The Impact of Radio Broadcasting in Improving the Education System of Nigeria
CHAPTER ONE
OBJECTIVES OF STUDY
The importance of education can never be over-emphasized. It is the taproot of civilization and rural development.
Development is achieved, when there is an appreciable level in basic human needs, including high literacy level.
Bearing all these in mind, the objective of the study includes:-
- To find out if the public truly appreciate the radio programme on its efforts of educating the masses.
- To create awareness on the needs for those that are not opportune to attend regular programme in tertiary Institution, to enroll in the programme.
- To ascertain the extent to which the programme has improved human life especially amongst the youths in the areas of comprehension and speaking abilities, behaviour and character.
- To encourage and boost the morale of the public about the programme.
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
SOURCES OF LITERATURE
The sources of literature ranges from lecture memoir graphs, journals in Poly-Air programmes, notes and texts generally in Mass Communication and specifically radio broadcasting.
Another emphasis are laid more on texts and hounals dealing on Poly-air programmes. References are also made to and got from interviews and libraries.
THE REVIEW
Communication technology impediments were a severe problem in co-ordinating complex human activities for over a century ago. This has been the case since the down of history. The inability to communicate through a medium over distance brought underdevelopment that had more than once altered the fate of the entire world. Long distance communication was by slow postal or courier services. The pace of society was slow and most people lived a simple rural or small town existence.
Communication device that could conquer distances at high speed were a dream extending back to ancient times, when in sixteen century, a scientist, Giovanni della porta produced the “sympathetic Telegraph”. This requires the use of a lodestone (magnet) that would sensitize two needles and make them act in “sympathy” that is unison, but at different locations.
This was a great idea. Within the span of seventy years, new technologies were invented starting with electric do-and-dash telegraph (1844)
To telephone (1876) and radio telephone (1906) and with the adaptations of radio telephone technology in early 1920’s, the radio become a Mass Media for every household. The development of radio was part of the grate changes that unraveled the mysteries of electricity for use in the broadcasting services. Scientists like volta, Ampere, Faraday, laid the foundations for telegraph, Radio and Television and the scientific principles were applied to produce instantaneous long distance communication with the radio.
The radio reaches every corner of the globe, bringing the latest news information to a large metropolis and to remote tribal villages. For better understanding of evolution of radio to the present day, there is the need to review how it started in Nigeria and its use in Educational broadcasting.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The research method intend to use is the survey research method. This method is considered appropriate not only because of subject are to be studied in their natural setting, that is operating inside the real life situations of the subjects, but also the responses of the sample are necessary as raw materials for the study. Also, the method of the research questions justified the use of survey method.
RESEARCH DESIGN
Research design embodies the plan, structure and strategy for obtaining a reliable and valued result. In view of this, the researcher will administer the questionnaires and conduct interviews as a way to make use of the questionnaires as this will give objective answers to the research questions. The population of this study will be made up of Enugu residents and the questionnaires will be administered to a representative sample selected within. The questionnaire will be made up of open and close ended questions to ensure easy coding and proper inquiry into the topic under study. The questionnaire will be distributed to sample and it is assumed 3.5 that 150 will be returned.
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
This chapter contains the analysis and interpretation of data based on the opinions of respondents is the questionnaire.
The questionnaire which is the main instrument of data collection used in this study was administered to 180 correspondents, students in tertiary Institutions, work places and companies all in Enugu.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
This chapter presents a summary of results obtained after an intensive exercise aimed at finding out the role of poly-Air programme in uplifting the Educational System in Enugu State.
Through observations, and use of statistical methods to evaluate and analyze each of the alternative answers to specific questions contained in the questionnaire, the followings were later discovered.
- That poly-air programmes stimulates in the masses and make them to be educationally conscious.
- The timing of the poly – air programme is suitable for the masses.
- It was therefore accepted that poly-air programme play a role in uplifting the educational system in Enugu State, as more and more people are becoming enlightened and less illiterate.
- There is the need for improvement of these programmes, in terms of channel noise of the Radio that distorts understanding and lecture presentations, where the lecturers read the papers instead of “talking” the papers for effective comprehension.
- It was also accepted that majority of the masses are aware of poly-air programme in the media.
RECOMMENDATION
On the basis of the findings from facts and figures earlier presented, it will be null if a research of this kind is left without any recommendation. Any research work that is concluded must have recommendation for it to complete.
It is on this premises that the following recommendations are made.
- The poly-air programme from the broadcast media should be improved on to educate the masses better.
- Air time should be increased to enable the lecturers have enough time to propagate these educational programme.
- Government should increase the subvention given to broadcast media organisations to enable them repair some of their equipment’s and change obsolete ones.
- Incentives should be given to lecturers that propagate these educational programme to encourage them.
- A monitoring committee should be set up to monitor the effectiveness of these educational programme.
- Additional educational programmes should be added to the rest of educational programmes. This will add extra knowledge to the populace.
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