Investigating Covid-19 Safety Compliance Level in Secondary Schools
CHAPTER ONE
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The basic or most essential grail of this study is to Investigate the Covid-19 Safety Compliance Level in Secondary Schools. Other specific objectives includes;
- To identify if Secondary school students in Asaba, Delta state Nigeria complies with the Covid-19 safety prevention measure.
- To assess the extent to which the students abide by the covid-19 preventive measures
- To assess the extent to which the staff and management of secondary schools in Asaba adhere to the covid-19 preventive measures
- To examine the level at which government monitory team visits secondary schools in Asaba to ensure complete and constant compliance of the covid-19 preventive measure by the schools.
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
INTRODUCTION
Our focus in this chapter is to critically examine relevant literature that would assist in explaining the research problem and furthermore recognize the efforts of scholars who had previously contributed immensely to similar research. The chapter intends to deepen the understanding of the study and close the perceived gaps.
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
CONCEPT OF COMPLIANCE
Compliance is a type of social influence where an individual does what someone else wants them to do, following his or her request or suggestion. It is similar to obedience, but there is no order – only a request. According to Breckler, Olson, and Wiggins (2006) Compliance refers to a change in behavior that is requested by another person or group; the individual acted in some way because others asked him or her to do so (but it was possible to refuse or decline.). Generally, compliance means adhering to a rule, such as a policy, standard, specification, or law. Regulatory compliance defines the goals companies want to achieve to ensure that they understand and take the necessary steps to comply with policies, relevant laws, and regulations.
CORONAVIRUS
Corona virus is a large group of viruses that resemble a crown. The word corona is a Latin word meaning crown (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/types.html). There are different types of corona viruses and people around the world commonly get infected with human corona viruses 229E, NL63, OC43, and HKU1. The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome or MERS-CoV; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome or SARS; and novel Corona virus or SARS-CoV-2 are all caused by corona viruses and result in severe respiratory illnesses.
The 2019 novel corona virus (SARS-CoV-2, which causes the COVID-19), was first identified in Wuhan, China, among people having pneumonia. These ones were associated with seafood and live animal market https://openwho.org/courses/introduction-to-ncov. In China as of February 14, 2020, there were 51986 confirmed cases in a single province (Hubei); out of which 1318 cases died Yong et. al (2020). The first case of corona virus reported in Nigeria was confirmed on February 27th by an Italian man who arrived Nigeria from Milan, stayed in the country for almost two days before being isolated. Before now, he had travelled through Lagos and visiting other places in the country. It was reported that he spend a night in hotel close to the airport and later visited the neighboring state of Ogun on February 25, 2020. That is, the company where he worked in Ogun state. No one suspected him until he began to develop a serious fever and body aches on the afternoon of February 26, 2020. The company Health workers then contacted bio-security authority who transferred him to a containment facility in Yaba, Lagos state The infection was confirmed on February 27, 2020 by the Virology Laboratory of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, part of the Laboratory Network of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control were contacted, the man was quarantine under closer monitoring and responded to treatment.
Routes of transmission of the virus include respiratory droplets and fecal-oral Yong et. al (2020). The virus invades the oral cavity, respiratory mucosa and conjunctiva, and has been through coughing, sneezing, contaminated hands, foods, and water.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
AREA OF STUDY
Delta State (recognized on August 27, 1991) is an oil and agricultural producing state in Nigeria. It is situated in the region known as the South-South geo-political zone with a population of 4,112,445 (males: 2,069,309; females: 2,043,136). The capital city is Asaba, located at the northern end of the state, with an estimated area of 762 square kilometres (294 sq mi), while Warri is the economic nerve center of the state and also the most populated. It is located in the southern end of the state. The state has a total land area of 16,842 square kilometres (6,503 sq mi).
Asaba is a city located at the western bank of the Niger River. It is the capital of Delta State, Nigeria and one of the 3 towns of Oshimili South Local Government Area, A fast developing urban area, Asaba had a population of 149,603 as at the 2006 census, and a metropolitan population of over half a million people. Asaba is well known for social activities due to the presence of large people and social amenities such as hotels, clubs, cinemas, malls, event centre, etc. It holds a yearly program named Delta Yaddah which always host series of gospel singers among others. Due to its large population, crime rate is high. Crimes such as pick pocketing, sideways robbery, etc, is rampart in Asaba. Because of the existence of foreigners in the state, cost of living is high in Asaba. The Onitsha bridge is the boundary between Delta and Anambra state, as the bridge separates Asaba and Onitsha.
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
INTRODUCTION
This chapter presents the analysis of data derived through the questionnaire and key informant interview administered on the respondents in the study area. The analysis and interpretation were derived from the findings of the study. The data analysis depicts the simple frequency and percentage of the respondents as well as interpretation of the information gathered. A total of one hundred and forty (140) questionnaires were administered to respondents of which only one hundred and twenty (137) were returned and validated. This was due to irregular, incomplete and inappropriate responses to some questionnaire. For this study a total of 137 was validated for the analysis.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
SUMMARY
In this study, our focus was to to investigate the covid-19 safety complance level in secondary schools using four (4) selected secondary schools in Asaba, Delta State as a case study. The study specifically was aimed at identify if Secondary school students in Asaba, Delta state Nigeria complies with the Covid-19 safety prevention measure, to assess the extent to which the students abide by the covid-19 preventive measures, to assess the extent to which the staff and management of secondary schools in Asaba adhere to the covid-19 preventive measures, and to examine the level at which government monitory team visits secondary schools in Asaba to ensure complete and constant compliance of the covid-19 preventive measure by the schools.
The study adopted the survey research design and conveniently enrolled participants in the study. A total of 137 responses were validated from the enrolled participants where all respondent are drawn from students and teachers of the 4 selected secondary schools in Asaba, Delta State.
CONCLUSION
Based on the finding of this study, the following conclusions were made:
- Secondary school students in Asaba, Delta state Nigeria complies with the Covid-19 safety prevention measure.
- Students of the secondary schools in Asaba adhere to the prevention measuresof covid-19 to a very high extent.
- Staff of the secondary schools in Asaba adhere to the prevention measures of covid-19 to a very high extent.
- Government monitory team visits secondary schools in Asabasometimes to ensure complete and constant compliance of the covid-19 preventive measure by the schools.
RECOMMENDATION
Based on the responses obtained, the researcher proffers the following recommendations:
School owners and administrators should continue to adhere and comply strictly to the covid-19 safety measures laid down by the government to ensure the safety of the staff and students in the school. Also, government should establish standby security and task force teams to enforce adherence to the COVID-19 pandemic preventive measures among schools in the country.
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