In academic sector, they are high rate of infectious diseases like measles, diarrhea, coronavirus, monkey-pox, skin disease and genital infections, the occurrence of these infectious diseases came as a result of students' negligence in practicing of personal hygiene. Therefore, this study examined knowledge and practice of personal hygiene among secondary school students in Enugu State. Two specific purpose and research questions guided the study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for the study consisted of 9900 secondary school students in Enugu State. 495 students made up the sample for this study. The researcher used simple random sampling technique. Specifically the reliability coefficients obtained from data generated with Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) using Kuder Richardson formula and Cronbach's alpha reliability for the internal consistency reliability, shows knowledge of personal hygiene (.85) and practice of personal hygiene (.79) respectively. A 22-items structured questionnaire tagged 'Knowledge and Practice of Personal Hygiene Questionnaire (KPPHQ)" was used for data collection. The data collected were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The questionnaire was rated on 4-point scale of very great extent (VGE), great extent (GE), low extent (LE) and very low extent (VLE). The decision rule was that any item that has 50% and above is regarded as knowledgeable (K) while items below 50% is regarded as not knowledgeable (NK). For the personal hygiene, any item mean from 2.50 above is regarded as high while items mean below 2.50 is regarded as low. The findings showed that, majority of students have adequate knowledge of personal hygiene with the grand percentage of (69.8%) and low practice of personal hygiene with the grand mean of (2.0). The study conclude that: students are very knowledgeable of personal hygiene, but putting their knowledge into physical practice are seen as the major problems that most students face, which usually contribute to the risk of infectious diseases such as covid-19, genital infections, dental health challenges and diarrhea. The study recommend that students' knowledge as it regards to personal hygiene practice should always be appraised by the classroom teacher, for the purpose of motivating those ones that have low knowledge of personal hygiene and the school management should provide all the prerequisite personal hygiene materials for the facilitation of its practice.
The study investigated the relevance of learned-centered education to the educational development of Enugu State. The study used mean and standard deviation to answer two research questions. Two hypotheses were tested using t-test statistics at the 0.05 level of significance. The design of the study is descriptive. With a population of 665 students, it consists of 250 respondents: one hundred fifteen males and one hundred and thirty-five females. The instrument for data collection structured by the researchers is known as the learner-centered education development (LCED). Cronbach's alpha formula was used to determine the reliability of the instrument. which has an index of 0.95 for LCED. The results showed that there was no significant difference in the mean score of male and female students on learner-centered education that contributes to the development of Enugu State. There is no significant difference in the mean score of urban and rural students on learner-centered education that empowers learners to take ownership of what they have learned. In accordance with the findings of the study, school administrators should support learner-centered management and endeavour to provide training and skills to teachers to enable the students and teachers to have higher outcomes and success.
Abigail C. Obodo, Mercy I. Ani, Olasoji V. Omosowon
Technologies are ubiquitous in the 21st century, and educators need to integrate relevant technologies into their teaching practices to meet expectations and keep abreast with the education profession's advancement. A descriptive survey research design was used in this study. Three research questions and one null hypothesis guided the study. The population of the study comprised all the 24 Integrated Science lecturers (10 males and 14 females) in both private and public tertiary institutions in Enugu State, Nigeria. The population was manageable and as a result no sample was carried out for the study. An instrument titled "Questionnaire on Emerging Technologies in Teaching and Learning" (QETTL). Three experts validated the instrument while the reliability of the instrument was estimated using Cronbach Alpha formula with reliability indices of 0.76. Frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while Chi square statistics was used to test the null hypothesis. Findings revealed that some of the challenges hindering Basic Science teachers from utilizing technologies in teaching and learning are lack of internet access and in-service training among others. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that in-service training of lecturers on the usage of 21st century technologies and provision of internet connectivity should be prioritize by government and the university management to enable lecturers maximize effectively 215 century technologies during teaching and learning.
Unemployment is one of the major challenges confronting the Nigerian national - development. It has turned many Nigerian youths into violent and unpatriotic beings. The menace of youth restiveness in Nigeria both now and in the recent past has become an issue of great concern to political leaders, policy makers, economic managers, individuals, government, religious organization and many others. In the light of the above, this paper examined the causes and effects of unemployment. It also suggested ways by which unemployment can be managed in other to curb youths unrest. Measures so recommended include but not limited to: depoliticization of the various youth empowerment schemes and emphasis on vocational/ self-reliable education.
