential tools in organizations because individuals with appropriate qualifications need to be attracted in sufficient numbers and on a timely basis. The objective of this paper therefore, is to examine the recruitment and selection process and procedures in Nigeria with special reference to institutions of higher learning. This is an opinion paper which made use of secondary data and on point assessment of information from the critical sector. The study revealed that the recruitment and selection process in Nigerian higher institutions is clouded in subjectivity and not based on objective criteria that make the whole activity both inefficient and ineffective. The authors therefore, recommend that there should be a reversal of this trend first, by making the application process less complex and cumbersome so that highly qualified candidates will be motivated to apply for vacant positions. Secondly, there should be some form of objective criteria in the selection process instead of basing everything on subjectivity. Thirdly, recruitment and selection should be based on manpower needs assessment and requirement. Finally, there should be transparency in the entire process of recruitment and selection rather than behind the scene recruitment and selection. When all these are done, there will be a robust recruitment and selection process that will ensure finding the right people that will not be difficult to lead and manage in a way that maximizes the level of their individual engagement. Keywords: recruitment, selection, employment consultants, recruitment policies, employee engagement DOI : 10.7176/EJBM/11-30-15 Publication date :October 31 st 2019

Recruitment and Selection Practices in Nigerian Institutions of Higher Learning

Recruitment and Selection Practices in Nigerian Institutions of Higher Learning

Anatomy Education in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects

Anatomy is an all-time important subject in all health care professions globally. It is widely taught in Nigerian institutions of higher learning offering programs in medical and allied health sciences. This paper aims to provide an overview of Anatomy Education as practiced in Nigeria today, enumerating the challenges facing it and its possible future prospects today. We explored major databases such as PubMed MEDLINE, Ovid MEDLINE, Web of Science, and Science Direct, from January 1992 to June 2019, using selected keywords to identify and extract articles relating and peculiar to Anatomy education in Nigeria. This review yielded 50 publications with 30 meeting our quality and inclusion requirements. This paper highlighted some of the issues that bedeviled the teaching and learning of Anatomy to include lack of an Anatomy Act which makes room for contemporary challenges, scarcity of cadavers, manpower shortages and lack of requisite skills, insufficient funding, and obsolete facilities and equipment. In conclusion, the teaching and learning of Anatomy in Nigeria is plagued with a series of challenges. It is therefore recommended that there is the need to periodically examine the status of anatomical science education in Nigeria with the view to improve in its areas of weaknesses, which if addressed would have the potential to revolutionize teaching and learning of Anatomy in Nigeria and in the long run healthcare delivery as a whole.

Lifecycle Assessment Education in Nigeria: An Exploratory Evaluation of the Trend

Lifecycle assessment has reached an advanced stage. Since its early development in the late 80s, it has gone through various stages of advancement including its standardization in the 1990s and increasing use in various sectors of the economy. Over the years, lifecycle assessment education has been progressively incorporated into the post-secondary engineering and environmental education curriculums in Europe, North America and Asia. However, incorporation of lifecycle assessment education into African and latin American education has not gained the same level of traction as in other regions. This study is an exploratory survey of the level of incorporation of lifecycle assessment education in the Nigerian higher institutions of learning. The study examined a number of Nigerian university curriculums to identify where and how lifecycle assessment education is conducted. Results showed a dismal low level of LCA education in Nigeria. Reasons for such level of education were due to small number of scholars with exposure to LCA among the Nigerian university lecturers, difficult curriculum change process and very low public environmental consciousness.

Validation of the Domains of Creativity Scale for Nigerian Preservice Science, Technology, and Mathematics Teachers

Introduction. Investigation into the factor structure of Domains of Creativity Scale has been on for sometimes now. The purpose of this study was to test the validity of the Kaufman Domains of Creativity Scale on Nigerian preservice science, technology, and mathematics teachers.Method. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed on the responses of 337 preservice science, technology, and mathematics teachers to the Kaufman Domains of Creativity Scale.Results. Results of both analyses supported the five-factor structure of the Kaufman Domains of Creativity Scale: Mechanical/Scientific, Scholarly, Performance (encompassing writing and music), Self/Everyday, and Artistic. Construct validity of the Kaufman Domains of Creativity Scale was supported by its relationships with the Big Five Inventory in ways that were predicted by theory and consistent with previous research. Coefficient alphas and coefficients of congruence were generally strong.Discussion and Conclusion. The present study provided incremental validity to the multidimensional nature of the Kaufman Domains of Creativity Scale thus reinforcing the five-factor model namely Mechanical/Scientific, Scholarly, Performance (encompassing writing and music), Self/Everyday, and Artistic. Additionally, a Nigerian version of the 50-item Kaufman Domains of Creativity Scale in the three major indigenous languages: Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba need to created and tested among undergraduate and postgraduate students in Nigerian institutions of higher learning.

Entrepreneurship intention among students. The antecedent role of culture and entrepreneurship training and development

With a depleting national economy which has no answer to the increasing rate of unemployment put at 23.4% in the year 2012 alone and coupled with a consistent increase in the number of University graduates, put at 3 million on yearly basis, out of which only 10 percent have the opportunity to join the formal sector, the federal government of Nigeria has mandated that a compulsory entrepreneurship training program (ETP) be observed in higher institutions of learning in order to enhance students with the skills and resources that will enable them to become self employed after graduation. However, no empirical evidence is presently in existence regarding the ability of this program in achieving this stated objective. This study examined the influence of entrepreneurship training program and cultural orientation on the intention of students to engage in entrepreneurial practices. A self administered and structured questionnaire which measures three cultural predictors: perceived appropriateness, perceived consistence and perceived effectiveness, entrepreneurial training and entrepreneurial intention was employed in eliciting responses from three hundred and fifty seven (357) randomly selected final year students of Bayero University Kano. From the total 357 copies of questionnaire distributed, 310 copies were recovered, 24 copies were excluded due to exclusion criteria, 31 copies were discarded for improper completion, and the final 255 copies were used for analysis indicating a usable response rate of 71.4%. The result from the regression analysis conducted indicates that perceived appropriateness, perceived effectiveness and entrepreneurial training, with the exception of perceived consistence have a positive and significant effect on entrepreneurial intention. Based on these findings, it was recommended that school authorities and relevant stake holders should engage the use of mass communication in disseminating information that fosters perceived appropriateness and perceived effectiveness in addition to improving the quality of entrepreneurial training facilities in schools. The study's limitation is its focus on the students of only one higher institution of learning which makes the results uncovered, fall short of being generalized to all the students in Nigerian higher institutions of learning.

PERCEPTION OF FEMALE LEADERS IN HIGHER INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING IN EKITI STATE

To scholars, women in leadership positions have been stereotyped to be unfit and inexperienced to occupy traditional leadership positions unlike their male counterparts. A fundamental challenge to women's leadership arises from the mismatch between the qualities traditionally associated with leaders and those traditionally associated with women in general. Women in leadership positions are not treated equally with men in leadership positions ( Nick, 2007;Sayu, 2012 ). However, this research reveals the perception of Ekiti state female leaders in Higher Institutions on their leadership positions. Through interviews with selected female leaders in three higher institutions of learning, questions delved into how these female leaders see themselves in the line of their duties. The study tends to feel the pulse of female leaders about the leadership positions they are occupying since the impression they have about themselves matters a lot before considering other people’s perception about them.
 The study adopts quantitative methodology and gathered its data directly from personal interview as well as the use of questionnaire for its survey. Findings indicate that Nigerian Institutions of Higher Learning are increasingly becoming forerunners in gender sensitivity. Female Leaders admitted that they were given equal chances of leading their units and their rights were not denied them in their professions. However, there are few instances where their male counterparts, though subtly, discriminate against the female leaders and prove uncooperative probably, due to cultural background and beliefs in Nigeria which are still in favour of male leaders. The paper concludes that female leaders, through merit, stand an equal chance of being elected and selected leaders in an academic environment. The findings nullified the fears of women with academic excellence seeking leadership positions and suggested ways by which equity in leadership positions can be encouraged.

Participatory Roles of Private Sectors in Management of Home Economics Programme in Nigerian Higher Institutions

This paper focuses on roles of private sectors in management of Home Economics programme in Nigerian higher institutions of learning. The entire programme of Home Economics is not left for the government alone. The private sectors tries to allow the students of this area to carry out some exercise in their establishment like allow them to do the student SIWES, teaching practice etc. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n7p9

Modelling the Determinants of ICTs Policy Formulation in Technical and Vocational Education in Nigerian Institution of Higher learning

Developing sound and relevant Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) policies in education and higher learning institutions in particular is still not exhausted in some developing countries around the world. Despite ICTs adoption in education, mostly higher institutions of learning deploy the use of such facilities without relevant policies guide showing how, what, where and when these facilities are going to be utilised. In order to develop ICTs policy in those institutions, specific areas for consideration need to be developed. Therefore, this study aimed at developing a model based on linear regression and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) of significant determinants that need to be given priority during ICTs policy formulation in Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) in Nigerian higher institutions of learning. One hundred and forty (140) respondents comprised of policy makers, administrators and lecturers responded to a structured questionnaire addressing research question and its corresponding hypothesis. A conceptual model developed consisted of 7 observed variables that will serve as areas that should be considered in ICTs policy for TVE programmes in Nigeria. A model was recommended for adoption and implementation in higher institutions offering TVE in Nigeria

Modelling the determinants of icts policy formulation in technical and vocational education in nigerian institution of higher learning

Developing sound and relevant Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) policies in education and higher learning institutions in particular is still not exhausted in some developing countries around the world. Despite ICTs adoption in education, mostly higher institutions of learning deploy the use of such facilities without relevant policies guide showing how, what, where and when these facilities are going to be utilised. In order to develop ICTs policy in those institutions, specific areas for consideration need to be developed. Therefore, this study aimed at developing a model based on linear regression and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) of significant determinants that need to be given priority during ICTs policy formulation in Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) in Nigerian higher institutions of learning. One hundred and forty (140) respondents comprised of policy makers, administrators and lecturers responded to a structured questionnaire addressing research question and its corresponding hypothesis. A conceptual model developed consisted of 7 observed variables that will serve as areas that should be considered in ICTs policy for TVE programmes in Nigeria. A model was recommended for adoption and implementation in higher institutions offering TVE in Nigeria

The Dilemmas of Adopting Performance Related Pay as a Reward Strategy for Academic Staff in Nigerian Public Higher Institutions of Learning

In today organizations, many employers of labour in private driven and public driven organizations seems to be attracted to performance related pay (PRP) as a means of reward and compensation. Even though PRP strategy is claimed to have distinct advantages over automatic pay increase (formal and transparent reward systems linked to tenure and promotion), they are still not without problems. Among these problems envisage in Nigerian higher institutions of learning are the issue of acceptability of performance related pay as a means of reward and compensation, and low level of motivation and performance. These aforementioned problems were raised in the study research questions and also answered. This was achieved by assessing the extent to which academic staff through administered questionnaire in Nigerian higher institutions of learning believe that the introduction of performance related pay will indeed bring about the claimed motivational and performance enhancement benefits.

Framework for Entrepreneurship Education in Nigerian Higher Institutions of Learning

It seems fair to argue that opinions from Nigeria’s government and its policy makers, and the management of various Nigerian higher institutions of learning concerning the mandatory introduction of entrepreneurship education in all disciplines so far have lacked a common framework. This lack of framework is responsible for the unending debates as to what way should the old curriculum be change to integrate entrepreneurship education? What should constitute the scheme of the entrepreneurship course if a change in curriculum is indeed needed? Whose responsibility the entrepreneurship course teaching should be? And many questions regarding the integration of entrepreneurial theoretical and vocational education still remain unanswered. Hence, this study seeks to give a clue to the aforementioned unending debates and unanswered questions; and advance the need for entrepreneurial education in Nigerian higher institutions of learning by reviewing and synthesizing available entrepreneurship education literature. The paper concludes that entrepreneurship education initiative is ideal for Nigeria, be a country that have been in economic stagnation since early 1980s; and that the right and competent teaching staff of various higher institutions that are knowledgeable in entrepreneurship studies should be saddled with the entrepreneurship theoretical teaching responsibility and the vocational aspect should be the responsibility of staff in those disciplines that have bearing to the vocational entrepreneurship education activities structured

Severity of Stress Induced Factors Among Students in Tertiary Institutions in llorin Metropolis

The thrust of this study was to assess the serverity of ten main stress induced factors among students in tertiary institutions in llorin metropolis. A total of 600 respondents participated in the study. The findings revealed that financial, family, infrastructure!, academic and social relationship stress induced factors were ranked as highly experienced-while physical and health, personal psychological, administrative, future Concerns and moral and religious stressors were ranked as lowly experienced. It was therefore suggested that counselling centers be established in Nigerian institutions of higher learning to assist students to identify the main sources of their stresses and learn appropriate coping strategies. Nigerian Journal of Guidance and Counselling Vol. 6 (1&2) 1998: pp. 89-104