Secondary Schools In Ilorin Research Articles

Teenage Pregnancy and Prevalence of Abortion among In-school Adolescents in North Central, Nigeria

This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in public secondary schools in Ilorin to determine pregnancy outcomes among adolescents. Multistage sampling technique was used to select 521 respondents for the study. The research instrument was a semi-structured interviewer administered questionnaire.All respondents were between 10-19 years (Mean=15.84+2.269) with 53% being males. About one third (28.2%) of all the respondents were sexually active; 63.9% were males and 36.1% were females. Female respondents who had ever been pregnant constitute 5.7% of all sexually active female respondents while 17% of all sexually active males had ever impregnated a girl. Abortion prevalence was 100% for females while 87.5% of males that have ever gotten a girl pregnant told the girls to abort the pregnancies. All the abortions were induced and done by unqualified personnel.Youth programmes should be designed to provide adolescents with adequate knowledge on reproductive and sexual issues including pregnancy prevention.

Knowledge and Attitude of Secondary School Teachers towards Reproductive Health Education in Schools

A study was carried out among secondary school teachers in Ilorin, Kwara State of Nigeria in 1994 in order to assess their knowledge of reproductive health and their attitude towards the teaching of reproductive health education in schools. Data was collected with the use of a structured questionnaire, administered to the respondents out of the 550 teachers who had been selected through a simple, random sampling technique from 20 randomly selected secondary schools in Ilorin, 496 completed and returned their questionnaire forms. It was found that the teachers had a poor knowledge of fertility, high level of awareness of contraception but poor knowledge of specific methods of contraception. Almost all the teachers (99.2%) were aware of Sexually Transmitted Infections while their knowledge of the mode of transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus seems confused, they had good knowledge of the preventive measures. Most of the teachers (94.6%) agreed that reproductive health education should be taught in schools and that it should form part of the school curriculum. Those with contrary views opined that teaching of reproductive health education in schools would encourage sexual intercourse among the students. If teachers are to serve as agents for reproductive health education in schools, it is suggested that they should undergo further training in the discipline so that they can be effective in teaching the subject.Nigerian Journal of Guidance and Counselling Vol. 6 (1&2) 1998: pp. 67-78

Sexual dimorphism and age - related changes in components of stature of healthy Nigerian children: A case study of some primary and secondary schools in Ilorin

Sexual dimorphism and age - related changes in components of stature of healthy Nigerian children: A case study of some primary and secondary schools in Ilorin

Food hygiene practices of food vendors in secondary schools in Ilorin

This descriptive study was carried out to determine food safety practices among food Vendors in secondary schools in Ilorin. Pre-tested questionnaire and observational checklist were administered to 185 respondents recruited using inclusion and exclusion criteria. One hundred and eighty-two (98.4%) of the subjects were females and only 6(3%) were teenagers. One hundred and two (56.8%) had no formal education while 72(39% had received training on food hygiene. Pre-employment medical examination practice was high 141(76%) but periodic medical examination was low 30(16%). Sixty-one (33%) and seventy-two(39%) respondents prepared food well in advance and reheat food before sale respectively. Vendors who prepared food well in advance (over 4 hours) were found to practise food re-heating more than those who prepared food within 4 hours before sale, and this is statistically significant. The major unhygienic practices observed among the food vendors were poor care of used utensils 100(54%), use of previously used water for washing and cleaning, lack of covering apron among the vendors 128(69%) and lack of wash hand basin for immediate cleaning 61(33%). Only 85(46%) of the respondents used soap and water to clean their utensils while the rest 100(54%) used unhygienic methods to clean their utensils. It was observed that respondents who used soap and water for cleaning, vended food at locations that were relatively closer to water source, compared to other vendors who used other methods to clean their utensils. This is also statistically significant. Unkempt fingernails, skin lesions and poor food protection from flies were some of the food contaminating risk factors observed in the study. The need exists for food vendors and other food handlers to be trained on basic principles of safe food handling.

The Effect of Colour on Students’ Cognitive Achievement in Video Instructions

Abstract This study investigated the effectiveness of colour on the achievement of three groups of learners from nursery, primary and secondary schools in Ilorin, Kwara State of Nigeria. Some concepts in mathematics were recorded on video and relayed to learners at the different levels; the difficulty of the learning task varied according to the level of learners involved. In all, 180 learners, 60 from each level, were involved. At each level, 60 students, randomly selected, were assigned to colour and black and white versions of the same video instruction. The research design was the pre‐test/ post‐‐test control group design. Results showed no clear‐cut conclusion on the effectiveness of colour on learning. In the nursery school, those who watched the colour version of the video instruction performed better than those who watched the black and white version. In the primary school, those who watched the black and white performed better than the colour group. In the secondary school, those who watched the ...