Reflections of Government and Peer Group on Nigerian Students Behaviour to Basic Science and Technology
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Abstract
Good governance is identified with patriotism, transparency, prudence, rule of law and sanctity of life. National Policy on Education (FRN, 2004) affirmed that education in Nigeria as an instrument "Par excellence” for affecting national development and the specific goal of basic education is government's way of realizing that part of national goals which "Basic Science and Technology” stand to achieve.
The study examined reflections of government and peer group on Nigerian students' behavior to Basic Science and Technology. The design of the study was survey type while the population comprised (50) Basic Science teachers and (450) public and private junior secondary school students in the selected Local Government Area in Ogbomoso Educational zone of Oyo State. Self-developed questionnaire on government and peer group factors were formed for data collection. The instrument was validated with a Cronbach Alpha Reliability Coefficient of 0.83 and 0.94 respectively while two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The result were analyzed using frequency count, mean and simple percentage, while t-test statistics was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance.
The result showed that Government failed to perform her responsibilities effectively in terms of provision of instructional materials, teachers' welfare, funding of schools, security, and poor school administration. All these have significant effect on Nigerian students and their peers' behavior towards Basic Science and Technology. Based on these findings, recommendations were made.