MANAGING ORGANISATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICY AT HIGHER INSTITUTION TRAINING: THE EXPERIENTIAL APPRAISAL OF NIGERIA

Okechukwu Dominic, Nwankwo and Loyce Chiedozie Onyali

Division of General Studies

Anambra State University,Igbariam Campus, Anambra State, Nigeria

Email: nwankwodo@gmail.com; nwankwodo@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

This research work is on the managing organisational entrepreneurship policy at higher institution training in Nigeria. The research identified organisational entrepreneurship policies in Nigerian higher institutions from the perspective of trainees’ selection, training curricula, industrial practice, and assessment modalities.  It also identified that organisational entrepreneurship policy and its management at the higher institutions training in Nigeria is militated by myriad of challenges.  These include societal attitude to functional knowledge, “connection” syndrome, personality disposition, supervisory limitations, training facilities and environment. The null hypothesis investigated in the study examined whether the entrepreneurship qualities arising from the Nigerian higher institution training vary from one another in their effectiveness. The entrepreneurship qualities measured in the study are Initiative Ability, Pragmatic Ability, and Organizational Competency. Each entrepreneurship quality had 5 items that assessed entrepreneurship efficacy of the higher institution training in Nigeria. They were measured with a 15-item questionnaire on a 5-point scale of strongly agree (5), agree (4), undecided (3), disagree (2), and strongly disagree (1). The questionnaire for the study attained 80% Theme Analysis relevance, r = .71 validity, r = .77 test-retest reliability. The result found that organisational entrepreneurship policy as regards higher institutions training in Nigeria is functionally more effective in organisational competency manifestations, followed by initiative ability manifestations, and lastly by pragmatic ability. Consequently the following recommendations were proffered: More practical training of the trainees, counseling services for the trainees as regards their potentials, adequate funding of the higher institution, curbing corruption in the higher institutions, trainees and train selection based on competency and ability, focusing training at the higher institutions as goal-directed programme through which opportunities and wealth can be created.

MINIMIZING SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS ON ADMINISTRATION OF DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAMMES IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS.

Ugwoegbu Ifeanyi

Department of Adult Education

Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria

E-mail: ugwoegbuifeanyi@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

The purpose of the study was to identify how group and guidance and counseling strategies can minimize socio-psychological problems on administration of distance education programmes in tertiary institutions in South East zone of Nigeria. The population was made up of 1904 administrators and lecturers from where a sample of 1551 respondents were selected. A 21 item questionnaire constituted the instrument for the study. Mean ratings were used to analyse the two research questions while t test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) for the four hypothesis. The findings of the study revealed that Group study and Guidance and Counseling strategies were capable of minimizing socio-psychological problems on administrators of distance education programmes. Based on the findings of the study, recommendations were made.

MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF ELECTION RESULT OF A TWO-PARTY SYSTEM IN A DEMOCRATIC SETUP

Olagunju Samuel Olu and Jimoh Kilani

Department of Mathematics

Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo.

E-mail: olagsamolu@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

Nigeria has been practicing multi-party system of politics long ago, and the contestants are too numerous. This system gives way for rigging and political lobbying. However, it has been discovered that two-party system is the best political system that can give good and accurate election results in Nigeria, as observed in the annulled June 12 election of 1993. In this paper, we develop a model that can predict the election result between any two political parties in any democratic setup. We also illustrate the practical implementation of the model.

Keywords: Election, Two-Party System, Democracy, Impeachment, Tribunals, Election-

Rigging.

A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF THE TRANSFORMER AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL IN TEACHING POWER SUPPLY IN PHYSICS

Offiah Franca .C. and Achufusi Ngozi .N.

Department of Science Education

Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.

E-mail: ngachufusi@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

The subject of Physics which is taught at the Senior Secondary School levels in Nigeria requires demonstration and praticalisation of some concepts. A concept of power supply in physics requires the use of transformer. The transformer is used as an instructional material to see if it affected achievement in Physics. Three research questions and three null hypotheses guided the study. One hundred students were sampled for the study.  A quasi- experiment design was used and Physics Achievement test administered to collect data for the study. Analysis of result using independent t-test and chi-square indicated that students taught power with transformer as instructional materials performed significantly better than the counterparts. Findings imply that science is not really brought home if the instructional aids are not used and proper orientation should be given to teachers through seminars and workshops to promote learning and teaching.