f.t. adeyemi

This study investigated the influence of social anxiety and self-esteem on academic adjustment in Edo State Polytechnic Usen. To guide the study, three (03) research questions were raised and four hypotheses. A descriptive survey research design was adopted, the population of this study consisted of (1132) one thousand, one hundred and thirty-two students from five departments, (114) one hundred, fourteen students formed the sample size. The instruments used for the study was a questionnaire titled: social anxiety and self-esteem on academic adjustment scale questionnaire (SASEAASQ). The instrument was validated by the researcher supervisor and two experts in the department of Educational Evaluation and Counseling Psychology. Cronbach Alpha Statistics was used to establish the reliability which gave the values of .637, .514 and .710 respectively. Data were collected and analyzed using descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation which was used to answer the research questions. The findings revealed that students of Edo State polytechnic Usen have a high level of social anxiety, high level of self-esteem and high level of academic adjustment. Based on the findings, it was recommended that holding workshops and seminars for students at the beginning of each academic year to alleviate their feeling of stress and social anxiety and to raise the level of their self-esteem and promoting the participation of students with low self- esteem in social activities, collaborative work and social engagements to help them form a positive self-image these can better their academic adjustment, also applying social anxiety tests to students at different level, encourage students to trust themselves.

The purpose of this study is to investigate punishment and reward as correlates on discipline among senior secondary school students, and punishment and reward on discipline by sex and age.It also discusses on the importance of this study to parents, teachers, school administrators and students in Ovia-North East Local government in Edo State. The Study adopted the descriptive research design with the population consisting of 4,807 senior secondary schools from the 28 senior secondary
schools in the local government. A sample of 100 students were selected using multi stage sampling technique to select 5 schools from the 28 schools on Ovia-North East Local government,the study used questionnaires for data collection instrument and data was analyzed using descriptive statistics to establish the relationship between punishment and reward on discipline
among senior secondary school students.To test the reliability of the instrument, the Cronbach Alpha Statistics was used.The reliability of the study was .869.Data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency count and simple percentage. The findings revealed that both rewards and punishments play significant roles on discipline among senior secondary school students in Edo state. Rewards, particularly intrinsic ones like praise and recognition, were found to be effective in motivating students and promoting discipline as well as punishment.