National Consciousness and Management of Secondary Education for Sustainable Development in Kwara State, Nigeria

  • Abdullahi Nimota Jibola Kadir UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3851-2784
  • Isiaka Babatunde Akanmu University of Ilorin
  • Atolagbe Adedapo Adetiba University of Ilorin
  • Etejere Patricia Agnes Ovigueraye University of Ilorin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35993/ijitl.v7i2.1853

Abstract

National consciousness within educational institutions could enhance effective management of education for sustainable development. This study examines the existing relationship between cultural integration, sports activities, gender equality and management of secondary education for sustainable development in Nigeria. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select 175 principals from a population of 310 principals and 364 teachers from a population of 6,894 teachers in public senior secondary schools in Kwara State, Nigeria with the use of Research Advisor (2006) table to determine sample size of a known population making a total of 539 participants. Data were collected using the National Consciousness and Management of Education for Sustainable Development Questionnaire (NCMESDQ), and analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson Correlation. The results revealed that there were positive and significant relationships between cultural integration, sports activities, gender equality and management of secondary education for sustainable development in Nigeria. The findings imply that education managers should improve cultural integration by finding more common grounds in the cultural practices of the people in respect to dressing, festivals and the likes, furthermore, education managers should pay more emphasis on sport activities as a means of bringing students of various schools together as well as improve on gender equality in order to maintain effective management of secondary education for sustainable development in Nigeria.

Keywords: National consciousness, cultural integration, gender equality, sports activities, sustainable development

Author Biographies

Abdullahi Nimota Jibola Kadir, UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN
Department of Educational Management, lecturer
Atolagbe Adedapo Adetiba, University of Ilorin

Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education. University of Ilorin, Nigeria, Lecturer

Etejere Patricia Agnes Ovigueraye , University of Ilorin

Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education. University of Ilorin, Nigeria, Lecturer

Published
2021-12-31
Issue
Vol. 7 No. 2 (2021): International Journal of Innovation In Teaching And Learning (IJITL)
Section
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