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    Production of Skill-Oriented Graduates for the Labour Market
    (Nigerian Journal of Educational Administration and Planning, 2007-09-04) Onyene, V. E.; Salisu, R.; Johnson, O.; Olusanya, O.
    The development of any society is directly proportional to the quality of her populace, hence Technical and Vocational Education (IVE) has been thought of as a wise investment for both the nation and the individual citizen. This study sets out to investigate the process of production of skill-oriented graduates of Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) for the labour market. The essence is to ascertain the adequacy of the curriculum, physical and material resources, as well as quality of technical teachers available to implement the curriculum. The study also appraises the performance of TVE students in terms of skills acquired for the labour market. A total of 54 respondents comprising twenty-two (22) TVE teachers and thirty-two (32) TVE final year students were conveniently selected from a population of .85 TVE teachers and 157 final year students in a College of Education (Technical). A set of questionnaire was used in data collection to answer five research questions raised to guide the study. Simple percentages were calculated for the data presentation. The critical findings shows that the VE curriculum is adequate but there are lapses in the implementation (the production process) due to inadequate physical and material resources, teaching hours and practical sessions. This implies that curriculum implementation is more theoretical than practical. The college teaching staff were found qualified enough for adequate implementation of the curriculum, yet graduates need to undergo extra apprenticeship practical programme after certification in order to match the actual labour market needs. The study therefore concludes that the production process needs to be improved upon to ensure adequate utilisation of physical and material resources provided. TVE teachers should also extend the duration of the TVE programme for the full implementation of the curriculum in order to produce skill-oriented graduates that will be relevant and responsive to the need of the labour market thus enhancing national development.
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    Alleviating Violence-in-Intimacy Menace for improved Co-Habitational Life of University Students in Nigeria
    (Nigerian Journal of Sociology of Education, 2013-10-03) Onyene, V. E.; Ikeche, N. A.
    The paper assessed the ways violence-in-intimacy menace can be alleviated for improved cohabitation life of university students in Nigeria. It looked at the different forms of violence in-intimacy, highlighted causes and effects of intimacy induced pain and despair on academic life of students. The paper also highlighted different tools that can be used to address problems of violence-in-intimacy and suggested ways forward. The causes of violence as identified includes betrayal, envy, social influence, exposure to media influence, parental abuse, lack of love from parents among others. Among the effects of violence-in-intimacy on students is impaired judgment, delated students' enthusiasm for school programmes, threatened chances of developing important values, low self-esteem, low academic performance, social withdrawal, depressive mood. The study recommended different tools that can be employed to address the problem to include cultural repositioning, peace education, gender mainstreaming, social integration and discipline.
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    Total Quality Management in Education A Quality Assurance Imperative
    (National Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), 2007-05-11) Onyene, V. E.
    In the face of difficulties associated with organisational programme and activity implementation, there is need for devising new ways of dealing with critical issues that will ensure goal attainment in Education. Quality assurance is very imperative to education given the delicate nature of the systems "raw material" as human beings. This paper therefore explores the crucial place of total quality management (QM), as a strategy for optimal requirement conformance. The paper conceptions include: that quality must condone zero defect (ZD); that failure prevention is the only answer to quality attainment; that cost of conformance is the only measurement that management and teachers are to fight; and that management and staff commitment should be total in order to remove operational error. Against this framework, the paper proposes critical steps for making total quality management in education operational. Furthermore it considers benchmarking to be an essential tool for internal and external school efficiency.
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    Information Communication Technology (ICT), and Documentation in Tertiary Institutions
    (Emergent issues in Nigerian education, Mugzal Press, 2000-03-02) Onyene, V. E.; Mbah, P.; Madumere, S. C.
    This paper assessed the issues and relevance of electronic devices to the administration and control of tertiary institutions information details. The use of modern electronic devices, with particular attention to the computers which was explored to ascertain the extent documentation enhances organisational effectiveness. Nigeria with its teeming population of about 140 million needs to meet up with the real of the world in the face of ICT revolution. Information and documentation processes are most imperative now that technology has advanced to such a level that impact heavily on competitive business and administration. The paper takes its conceptual framework from structural principles of the Max Webers classical bureaucratisation of organisations which proposed the entrenchment of downward-upward flow of communication with copious documentation. It therefore outlined the role of ICT in the documentation of day-to-day as well as future educational operations in a tertiary setting. Observable challenges to tertiary institutions in Nigeria include that most of them face a lot of managerial crisis due absence and, or inadequacy of ICT tools; knowledge and complexities. The paper therefore proffered possible solutions to the way forward.
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    Quality Assurance and Standard Performance in Selected Public and Private Secondary Schools in Lagos State
    (Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt, 2011-11-05) Onyene, V. E.; Olisaemeka, B.U.; Okpala, L. U.
    The study examined the differences in quality of secondary education provided in public and private schools. It examined the relationship between infrastructural provision and quality of education. It also determined the differences between the teacher quality and academic performances of the public and private schools. The study design is survey and the sample consists of 60 teachers, thirty from each school type. Questionnaire was used to collect data. The academic performance was based on the core subjects English, mathematics and Biology. Pearson product moment correlation coefficient was used to test relationship while I-test statistics was used to determine in teacher quality and academic performance in both school types. It was concluded that infrastructural provision affects quality of education and that public schools have better teacher quality while private schools have better academic performance. Government and private school should strive to provide adequate infrastructures for quality education. Efforts should be made to increase teacher quality.