SECONDARY SCHOOL

This study examined the impact of teaching experience of chemistry teacher son the teaching and learning of chemistry in secondary school in Oredo Local Government. The study adopted percentage statistics to analyze data soured from the field survey. The result showed that teaching experience plate a significant role in enhancing the effectiveness of chemistry instruction in secondary schools. Experienced teachers positively influence student academic performance, interest, and motivation through diverse teaching strategies and practical applications. Both teachers and students recognize the value of experience in simplifying complex topics and improving classroom engagement. Therefore, investing in teacher development and retaining experience educators is crucial for improving chemistry education outcomes. Tye study recommended that schools prioritize the recruitment and retention of experienced chemistry teachers toe nhance student performance. Regular training and professional development programs should be organized to update teachers on effective instructional strategies and laboratory practices. School administrators should encourage experienced teachers to mentor less experienced colleagues for skill transfer and improved teaching quality. Curriculum planners should integrate more hands-on and student- centered activities to sustain interest and motivation in chemistry learning.

Teaching is a demanding profession that exposes educators to significant stress due to workload, poor working conditions, and inadequate support from educational authorities. This study investigates the level of stress among secondary school teachers in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, examining key stressors such as workload, poor remuneration, student behavior, administrative expectations, and inadequate teaching resources. Using a structured research design, the study aims to determine stress variations based on gender and experience while highlighting the predominant causes of stress among teachers. Findings from this study will provide valuable insights for policymakers, school administrators, and educators on effective strategies to mitigate stress and improve teachers’ well-being and job satisfaction. This study examines the levels of stress among secondary school teachers in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State using a descriptive survey research design. The population comprised 483 teachers across 13 senior secondary schools, from which a sample of 60 teachers was randomly selected from six schools. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire covering demographic information and stress-related factors. The instrument was validated by experts, and its reliability was determined using Cronbach’s Alpha statistics. Data analysis was conducted using mean scores to address the research questions. Findings reveal that teaching responsibilities, workload, and emotional exhaustion are major stressors, with fatigue being the most dominant. Teachers also experience stress from colleaguerelated pressures, lack of social support, financial struggles, and poor working conditions. Gender and experience influence stress levels, with male teachers facing more fatigue and female teachers feeling more overwhelmed. Less experienced teachers report higher emotional exhaustion, while experienced teachers struggle with workload and fatigue. Despite these challenges, teaching has minimal impact on personal well-being.

This study investigates the knowledge of school safety challenges and their impact on the educational development of secondary school students in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State. It emphasizes the importance of a safe school environment as a foundation for effective teaching, learning, and overall student development. The research highlights those frequent issues such as violence, bullying, cultism, sexual harassment, poor infrastructure, and insecurity continue to affect students’ academic performance and emotional well-being in many Nigerian schools. A descriptive survey research design was adopted to collect data from both public and private secondary schools within the study area. Using a structured questionnaire titled School Safety and Educational Development Questionnaire (SSEDQ), data were gathered from a sample of 150 students selected through proportionate stratified random sampling. The study examined students’ awareness of safety risks, their exposure to safety training, and how these factors influence attendance, academic performance, and psychological stability. Findings revealed that although students recognize some safety threats in their schools, many lack sufficient knowledge of preventive and emergency measures. Schools with inadequate infrastructure, poor security systems, and limited safety education reported higher cases of absenteeism, fear, and reduced classroom participation. The study also identified gaps in policy enforcement, teacher training, and stakeholder collaboration as major barriers to ensuring safe learning environments. Based on these findings, the research recommends that school authorities and government agencies should prioritize the implementation of comprehensive safety policies, regular safety drills, and improved infrastructure. Teachers should receive training on child protection and crisis management, while students should be continuously educated on safety awareness and response strategies. A collaborative approach involving parents, communities, and educational stakeholders is essential to creating a secure, supportive, and conducive learning environment for students.

The study was aimed at investigating the attitude of secondary school students towards the study of Mathematics in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State. The study comprises of five research question and four hypotheses which were drawn from the research questions. The study is delimited to secondary schools student. Ninety - four students were randomly selected from five public senior secondary schools; a random sampling method was used by questionnaire as the research instrument. The validity of the research instrument was done by the supervisor and two other experts in the Faculty of Education, University of Benin. The split half correlation of 0.669 was step up to full length using Spearman Brown formula which yields a reliability coefficient of 0.82 that indicates a high level of internal consistency in the instrument. The collected data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, including frequency distribution and percentages, as well as estimate for mean value. The hypotheses were thoroughly examined using Pearson r formula. The findings revealed that students show positive attitude towards the study of Mathematics. Also, Mathematics teachers teaching methods in public senior secondary schools can encourage or discourage students to develop positive or negative attitudes to the learning of the subject. The findings also revealed that parents background do not affect how students respond to Mathematics as a subject. lt is recommended that Mathematics teachers should engage in interactions within the classroom, encourage and monitor group study. And parent should encourage the students' with their choice of career to enable them, focus on their studies.

This study was carried out to identify the attitude of secondary school students toward internet crimes in Egor local government of Edo state, Nigeria. The research was carried out as a survey research using relevant literature from journals, magazines, books and the internet. Four research questions were raised and analyzed for the purpose of the study. A sample random sampling technique was used in selection of two hundred (200) secondary school students from four secondary schools in Egor Local government area of Edo State. The data were collected with questionnaire instrument and analyzed using simple percentage. The result revealed that; students in the study area has negative attitude towards cybercrimes, even though the students sees cybercrime as a quick money making scheme, their perception stands that it is very wrong, the reasons youths are involved in cybercrimes are Unemployment, peer pressure, family background, greed and the quest to live an imaginative dream life and to curb cybercrimes, there should be strict enforcement of legislation on cybercrime, Parents should be made to take responsibilities for training and providing for their children so that they cannot be easily influenced by peers, Government grants to unemployed youths can help stop cybercrimes, NGOs and religious bodies should join hands in fighting cybercrimes and parents should produce children that they would be able to cater for. Based on the results, it was recommended that students should be encouraged to be upright in behavior and made to understand that there’s virtue in been honest, unemployment to a very great extent causes cyber-crimes. There is an urgent need for job creation in order to engage the idle but enlightened minds of youths in Nigeria. This strategy will boost the economy and also reduce cyber-criminality to the barest minimum, intervening socio-economic measures, such as social benefits for the youths (especially, the unemployed) should be put in place by the government. And agencies, such as the EFCC, put in place to eradicate the menace of fraudulent practices should be made truly independent of various political maneuverings in the country in order to enhance their performance.

This research work was carried out to ascertain the effect of using instructional materials on
the teaching and learning of economics in public secondary schools in Egor local government
area of Edo State. It specifically examined various factors such as the extent in which
economics teachers get involved in the invention of instructional materials in the teaching
and learning of economics, the factors that determine the choice of instructional materials in
the teaching and learning of economics. The researcher employed descriptive survey and
sampled seven (7) schools from Egor local government area. Eighteen (18) respondents
(economics teachers) constitute the sample size in which 100% of the questionnaire was
retrieved. Three research questions were raised and they were answered with simple percentage. It was
found that the use of instructional materials affect students' performance in economics, teachers attend conferences to improvise instructional materials, students learn faster when instructional materials are used. Based on the findings, the following recommendations were made:
The remote problems and factors that affect the proper use of instructional materials should be brought to book and addressed and learners should be exposed to the use of instructional materials from the cradle for effective disposition and meaningful acquaintance.

This study investigated the effectiveness of the leadership style of the principal on the performance of secondary school teachers in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo state. To guide the study four research questions were raised and answered directly. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consisted of five hundred and thirty-nine (539) teachers from the 14 public secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo state. a sample of one hundred (100) teachers from 5 public secondary schools was randomly selected for the study. The research instrument used to gather data for the study was a Questionnaire titled Principal’s Leadership Styles and Teachers’ Performance Questionnaire (PLSTPQ). Data collected were analyzed using the descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation). The findings revealed that the most commonly used leadership style in public secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State is the Democratic leadership style. The study also revealed that the level of effectiveness of principal’s leadership styles and teachers’ level of performance in secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State is high. It was concluded that the effectiveness of principal’s leadership style positively affects teachers’ performance in public secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State.

This study examines the influence of poverty on the academic performance of secondary School students in some selected schools in Ovia North-East Local Government Area, Edo State. The research aims to identify the relationship between poverty and students’ academic performance. The research was carried out as a survey using relevant literature from journals, textbooks, magazine and the internet. To achieve the purpose of the study, three research questions were raised. The sample size of fifty secondary school teachers from five secondary schools was used for the study. Data was collected with the aid of well- structured and valid questionnaire; the data collected were analyzed using simple percentages. The findings showed that there is a significant relationships between academic performance and poverty under feeding conditions, provision of school facilities and equipment and home related factors .The study inferred that poverty affects academic performance of students and the day to day management of the school. From the study it is evident that parents do not have stable sources of income as they don’t pay fees in time. This negatively influences students’ academic performance.

Vesico-vaginal fistulal(VVF) is an abnormal opening between the bladder and the vagina, in which urine leaks into the vagina. Sometimes this type develops as a result of obstructed labour in childbirth. This abnormality is rampant among adolescents and as such many young adolescent students still do not have good knowledge about the causes and implication on health. On this note this study was designed to investigate perception of vesico-vagina fistula among adolescent students in selected secondary school in Ovia northest Local Government, Edo state. A sample size of 230 adolescents was selected through random sampling techniques. A well structured questionnaire was used as instrument of data collection based on the research objectives. Data collected was analyzed using descriptive (Frequency, percentage and mean) and inferential statistics. The level of significance was set at p<0.05. The data analysis was carried out using IBM Statistical package for Social Science (SPSS) version 24.0 for windows. The result shows that the Adolescents have good knowledge about vesico-vagina fistula and have high (positive) perception towards VVF and the prevention mechanism.

This study examined the influence of environmental factors on the academic
performance of students in Ovia North East local government area of Edo State. Three research questions guided this study. The population of the study consists of all secondary school students. Whereas the sample was 100 students. An instrument titled “The Influence of Learning Environment on students' Academic Performance of Secondary School Students Questionnaire" was utilized to elicit information from the respondents. Data was analyzed, percentages were used to find solutions to the research questions. The major findings of the study were (1) Performance is affected by learning
environment (2). Sitting arrangement affect academic performance 3Classroom
size influence students’ academic performance. Recommendations highlighted
were: Government should carry-out regular checks in schools so as to ensure that
all lightings qualify as good lighting, Government should focus on ensuring that
the air quality in classrooms are best, by providing adequate ventilation appliances
such as fans and air conditions, Also the repairs and maintenance of this appliances
should be catered for, There is need for proper provision of electricity in the schools, This would enable the constant use of the lights and ventilation appliances, Government should consider building more schools. This would help curb the problem of overpopulated classrooms and bring about a conducive learning environment, Government should also ensure that all seats and desks in schools are in good conditions, Also teachers should ensure that sitting arrangements are properly done so that students are able to achieve their academic goals.