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Population Growth Effect on Enrollment and Acquisition of Senior Secondary School Geography Education

Population Growth Effect on Enrollment and Acquisition of Senior Secondary School Geography Education

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;

  1. To ascertain the effect of population growth on enrolment and acquisition of secondary school of geography education
  2. To ascertain the effect of population growth enrolment in secondary school and academic performance of student on geography
  3. 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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