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    Resource avaliability, Utilisation and instructional quality in public universities in Osun state.
    (Department of Educational management, Faculty of Education. Obafemi Awolowo University., 2022) KADIRI, Eunice Damilola
    The study determined the material resources available in the public universities in Osun State; examined the physical resources available in the public universities; assessed the level of utilisation of the material resources in the public universities; assessed the level of utilisation of the physical resources in the public universities and assessed the influence of resource availability and utilisation on instructional quality in those universities. These were with a view to providing information on resource availability, utilisation and instructional quality in public universities in Osun State. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised 36,333 undergraduate students of public universities in Osun State. The sample comprised 380 undergraduate students from Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) and Osun State University (UNIOSUN) which were selected using multi-stage sampling procedure. Firstly, five science-based faculties were purposively selected from OAU and fourscience-based colleges from UNIOSUN. At the second stage, 56 students each were conveniently selected from the five faculties chosen from Obafemi Awolowo University to make a total of 280 respondents from OAU and 25 students each were conveniently selected from the four Colleges sampled in Osun State University to make a total of 100 respondents from UNIOSUN. The instruments used to gather data were structured questionnaire and checklist. The questionnaire, titled: Resource Availability, Utilisation and Instructional Quality Questionnaire (RAUIQQ). The checklist was used to obtain information on the availability of physical and material facilities in the universities by observation. The quantitative data gathered were analysed using percentages and regression analysis specifically multiple regression.The results showed that material and physical resources were available in the university in the following percentages: White marker boards (96.8%), Relevant course materials (87.4%), Relevant textbooks (80%), Projector (65.5%), Charts (45.5%), Health centres (96.6%), Libraries (92.9%), Laboratories (86.6%), Hostels (76.1%), Classrooms (61.8%) and Recreational centres (52.1%). The level of utilisation of resources was as follows: White marker boards (90.8%), Textbooks (86.4%), Course materials (87.9%) and Projectors (42.6%). The study also showed that libraries, classrooms and laboratories were used above 70%. Furthermore, the study showed that there existed a positively statistically significant correlation between the availability of resources (material and physical) on instructional quality (R2 = 0.053; p<0.05) and (R2 = 0.091; p<0.05) respectively. Finally, there was a positive statistically significant correlation between the use of resources (material and physical) and instructional quality at (R2 = 0.309; p<0.05) and (R2 = 0.418; p<0.05) respectively.The study concluded that the availability and utilisation of material and physical resources in public universities in Osun State had a positive influence on the quality of instruction passed across to students and thereby affected students’ level of exposure in their chosen disciplines.
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    Influence of psychosocial variables on aggressive behaviour among public secondary school students in Oyo State, Nigeria.
    (Institute of Education, Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University., 2022) OSUOLALE, Kehinde Ifeoluwa.
    The study investigated the prevalence of aggressive behaviour among secondary school students in Oyo State. It examined the influence of psychosocial determinants (parenting styles, peer influences, and self-control) on aggressive behaviour among secondary school students. The study further investigated the strategies that can be used to curb aggressive behaviour among the students in the study area. These were with a view to providing information on the significant factors predisposing students to aggressive behaviour.
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    Perceived parental control, peer influence and criminal behaviour among students-inmates in correctional centres in Osun State
    (Department of Educational Foundations and Counselling, Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria., 2021) AJAYI Taiwo Michael
    The study identified the types and levels of criminal behaviour observable among students – inmates’ \in OsunState, it also determined the level of parental control and peer influence experienced by the students. In addition, it investigated the ability of parental control and peer influence to individually and jointly explain criminal behaviour among the students; finally, it determined the extent to which demographic variables explained criminal behaviour among the students under study. These were with a view to providing information on the factors that could predispose secondary school students to criminal behavior. The study adopted survey research design. The population of the study comprised, one thousand, one hundred and sixty-five (1,165)inmates inthe two Correctional Centers and three hundred and twenty two (322) Suspects persons detained in police custody in Osun State. A sample size of two hundred (200) detained Students was used for the study. The instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire titled “Questionnaire on Criminal Behaviour among students in Osun State. Data collected were analysed using frequency counts, percentage, mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while Step-wise Multiple Regression was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The results showed that the behaviour commonly exhibited as reported by the respondents was Theft with the highest RSI value of 0.382 and closely followed by Burglary with RSI value of 0.324 and Forgery with RSI value of 0.312, the least popular criminal behaviour among the respondent was Rape with RSI value of 0.228. The result of most commonly used abused drugs by students in Osun State as reported by the students was Marijuana with the highest RSI value of 0.374 and closely followed by Codeine with RSI value of 0.331 and Skunk with RSI value of 0.314. The least popular out-lawed drug reportedly consumed by the respondents was crack/heroine with the least RSI value of 0.242. It was also revealed in this study that most of the respondents (92%) were found to exhibit high level of criminal behaviour, while only 7% exhibited moderate level and just 1% exhibited low level of criminal behaviour. Results on Parental Control revealed that 77.5% of the respondents experienced high level of parental control, whereas only 1% of the respondents indicated that they experienced low level of parental control. Similarly, the results on Peer Influence revealed that 29.5% of the respondents experienced moderate level of peer influence while57% claimed to have experienced high level of peer influence, only 13% of the respondents experienced low level of Peer Influence whereas 0.05% indicated that they experienced very low level of Peer Influence. It was concluded in this study that more than half (that is large number) of students who were involved in criminal behaviour do so as a result of substantiate peer influence and love for money despite the high level parental control they claimed to have received.
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    Percieved parental involvement, locus of control and social self-concept of tertiary institution students in Osun State.
    (Partment of Educational Foundations and Counselling, Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University., 2022) NKACHUKWU Hope Njideka
    This study determined the level of social self-concept of tertiary institution students in Osun State. It also examined the relationship between perceived parental involvement and social self-concept of students. The study also investigated the relationship between locus of control and social self-concept of the students and examined the contribution of demographic variables such as age, sex, and tertiary institution type on students’ social self-concept. These were with a view to providing empirical information on status of tertiary institution students’ social self-concept and factors that could be responsible for it. A descriptive survey design was used for the study. The population for the study comprised the students in the tertiary institution in Osun State. A total sample of 1440 students were selected in stages. First, stratified sampling technique was used to select six tertiary institutions (two Universities, two Polytechnics and two Colleges of Education) using institution ownership as a stratum (public and private). Second, from each institution, three faculties/schools were common to all institutions were selected using purposive sampling technique making a total of 18 faculties/schools selected for the study. Eighty students were disproportionately selected from each Faculty/School using convenience sampling technique. The study adapted an instrument “Questionnaire on Perceived Parental Involvement and Social Self-Concept (QPILCSSC)” to elicit data from the respondents. Data collected were analysed using percentages and frequency counts, Pearson product moment correlation analysis, point bi-serial correlation and stepwise multiple regression analysis. Specifically, research question one was answered using percentages and frequency counts, while hypotheses one, two and three were tested using Pearson product moment correlation, point biserial correlation and stepwise multiple regression analysis respectively. The results showed that 921 (69.6%) of tertiary institution students in Osun state exhibited high level of social self-concept while 381 (28.8%) and 22 (1.7%) of the students exhibited moderate and low levels of social self-concepts respectively. The results also showed that there was a statistically significant relationship between perceived parental involvement and social self-concept of tertiary institution students in Osun State (r = 0.526, p-value = 0.000). Furthermore, the results showed that the relationship between locus of control and social self-concept of students was significant (r = 0.437; p = 0.000). Finally, the results showed that there was significant influence of students’ demographic variables such as age institutional type (𝛽 = 8.069, t = 9.540, p = 0.000); age (𝛽 = 0.673, t = 3.551, p = 0.000); and sex (𝛽 = -0.879, t = -0.612, p = 0.541) on students’ social self-concept. The study concluded that social self-concept of tertiary institution students in Osun State was high and that perceived parental involvement, locus of control, institution type and age were potent factors that could positively predict social self-concept of students..
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    Perceived parental involvement, locus of control and social self-concept of tertiary institution students in Osun State
    (Department of Educational Foundations and Counselling, Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University., 2022) HOPE Njideka Nkachukwu
    This study determined the level of social self-concept tertiary institution of Students in Osun State. It also examined the relationship between perceived parental involvement and social self-concept of students. The study also investigated the relationship between locus of control and social self-concept of the students and examined the contribution of demographic variables such as age, sex, and tertiary institution type on students’ social self-concept. These were with a view to providing empirical information on status of tertiary institution students’ social self-concept and factors that could be responsible for it. A descriptive survey design was used for the study. The population for the study comprised the students in the tertiary institution in Osun State. A total sample of 1440 students were selected in stages. First, stratified sampling technique was used to select six tertiary institutions (two Universities, two Polytechnics and two Colleges of Education) using institution ownership as a stratum (public and private). Second, from each institution, three faculties/schools were common to all institutions were selected using purposive sampling technique making a total of 18 faculties/schools selected for the study. Eighty students were disproportionately selected from each Faculty/School using convenience sampling technique. The study adapted an instrument “Questionnaire on Perceived Parental Involvement and Social Self-Concept (QPILCSSC)” to elicit data from the respondents. Data collected were analysed using percentages and frequency counts, Pearson product moment correlation analysis, point bi-serial correlation and stepwise multiple regression analysis. Specifically, research question one was answered using percentages and frequency counts, while hypotheses one, two and three were tested using Pearson product moment correlation, point biserial correlation and stepwise multiple regression analysis respectively.