ATTITUDES OF STUDENTS
TOWARDS MORAL AND RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTIONS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN OHAOZARA LOCAL
GOVERNMENT AREA OF EBONYI STATE
A RESEARCH PROJECT PRESENTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL
ADMINISTRATION/ SOCIAL STUDIES
INSTITUTE OF ECUMENICAL EDUCATION IN AFFILIATION WITH ENUGU UNIVERSITY
OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ESUT
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The ominous
features of the moral climate of our school are ubiquitous and conspicuous even
to causal observed rampant fraud, stealing and robbery with violence, gross
indiscipline, truancy, examination malpractices or cheating in an examination,
occultisms. All these and more, characterize the attitudes of our students in
Ohaozara secondary schools which relegates the poison of moral and religious
instructions to the background. These and more constitute problems which need
urgent solutions.
3. PURPOSE OF THE
STUDY
The purpose of this study was to
investigate the attitudes of students towards moral and religious instructions
in secondary schools in Ohaozara .
NEED FOR THE
STUDY
The study shows the reasons
responsible for the attitude of students’ attitude forwards moral and religious
institutions in secondary school in Ohaozara Local Government Area students)
exhibit lukewarm and wanton attitudes towards the subject. Only very few
students react positively both in theory and
practice towards moral and religious instruction for their
moral growth and development. Hence Chijioke (1981) further maintained
“the twin subject is hardly
separable as it pursues the same
vital goal targeted at reducing and probably
eliminating our meaning social norms
(P.4)
Travers (1978) maintained that,
Religious instruction given
CHAPTER THREE
RESULTS
This chapter records the results of
data analysis presented according to research questions.
RESEARCHER QUESTION
If negative attention of students
towards the moral and religious instructions caused by poor school management?
Table 1
S/N
|
ITEMS
|
A
|
%
|
SA
|
%
|
D
|
%
|
SD
|
%
|
TOTAL
|
1
|
By the principal
and members of their staff
|
80
|
40
|
60
|
30
|
40
|
20
|
20
|
10
|
100%
|
Lack of interest in
the subject by students
|
70
|
35
|
90
|
45
|
10
|
5
|
30
|
15
|
100%
|
|
Caused by the influence of
the peer groups.
|
64
|
32
|
100
|
50
|
18
|
9
|
18
|
9
|
100%
|
2
|
Inadequacy of resources for formal moral and religious
instructions.
|
90
|
45
|
110
|
55
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
100%
|
3
|
Inactive nature of teachers due to poor conditions
of service
|
60
|
30
|
90
|
45
|
20
|
10
|
30
|
15
|
100%
|
Research question 4
To what extent was moral and
religious instructions checked moral decadence among students in our secondary
school in Ohaozara and the society in general.
S/N
|
ITEMS
|
A
|
%
|
SA
|
%
|
D
|
%
|
SD
|
%
|
TOTAL
|
1
|
There is in
increase in student’s discipline
|
20
|
10
|
28
|
14
|
42
|
21
|
110
|
55
|
100%
|
2
|
There is a remarkable reduction in examination
malpractices among students.
|
10
|
5
|
8
|
4
|
80
|
40
|
102
|
51
|
100%
|
APPENDIX
Department of Educational
Administration/ Social Studies
Institute of Ecumenical Education,
Thinkers Corner, Enugu in Affiliation with ESUT
July, 2008