Norris I. Erhabor

This study investigated the impact of place-based learning (PBL) on the knowledge and attitudes of students toward fire safety in the University of Benin. The research employed a quasi-experimental design involving two groups: an experimental group exposed to place-based learning and a control group that received traditional instruction. A structured questionnaire was used to assess students’ knowledge and attitudes toward fire safety before and after the intervention. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential tests, including independent sample t-tests. Findings revealed a statistically significant improvement in the knowledge scores of students in the experimental group compared to their counterparts in the control group, indicating that PBL positively influences students’ understanding of fire safety concepts. However, no statistically significant difference was observed in the attitude scores between the two groups, suggesting that the PBL intervention did not have a measurable effect on students’ attitudes within the study’s timeframe. The study concludes that while place-based learning is an effective method for enhancing students’ knowledge of fire safety, more sustained or emotionally engaging interventions may be required to bring about meaningful changes in attitudes. It is recommended that fire safety education in higher institutions integrate experiential and context-specific learning strategies to foster both cognitive and behavioral development in students.

This study was carried out to investigate the impact of environmental clubs on the knowledge and attitude of students of University of Benin Demonstration Secondary School towards road safety signs. Four research questions and two hypotheses were raised and analyzed for the purpose of the study. A random sampling technique was used in selection of sixty (60) students which would be drawn from all SS1 and SS2 students in University of Benin Demonstration Secondary School were randomly selected for the study. The data were collected with questionnaire instrument and analyzed using simple percentage. It was revealed that students from the experimental group who participated in road safety trainings have good attitude toward road safety compared to students in the control group who were not part of the training. The difference in their attitudes was significant, based on the data from the findings of this study. It was also revealed through further findings of this study that students from the experimental group who participated in road safety trainings have adequate knowledge about road safety signs compared to students in the control group who were not part of the training. Only few of the students in the control group could relate with those road safety signs. More findings of this study indicated that it is obvious that the effectiveness of road safety teachings in school cannot be compared to that of the environmental club. This can evidently be seen in students from the control who could not relate well with the road safety signs even though they were being taught in school. This study was able to find out the significance of the road safety training in the environmental club by being able to differentiate between the knowledge and attitude of those who participated in road safety trainings and those who did not. The activities of environmental clubs including road safety teachings can be promoted by encouraging teachers to become involved in the club to raise awareness about the club within the school and promote its activities to students.

Human immunodeficiency virus is the greatest challenge to human kind in the 21 ST century. Mother-to-child transmission of this virus infection is the transmission of the HIV virus from an HIV infected mother to her child during pregnancy, delivery or breastfeeding. This study was to investigate the knowledge and attitude of pregnant women toward the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS among women attending antenatal care at Oluku primary health care center, Oluku Ovia-Northeast local government area, Benin-city, Edo state. 10 The population of the study constituted 115 pregnant women who attend antenatal care at Oluku primary health care center, Oluku. A sample of 58 pregnant women was selected using random sampling technique of balloting by replacement. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained and the resulted reliability coefficient is 0.711. The data collected was analysed with frequency, percentage and Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation (r). Findings shows that most the respondents have moderate knowledge about mother-to-child transmission of HIV and the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. It also shows that there no significant relationship between the knowledge and attitude of pregnant women towards the prevention of mother-to- child transmission of HIV amongst pregnant women attending antenatal care at Oluku primary health care center.