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This study was to find out the challenges of the covid-19 safety precautions on classroom management in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo state. Three research questions guided the study and eight government secondary school were sampled for the study. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire, which was developed and administered to hundred (100) secondary school teachers in Oredo local government. The Data generated from the research questionnaire was analyzed using mean and standard deviation, and the result of the data collected was presented and discussed. The findings revealed that the introduction of the covid-19 safety precautions in the classroom has greatly influenced its management. The covid-19 safety precautions has its challenges on the classroom, which first is the ability of teachers and students to
adapt to the new normal which came up suddenly due to the outbreak of the corona
virus, the lack of adequate infrastructures, water facilities, teachers in some schools, poor means of ventilation, inadequate funding to be able to provide the required safety
materials such as nose mask, disinfectant, soap, chairs, cleaning materials and inadequate teaching staff.

The study investigated teachers’ motivation and job satisfaction in senior secondary schools in Ehime-Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State. To achieve the purpose of the study, four research questions were raised and answered. The population of this study comprised all the 178 teachers in the 12 public senior secondary schools in Ehime- Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State. The sample size for the study was made up of 120 teachers. The questionnaire was the instrument for data collection. The descriptive survey research design was adopted in carrying out the study. An analysis of data was done using mean score and standard deviation. The findings from the study include that there is high level of motivation and job satisfaction among senior secondary school teachers in Ehime-Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State. It was concluded that that there is a significant impact of teachers’ motivation on their job satisfaction in senior secondary schools in Ehime-Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State.

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.