DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT

This study investigated the use of social interactive platforms in teaching and learning process during Covid19 in university of Benin, Benin City. Six research questions guided the students, The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised of all the seventy four (74) departments in university of Benin. The respondents were the sixteen thousand (16,000) students of university of Benin, Benin City. Four (4) departments were selected as the sample size from the seventy four (74) departments using the simple random sampling technique and this represent twenty (20) percentage of the study population, Meanwhile, twenty-five (25) students were chosen from each sampled department making one hundred (100) students as respondents using convenient sampling technique. A Questionnaire titled “THE USE OF SOCIAL INTERACTIVE PLATFORMS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESSES DURING THE COVID-19 QUESTIONNAIRE (TUSIPTLPQ)” was used. The reliability of the instrument was tested using the test re-test method and the result was calculated with the application of
Pearson’s Product Method Correlation Coefficient and the reliability coeffient was obtained to be 0.72. Simple percentages was used to analyze the data collected. The findings revealed that Social media platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook played a significant role in helping university of Benin students learn during Covid-19 pandemic and students found it effective for learning. Social media platforms were used as an alternative pedagogical tool during the pandemic but the most preferred Social media platforms by university of Benin Students to receive lectures during COVID-19 era is WhatsApp platform. From the findings, it was concluded that Social interactive platforms were used by Students in University of Benin during Covid-19 Era. The following
recommendations were made: Teachers should develop interactive online classes to limit student’s distraction and also improve satisfaction. Nigerian government, management of higher institutions and telecommunication industries should collaborate to subsidize cost of Internet for both students and teachers.

This study investigated the use of social interactive platforms in teaching and learning process during Covid19 in university of Benin, Benin City. Six research questions guided the students, The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised of all the seventy four (74) departments in university of Benin. The respondents were the sixteen thousand (16,000) students of university of Benin, Benin City. Four (4) departments were selected as the sample size from the seventy four (74) departments using the simple random sampling technique and this represent twenty (20) percentage of the study population, Meanwhile, twenty-five (25) students were chosen from each sampled department making one hundred (100) students as respondents using convenient sampling technique. A Questionnaire titled “THE USE OF SOCIAL INTERACTIVE PLATFORMS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESSES DURING THE COVID-19 QUESTIONNAIRE (TUSIPTLPQ)” was used. The reliability of the instrument was tested using the test re-test method and the result was calculated with the application of Pearson’s Product Method Correlation Coefficient and the reliability coeffient was obtained to be 0.72. Simple percentages was used to analyze the data collected. The findings revealed that Social media platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook played a significant role in helping university of Benin students learn during Covid-19 pandemic and students found it effective for learning. Social media platforms were used as an alternative pedagogical tool during the pandemic but the most preferred Social media platforms by university of Benin Students to receive lectures during COVID-19 era is WhatsApp platform. From the findings, it was concluded that Social interactive platforms were used by Students in University of Benin during Covid-19 Era. The following recommendations were made: Teachers should develop interactive online classes to limit student’s distraction and also improve satisfaction. Nigerian government, management of higher institutions and telecommunication industries should collaborate to subsidize cost of Internet for both students and teachers.

This study investigated the use of social interactive platforms in teaching and learning process during Covid19 in university of Benin, Benin City. Six research questions guided the students, The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised of all the seventy four (74) departments in university of Benin. The respondents were
the sixteen thousand (16,000) students of university of Benin, Benin City. Four (4) departments were selected as the sample size from the seventy four (74) departments using the simple random sampling technique and this
represent twenty (20) percentage of the study population, Meanwhile, twenty-five (25) students were chosen from each sampled department making one hundred (100) students as respondents using convenient sampling technique.
A Questionnaire title “THE USE OF SOCIAL
INTERACTIVE PLATFORMS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
PROCESSES DURING THE COVID-19 QUESTIONNAIRE
(TUSIPTLPQ)” was used. The reliability of the instrument was tested using the test re-test method and the result was calculate with the application of Pearson’s Product Method Correlation Coefficient and the reliability

Edo state students are notorious for unrest due to series of students demonstrations recorded in the state. It appears bearable if it is a public school but becomes a grave concern when a federally funded college took to the streets on rampage. The study investigates the root causes of students’ unrest in Rivers State Secondary schools with student unrest questionnaire” and oral interviews were used for data collection. A total of 175 students and 25 staff were selected through stratified random sampling. Frequency counts and percentages were used for statistical analysis with 50% and above as statistical significance. From results remote causes were students’ dissatisfaction over Acting Principal’s off- handed administration, low emphasis on academics, low morality, and ill advice of parents. Immediate causes were the chastisement of students over complaints of poor feeding and arbitrary transfer of staff. It was recommended that an organised and more effective use of the college Press club should be encouraged for students to make constructive criticisms within the college, the school authority should apply strict measures to uphold school rules and regulations, and management should endeavour to make effective use of Guidance Counsellors.

This study investigates the incidents and causes of child abuse and negligence of pupils in public
pre-primary schools in Oredo Local Government Area. This was a view to determine incidents and
causes of child abuse and negligence of pupils in public pre-primary schools. Three research questions
were raised. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The checklist titled Incidents
and causes of child abuse and negligence of pupils in public pre-primary schools in Oredo LGA” was
used for the study. A total of fifty teachers were randomly drawn from five pre-primary schools. A
checklist was used to collect the data. The data were analysed using Frequency table, simple percentage
rank order. The result from the study revealed that the incidents and causes of child abuse and
negligence of pupils.

The study investigated the influence of teaching method on the academic achievement of student studying basic science in junior secondary schools in Egor Local Government Area, Edo State. The population of the study was made up of two hundred (200) junior
secondary school students and twenty (20) teachers. Ninety (90) students and eight (8) teachers were randomly selected by simple random sampling from three secondary schools. The instrument used for the study was questionnaires. The data collected were analyzed using simple percentage and frequency count. The result showed that most of the secondary schools surveyed don’t have
good laboratory facilities. Students preferred few class members as this situation helps them learn better during classroom lessons. And inappropriate application of teaching method negatively affects students’ academic performance. Therefore, the researcher recommended that Governments should be implored to give enough grants to equip laboratories with chemicals and apparatus, and also to provide useful materials and appropriate teaching. Also, more adequate classroom should be created with few students and reachers should be encouraged to attend workshops and seminars to improve on their existing quality and effectiveness.

This study was designed to examined the assessment of the level of
principal supervisory practices in Ovia North East Local Government Area of
Edo State. In order to achieve the purpose intended, three research questions
were raised. The study adopted a survey descriptive research design. The
sample population of the study was 100 respondents randomly selected from
secondary schools in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State. the instrument for the study was questionnaire which was validated through
expert judgment approach and was tested for reliability through the test-re-test
method with reliability index of 0.52. a descriptive statistic was adopted the
data collected were analyzed using frequency counts and percentage. The study further shows that there is low level of principal supervision
in public secondary schools in Ovia North East Local Government Area of
Edo State; there was low level of personnel supervision in public in public
secondary schools in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State
and there is low level of student supervision in public secondary schools in
Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State. Based on the findings, it was recommended that government should
initiate a periodic training for principals of supervisory practices; principals
should pay better attention to teachers to ensure that they carry out their duties
effectively and principals should constantly engage in classroom visitation and
monitoring of student’s academic performance.

The study dealt on the assessment of the level of Educational economics
students utilization of social media for academics in the University of Benin, Benin City. To achieve the purpose of the study, four research questions
were raised and examined. The sample size for the study was made up of
100 students which were randomly selected from the 100 -400 level
economics education students of 2022/2023 session in the Department of
Educational Management, Faculty of Education in the University of Benin. The questionnaire was the instrument was the instrument for data collection. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. An
analysis of data was done using mean score. Criterion mean score of 2.50
was used as selection criterion. The findings from the study include that there is high level of education
economics students’ utilization of social media for academics in the
University of Benin, Benin City. It was also concluded that there is high
level of education economics students’ utilization of social media for
assignments, tutorials and course works in the University of Benin, Benin
City. It was therefore recommended that education economics students
should be encouraged to effectively utilize social media platforms for their
academic work

This study was carried out to investigate the school climate as a correlate of students’ academic performance. To guide the study, seven research questions were raised, out of which six were hypothesized and tested at 0.05 level of significance.
The descriptive survey research design was adopted in this study. The population of this study was made up of 13,051 public senior secondary school students. The sample size of 300 was selected using the multi-stage sampling procedure (i.e. involving purposive and simple random sampling). The purposive sampling technique was used to select ten (10) public secondary schools in the locality, as the entire public secondary schools were too large for the study. The simple random sampling technique was used to choose the sample from the available population. A total of ten public secondary schools was selected at random with 30 students representing each school, the technique is relevant because there will be a chance of equal selection and representation of the schools involved; these constituted the sample size of the study. A research instrument was used, titled: “School Climate as a Correlate of Students Academic Performance Questionnaire” (SCSAPQ). The instrument was validated by the researcher’s supervisor and two other experts in the Department of Educational Management. The cronbach alpha statistics was used to establish the reliability of the instrument and the r-value of 0.76 was obtained. Data were analysed using descriptives (frequency counts, percentages, means, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation, Analysis of Co-variance (ANCOVA), and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)).
The findings revealed that school climate does not negatively affect students academic performance; as it can be said they had a good/fairly good performance; there was no significant relationship between school climate and students academic performance in Oredo LGA; there was no significant difference between school climate and students academic performance based on age; there was no significant difference between school climate and students academic performance based on sex; there was no significant difference between school climate and students academic performance based on location; there was no significant difference between school climate and students academic performance based on school type; and there was no significant difference between school climate and students academic performance based on class size. It was concluded that school climate does not negatively affect students academic performance as no significant relationship existed between the two variables as well as other intervening variables as age, sex, location, school type and class size. It was chiefly recommended that in promoting students performance, reliance should not solely be on the school climate, but other factors should be considered such as students’ motivational beliefs and
interest.

The study dealt on the assessment of the level of Educational economics students utilization of social media for academics in the University of Benin, Benin City. To achieve the purpose of the study, four research questions were raised and examined. The sample size for the study was made up of 100 students which were randomly selected from the 100 -400 level economics education students of 2022/2023 session in the Department of
Educational Management, Faculty of Education in the University of Benin. The questionnaire was the instrument was the instrument for data collection. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. An analysis of data was done using mean score. Criterion mean score of 2.50 was used as selection criterion. The findings from the study include that there is high level of education economics students’ utilization of social media for academics in the University of Benin, Benin City. It was also concluded that there is high level of education economics students’ utilization of social media for
assignments, tutorials and course works in the University of Benin, Benin City. It was therefore recommended that education economics students should be encouraged to effectively utilize social media platforms for their academic work.