Socio-economic and Politics Effect of Cultism on Academic Performance in Higher Institution: a Case Study of College of Education, Ekiadolor
CHAPTER ONE
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
- To find out the actual cause of students involvement in cultism.
- Identify the effect, of cultism academic performance of students in selected tertiary institutions.
- It is to known how cultist to be aware of the danger of being a cult member.
- It is to draw government attention on how to find a lasting solution to the problem of cultism.
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
THE ORIGIN OF CULTISM IN SCHOOLS
Cultism or secret society is old as history itself, spanning over diverse societies and world culture. For instance, Western and Eastern Europe, the Americans, the Middle East and North African Countries have practices cultism in one form or the other. The origin of cultism cannot be over emphasized why, because if you take your mind back- word to the root of thecae secret cult activities in Nigeria we can see that it started at the country past and for back as the year (1952) at the University of Ibadan. And this was named, “the privates or the national association of se dog”, these were the first groups formed by Whole Soyinka with few students in the same university. In their motto as say one thing we all agreed as that there wouldn’t be any room for colonial mentality in the club. We are going to be a counter revelation against colonialism (Oba, 1998).
In the same vein, Onugha (1996) confirmed that the college’s confraternity was noble and idealistic for it set standards which member strove to attain. By the year 1970 (Oketete, 2005) identified other cult group that were also formed and the list continuous to grow each year, at any address a convocation ceremony. Eso (2007) listed the following cults that been formed and already been in operation in the tertiary institution today and they are as follows:
- The private confraternity (sea dog)
- The buccaneers (sea land)
- Black axe
- Black cart
- Eiye confraternity
- The heurist
- Maphites Vikings
- Mgba mba brothers
- Tabgle of Edem
- Trogam horse
- The gentlemen’s cults
- The fame
- The Amazon (for women only)
- KKK (Klu Klu Klux Klan)
- Royal queen
- Mafia
- Black beret
- Nee, black movement
- Eagle club
- Black scorpion
- The termites
- Daughter of jezebel
- National association of adventure
- Red sea house
- National association of Aki Lords
- Seamen
- Notorious 14
- 11 hard
- Death row
- Black pirate
CHAPTER THREE
METHODOLOGY
RESEARCH DESIGN
The research design is a research process that revealed what the research put in place to conduct. This involved the population of the study, the students in some selected tertiary institution in Edo State.
POPULATION OF STUDY
The population used for this study cover all the students and staff (academic and non academic) of College of Education, Ekiadolor-Benin.
SAMPLE SIZE AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUES
The researcher used random sampling to collect a sample of total of one hundred (100) people obtained the necessary information required for the study on the whole twenty (20) academic staffs and twenty (20) non academic staffs.
SOURCES OF DATA
The major research sources of data in this study for the collection of information by the researcher are questionnaires. This is precisely the primary sources of data. The researcher equally used the secondary schools source of data to build the literature review.
CHAPTER THREE
METHODOLOGY
RESEARCH DESIGN
The research design is a research process that revealed what the research put in place to conduct. This involved the population of the study, the students in some selected tertiary institution in Edo State.
POPULATION OF STUDY
The population used for this study cover all the students and staff (academic and non academic) of College of Education, Ekiadolor-Benin.
SAMPLE SIZE AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUES
The researcher used random sampling to collect a sample of total of one hundred (100) people obtained the necessary information required for the study on the whole twenty (20) academic staffs and twenty (20) non academic staffs.
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF RESULTS
A total of 100 questionnaires were printed and distributed to the target respondents and all were returned and found useful. The analysis below is based on the information gathered from the aforementioned completed questionnaires.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
It is fully and duly noted that cultism has affected the academic performance of students in tertiary institution in Nigeria and way of eradicating secret cult were the main focus of this study. The study reveals that 82% of some rich men and key officials are alleged to be members, of secret cults in order to entrench themselves there by encourage students to join 95% also agreed that some students are intimidated to belong to one cult or other, 70% of the total population disagreed that poverty is not a reason why some students join cult, 80% of the total population agrees that power, security and wealth are some of factor that influences the growth of cultism in schools. The length and breath of the findings in the study is that cultism posses a threat to educational development.
CONCLUSIONS
Secret cults are a national problems it will be difficult for tertiary institution to solve the problems without placing the general context of the Nigeria society. we should not over look the fact that every citizen of this country (students, parents, religious bodies, educational administrators, government etc) must take practical step to eradicate cultism because cultism has generated conflict or bad report, pain, death, public reproach etc cultism has endangered live of so many people in our campuses today due to cult activities. Cultism has been a school problem in our society it has caused a lot havoc. Many lives have been lost that would have contributed to the development of our nations. The growth of cultism has been a great concern to the government public agencies, voluntary bodies, churches etc. cultism can be minimized of not eradicated if we take the postulation in this threatened existence of students lives and this will make them live in peace and in a conducive atmosphere.
RECOMMENDATIONS
In the findings of this study on the effect of cultism in the academic performance of students in some selected tertiary institution using College of Education, Ekiadolor as a case study. I hereby make the following recommendations.
- Government should enact and implement laws that will make membership of secret cults by parents and other members of the larger society illegal.
- Students found to be members of secret cults should their identifies published in both national print and electronic medial along with sanction appropriated this will go along ways in deciding the excesses children from the supposed affluent and families.
- The appropriate authorities should ensure that school authority do not try suspected cults as they are not competent enough to do so.
- Concerned effort should be made to create awareness among students on those things that legitimately contributed to the acquisition of power, wealth and security, such awareness should emphasis among others academic, hand work, humility etc.
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