The Effects of Parenting Styles on the Educational Development of Secondary School Students in Ethiope East L.G.A of Delta State (Published)
The study explored the effects of parenting styles on the educational development of secondary school students in Ethiope East L.G.A of Delta State. Parenting style is a pattern of behaviors, attitudes, and approaches that a parent uses when interacting with and raising their children. Two research questions were raised and two null hypotheses were formulated in the study. The study is a correlational survey using ex-post facto design. The sample for the study consists of 200 parents and 50 teachers selected from the study area. The sampling procedure used was the stratified random sampling technique. Questionnaire titled “Parenting Styles and Students’ Educational Development Questionnaire – PSSEDQ” was used as the instrument to collect data from participants. The researcher administered a total of 275 questionnaire to randomly selected participants in the study area. Simple percentage, mean scores, standard deviation and coefficient of determination using 2.50 as benchmark to provide answers to the research questions. Pearson Product Moment Statistics was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. In conclusion, the effect of parenting styles on a child’s academic achievement is undeniable.
Keywords: Nigeria, Parenting Styles, Students, educational development
The Effect of Corruption on the Educational System in Nigeria (Published)
Corruption universally plagues societies and its impact has disastrous effects on national development. It has been established by scholars that no sector is Immune from the fangs of corruption. Corruption however varies; across societies and countries but globally its impact on the educational sector undermines the national advancement of any country. In the Nigerian context, corruption has deep roots in the fabrics of the society, impacting virtually every aspect of the Nigerian economy. Scholars have highlighted the impeding impact on the technological, political, moral development of the country. In the educational sector, it causes infrastructural insufficiencies which leads to poor educational delivery and inaccessibility to education while impacting the empowerment of citizens within the society. This has left the citizens feeling frustrated, disgruntled and disenchanted and possibly inducing the rise in insurgency, kidnapping and militancy in the country. As such, the need to mitigate and tackle the growing trend of corruption in the educational sector because of impact on manpower and national development. The research makes a number of recommendations which include that; Accountability and transparency should be sensitized and imposed on every aspect of the Nigerian society in such a way those public officer holders, contractors, tutors and stakeholders view transparency and accountability as key aspects of carrying out projects and serving the people. Sensitization on the dangerous impact of corruption on education should be carried out by non-governmental agencies and religious bodies. An effective and reliable financial management system should be established to control and monitor the use of educational resources and supervision of programmes and projects embarked in the educational sector to mention but a few.
Keywords: Corruption, Education, educational development