EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

This study set out to analyze the factors militating against girl-child education in Mini Local Government Area of Niger State. The survey research method was adopted using questionnaire as instrument to elicit information from the respondents. Findings from the analysis of the data gathered showed that several factors act as hindrances to girl-child education in Mina local government area of Niger State. Such factors among others include, poverty, sexual violence, sexual abuse, religion and culture. Further findings revealed that girl child education is poor in Mina Local government area, also that the attitude to girl-child education in Mina local government area is not encouraging.

Data also showed that female children do not have access to education like their male counter parts in terms of education in Mina local government area and that girl-child from wealthy homes have more access to education than those from poor background.

Based on the above findings, the study concluded that girl-child education is not given recognition in Mina local government area of Niger State.

Attitudinal attributes of students is one of the numerous factors that facilitates or inhibits the teaching and learning of physics in secondary schools. This factor is mostly expressed in the behavior of the students to the learning of the subject. Attitudes and learning are twin concepts. Their relationship, if properly managed by the physics teacher, could serve as a veritable tool in engineering the students' behavior towards higher academic achievement in physics, thereby, boosting their interests in the subject .This project examines the attitudes of secondary school students to physics. In addition, the study also examines the influence of physics teachers' attitudes on the students' attitudes to physics. Most secondary school students find physics very difficult especially the calculations aspect of the subject. Majority of this students usually score low grade in physics. Physics is often seen by secondary
school students to be more difficult when compared to other science subjects including biology and chemistry. This development has instilled fear in the minds of the students. It is the prime duty of the physics teacher to clear this notion from the of the students. He needs to invest his diverse professional skills and competence, expertise, creativity and sacrificial efforts in order to effectively and efficiently present the subject in manner that would be most
interesting and captivating to the students.