Population Growth Effect on Enrollment and Acquisition of Senior Secondary School Geography Education
CHAPTER ONE
Objective of the study
The objectives of the study are;
- To ascertain the effect of population growth on enrolment and acquisition of secondary school of geography education
- To ascertain the effect of population growth enrolment in secondary school and academic performance of student on geography
- To ascertain the effect of population growth enrolment of secondary school on quality education
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Introduction
Enrolment rates and years of schooling have risen in most countries of the world and this can be attributed to successive generations of parental investment in children‟s education within the confine of a stable household structure. Overtime, these investments have narrowed the differences in schooling across and within countries, and between and within genders. In 1960, the average schooling of men aged 25 and over in advanced countries were 5.8 times that of men in developing countries. In 2000, this ratio fell to 2.4. During the same period, women‟s average schooling level as a ratio of men‟s increased from 0.5 to 0.7 in developing countries. In Nigeria, available evidence has shown that enrolment growth rates are quite insignificant and inconsistent. Specifically, the profile of primary education in Nigeria between 1980 and 2010 presents a gloomy picture as the growth in primary school enrolment has followed an inconsistent and haphazard pattern. The growth rate of primary school enrolment was 5.04 percent in 1983, when the enrolment figure was 15,308,384 pupils, reduced to -10.64 percent in 1987 when enrolment was11, 540,178 pupils and later increased to 7.47percent in 1992. Highest growth rate was registered in 1996 with 14.31 percent followed by 1997 and2002 when it was both 10.00 percent and subsequently fell to -16.98 percent in 2004.it slightly increased to almost 13 percent in 2009 before later declining to 8.334 percent in 2010. It is however disheartening to observe that between 1980 and 2010, the growth rates of primary school enrolment is less than 15 percent. It should be noted that in spite of various policy interventions initiated by the government over the years to stimulate schooling at all levels of education, enrolment rates of school-aged children still remain abysmally poor. Hence, there is urgent need to investigate the various factors that are militating against primary school enrolment in Nigeria considering the crucial role it plays in the educational development of a child. Apart from this, there is ample documentary evidence on the impact of education; generally, on economic growth but the impact of primary enrolment is still very nascent (Babatunde, Olukayode 2013). Over the last decade, Nigeria‟s exponential growth in population has put immense pressure on the country’s resources and on already overstretched public services and infrastructure. With children less than 15 years of age accounting for about, 45 per cent of the country‟s population, the burden on education and other sectors has become overwhelming. Forty percent of Nigerian children aged 6-11 do not attend any primary school with the Northern region recording the lowest school attendance rate in the country, particularly for girls.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research design
The researcher used descriptive research survey design in building up this project work the choice of this research design was considered appropriate because of its advantages of identifying attributes of a large population from a group of individuals. The design was suitable for the study as the study sought to population growth effect on enrollment and acquisition of senior secondary School geography education
Sources of data collection
Data were collected from two main sources namely:
(i)Primary source and
(ii)Secondary source
Primary source:
These are materials of statistical investigation which were collected by the research for a particular purpose. They can be obtained through a survey, observation questionnaire or as experiment; the researcher has adopted the questionnaire method for this study.
Secondary source:
These are data from textbook Journal handset etc. they arise as byproducts of the same other purposes. Example administration, various other unpublished works and write ups were also used.
Population of the study
Population of a study is a group of persons or aggregate items, things the researcher is interested in getting information population growth effect on enrollment and acquisition of senior secondary School geography education. 200 staff of selected secondary school in Uyo was selected randomly by the researcher as the population of the study.
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION ANALYSIS INTERPRETATION OF DATA
Introduction
Efforts will be made at this stage to present, analyze and interpret the data collected during the field survey. This presentation will be based on the responses from the completed questionnaires. The result of this exercise will be summarized in tabular forms for easy references and analysis. It will also show answers to questions relating to the research questions for this research study. The researcher employed simple percentage in the analysis.
DATA ANALYSIS
The data collected from the respondents were analyzed in tabular form with simple percentage for easy understanding.
A total of 133(one hundred and thirty three) questionnaires were distributed and 133 questionnaires were returned.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Introduction
It is important to ascertain that the objective of this study was to examine population growth effect on enrollment and acquisition of senior secondary School geography education. In the preceding chapter, the relevant data collected for this study were presented, critically analyzed and appropriate interpretation given. In this chapter, certain recommendations made which in the opinion of the researcher will be of benefits in addressing the challenges of population growth effect on enrollment and acquisition of senior secondary School geography education
Summary
This study was on population growth effect on enrollment and acquisition of senior secondary School geography education. Three objectives were raised which included: To ascertain the effect of population growth on enrolment and acquisition of secondary school of geography education, to ascertain the effect of population growth enrolment in secondary school and academic performance of student on geography and to ascertain the effect of population growth enrolment of secondary school on quality education. The total population for the study is 200 staff selected secondary schools in Uyo. The researcher used questionnaires as the instrument for the data collection. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for this study. A total of 133 respondents made principals, vice principals adm, senior staff and nonacademic staff were used for the study. The data collected were presented in tables and analyzed using simple percentages and frequencies
Conclusion
We have examined population growth side by side with the enrolment of secondary school Uyo local government of Akwa Ibom state. It was observed that the enrolment rate was very slow as compared to the population growth
Recommendation
It is well shared that increment in student population growth suffers quality in education. Hence, the management in the school, the ministry and school officials shall restrict the number of students in a class and decision makers shall admit the students based on their resource capacity so that the students could get quality education.
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