The study describes the historical development and functioning of three reformatory schools established at varying times in the Lagos area between 1876 and 1979 to reform and educate juvenile delinquents.

In first-language and second-language acquisition, the training of oracy skills before literacy skills ensures a natural, efficient learning process. The development of oracy skills should embrace the formal and informal ...

The purpose of the present investigation was to examine the relationship between teachers' characteristics and students' academic achievements. The study was justifiable both from a theoretical and policy implication point ...

In both the United States of America, Social Studies emerge towards the turn of the century in response to the problems created by industrialisation. Faced with similar prospects, Nigeria introduction Social Studies into ...

An increasing proportion of secondary school in Plateau State achieve results in the school certification which are inadequate for admission into institutions of higher learning. This group of students is very likely to ...

The present study is concerned with the cross-culture differences in selective attention among the ethnic groups of the Ibo and Yoruba catholic adolescents of Nigeria. The general hypothesis that the Yoruba adolescents are ...

Since some secondary schools are known to offer guidance services to their students in Bendel State, it is logical to expect that certain benefits are likely to be derived by the beneficiaries. Already, there is a growing ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate and identify the various factors capable of enhancing dynamism in the teaching of social studies at the Grade Two College level in Lagos State. The study was justified from ...

This study sets out to determine the relationships between teachers' participation in decision making, their teaching effectiveness and the academic performance of their students. Eighteen secondary schools principals, 248 ...

This ex-post facto study investigated the nature of the incidence of dropouts in secondary schools in Rivers State with the view to determining the sort of curriculum that should be developed for the youngsters who later ...

The need to provide educational opportunities for underprivileged women to enable them play significant roles in the society has been articulated throughout Nigeria and indeed the world especially since 1975 (Gayfer 1980). ...

The shortcomings in students’ performances in the literature examination at the West African School Certificate level have been found to be underlied by teaching deficiencies. These deficiencies could, in turn, be remedied ...

"A geography educational gap" between the universities and the secondary schools had been alleged (Brook, 1969; Ola, 1978). It was assumed that the "conceptual revolution" that predominates geography education at the ...

Since the attainment of political independence by Nigeria in 1960, the need has been felt and expressed in various quarters to evolve a system of education that better responded to the genius, outlook and world-view of ...

Adequacy of Movement Education as a programme for Physical education in some Primary Schools in the City of Lagos sought to investigate the extent to which movement education can adequately lead to the realisation of ...

This study is an attempt to verify the extent of student attrition in secondary schools in Cameroon; and to identify the possible reasons that deter young people from continuing their studies. The study also examines ...

The indigenous mechanical workshop is perhaps the most virile form of informal business set-up in West Africa. Its basic function is the repair of vehicles, and as transportation expands, so does the demand for the mechanic. ...

There were two studies designed to find the most effective instructional strategies in the acquisition of four gross motor skills, associated with four physical sports. The instructional strategies were demonstration with ...

The experimental and one central group were selected in each of two schools namely: King's and Queen's Colleges, Lagos. Each of the six groups consisted of 36 subjects. Each group was divided into A and B with 18 students ...

The march towards progress and modern development is of first priority to most countries of the underdeveloped world. Consequently, it is imperative that inhabitants of these areas begin the search for solutions to this ...