Browsing by Author "Aladi, Blessing Okpe"

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    ASSESSMENT OF ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOR OF DELINQUENCY AMONG STUDENTS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KARU LGA OF NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA
    (Department of Educational Foundations, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2019-06-20) Allahnana, Kwanza Maikudi; Aladi, Blessing Okpe; Guda, Yakubu Jude
    The study investigated the difference in antisocial behavior exhibited among secondary school students in Kara Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. Two objectives with corresponding research questions and hypotheses wen used. The subjects are 1185 secondary school students that served population with 123 schools of both public and private. A purposive sample technique was used to select 356 students. They were made up of 176 males and 170 females with age ranging between 12 and 20years. The instrument usedfor data collection called Questionnaire on Antisocial Behavior of Delinquency (QABDJ. Validity index of 0.89 with the reliability of 0.86 index were obtained. The results obtained revealed that the public school students exhibited higher ability to engage in antisocial acts than the private school subjects on the measures of delinquency trait scale. The differences between the two groups were statistically significant, cal. t- 2.10 was greater than observed /= 1.98 with dj-344 at P>0.05. Thus, the first research hypothesis that there is difference in antisocial behavior of two different schools was therefore upheld. Further analysis revealed that gender contributed significantly in the majority of antisocial behavior in the study sample. The study concludes that antisocial behavior among secondary school students established that public secondary school has some characteristics that propelled their students to develop antisocial behavior than private schools. The study recommends that government and private should equally provide support to the more disadvantaged families to reduce the risk of double conviction of the delinquency victims.
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    Assessment of the Influence of Socio-Economic Background of Parent on Students' Academic Performance in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Nigeria
    (Department of Educational Foundations, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2018-11-10) Allahnana, Kwanza Maikudi; Aladi, Blessing Okpe
    This study investigates into the assessment of the influence of socioeconomic background of parent on students' academic performance in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The design of this study was cross-sectional survey research design. The students' population of the study comprised 2,818 while that of teachers comprised 276 with 24 senior secondary schools. The sample for the investigations comprises 100 SS2 students made up of 75 males and 25 females while teachers that of 30. The instrument that was used for data collection in the study is a questionnaire of the likert. scale typ. Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation was used to answered research questions while inferential statistics of Chi-square (x2) was used to test formulated hypotheses at the 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study showed that Students from high-income status parents achieve better academically and Parents on high income status can afford to provide the basic necessities required for students' education. From the findings of the study, it was concluded that socio-economic background influence academic performance of students in schools. Prominent among the socio-economic background include parental educational level, parental income and parental motivation. Educational statuses of the parents and students' academic performance have a close relationship between them. This is because parents themselves having being to school realized the importance of being educated. They stand better chance to support their children for better academic performance. The study recommend that parent should make sure that they educate children and Government should welcome and encourage participation of local communities, Voluntary individuals and organizations towards provision of textbooks, instructional materials library materials and so on, where the school is situated.