This document discusses factors that influence secondary school academic program planning, including family academic preference, teacher quality standards, and student personal interest. It reports on a study that examined the influence of these three factors on academic program planning in secondary schools in Nigeria. The study found that family academic preference, teacher quality standards, and student personal interest all have a measurable influence on secondary school academic program planning in the region studied.
International approach in comparative education
introduction
- Definition
- Purposes and Scope of international approach
Process of approach
- Steps and tools
- Uses of international approach
Implementation and comparison
- Comparison within a country
- Comparison of developed and underdeveloped countries
- Developing one method of education for all
Challenges, Attitudes and Academic Performance of Agricultural Science Studen...Olutosin Ademola Otekunrin
In this study, we considered challenges facing effective teaching and learning of Agricultural Science. Also, we examined whether there were differences in the mean achievement test scores of students in the subject in selected schools. Furthermore, we studied students’ attitude to the subject and examined the relationship between their academic performance in Agricultural Science and their attitudes to the subject. The study was a descriptive survey design carried out at Ibadan North Local Government Area (INLGA) of Oyo State, Nigeria. Three public secondary schools were randomly selected from all the public secondary schools in INLGA in 2014. A total of thirty teachers and one hundred Senior Secondary School II (SSS II) students from the selected schools participated in the study. Agricultural Science Achievement Test (ASAT), Constraints facing Agricultural Science in Public Secondary Schools Questionnaire (CASPSSQ) and Students’ Attitude towards Agricultural Science Questionnaire (SAASQ) were used for data collection. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Chi-square test of independence, one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and multiple comparison techniques. The major challenges confronting the teaching and learning of Agricultural Science in INLGA and their solutions were identified. The ANOVA test was significant (P=.00). Least Significant Difference, a multiple comparison technique, on the ANOVA showed that School 1 and School 2 ASAT mean scores; School 1 and School 3 ASAT mean scores were different from each other at 5% significance level respectively. A significant relationship was found between scores obtained by the students in the ASAT and the attitudinal variable of sustained students’ interests in Agricultural Science (P=.02).
The study therefore recommended innovative methods of teaching the subject so as to be able to sustain students’ interest in the subject and obtain better academic performance.
International approach in comparative education
introduction
- Definition
- Purposes and Scope of international approach
Process of approach
- Steps and tools
- Uses of international approach
Implementation and comparison
- Comparison within a country
- Comparison of developed and underdeveloped countries
- Developing one method of education for all
Challenges, Attitudes and Academic Performance of Agricultural Science Studen...Olutosin Ademola Otekunrin
In this study, we considered challenges facing effective teaching and learning of Agricultural Science. Also, we examined whether there were differences in the mean achievement test scores of students in the subject in selected schools. Furthermore, we studied students’ attitude to the subject and examined the relationship between their academic performance in Agricultural Science and their attitudes to the subject. The study was a descriptive survey design carried out at Ibadan North Local Government Area (INLGA) of Oyo State, Nigeria. Three public secondary schools were randomly selected from all the public secondary schools in INLGA in 2014. A total of thirty teachers and one hundred Senior Secondary School II (SSS II) students from the selected schools participated in the study. Agricultural Science Achievement Test (ASAT), Constraints facing Agricultural Science in Public Secondary Schools Questionnaire (CASPSSQ) and Students’ Attitude towards Agricultural Science Questionnaire (SAASQ) were used for data collection. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Chi-square test of independence, one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and multiple comparison techniques. The major challenges confronting the teaching and learning of Agricultural Science in INLGA and their solutions were identified. The ANOVA test was significant (P=.00). Least Significant Difference, a multiple comparison technique, on the ANOVA showed that School 1 and School 2 ASAT mean scores; School 1 and School 3 ASAT mean scores were different from each other at 5% significance level respectively. A significant relationship was found between scores obtained by the students in the ASAT and the attitudinal variable of sustained students’ interests in Agricultural Science (P=.02).
The study therefore recommended innovative methods of teaching the subject so as to be able to sustain students’ interest in the subject and obtain better academic performance.
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Secondary School Academic Program Planning: A Synthesis of
Three Factorial Interplay of Family Academic Preference (FAP),
Student Personal Interest (SPI), And Teacher Professional Standard
(TPS)
Dr. John Nyem Okendu
Department of Educational Management and Planning
Faculty of Technical and Science Education
Rivers State University of Science and Technology
Port Harcourt, Rivers State Nigeria.
E-Mail: ibmwventures2001 @yahoo.com
Tel: 0803 339 5390
ABSTRACT
This research study is designed to determine whether Family Academic Preference (FAP), Teacher Quality Standard
(TQS), and Student Personal Interest (SPI) have any measurable bearing on secondary school academic program
planning in Ahoada East and Ahoada West local government areas, Rivers State, Nigeria. Five research questions
and four null hypotheses were posed to guide the study to a logical conclusion. A structured research questionnaire
was administered on a sample size of two hundred and fifty-four (254) secondary school teachers in Ahoada East and
Ahoada West local government areas. Data generated from the research questions and null hypotheses were treated
with statistical independent t-test of pooled and nonpooled variance, Pearson Product Moment Correlational
Statistics (Pearson r), and One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) which was followed up with a scheffé test. The
results of the data analysis indicated that Family Academic Preference , teacher quality standard, and student
personal interest have measurable influences on secondary school academic program planning in Ahoada East and
Ahoada West local government area Rivers State, Nigeria. Recommendations were proffered based on the findings
to enhance Family Academic Preference , Teacher Quality Standard and Student Personal Interest and to enhance the
academic program planning of secondary schools in Ahoada East and Ahoada West local government areas, Rivers
State, Nigeria.
INTRODUCTION
Educational system in Nigeria is punctuated with a lot of resistant and reoccurring problems. The number of
educational institutions in Nigeria is considered quite many considering the character and profile of the academic
population in the country. The question in Nigeria today is not how many academic institutions are in existence but
how functional are these academic enterprises in their respective locations and their overall effectiveness in the effort
to transform Nigeria, Okendu J.N. (2009).
The total enrollment head count qualified to gain admission into Nigeria tertiary institutions does not
properly represent the actual total number of students in dare need of university education. The reason for this ranges
from lack of physical facilities to academic programs completion and subsequent job placement.
Academic programming dimension is also perforated with a lot of inadequacies such as program
accreditation problems, lack of qualified lecturers, brain drain problems, lack of essential support services,
illiteracies still around, series of professional staff strikes and government inconsistent policies.
After graduating from most Nigeria Universities the graduates are thrown into the period of post-graduation
syndrome where students with bachelor, masters and doctorate degrees face recruitment crises with the expected
employment agencies. Most hiring agencies complain that the Nigerian university graduates are half-baked,
considering the obsolete input resources used in programming these graduates.
The dynamics of the present political system in Nigeria do allow the leadership to extend opportunities to
quacks lacking the expertise to run educational systems as commissioners and ministers. Nevertheless, the conditions
of professional services in Nigeria system of education have groomed the democratic efforts of the Academic Staff
Union of Universities (ASUU) against the authorities concerned, who unchained itself from the guilt, by promising
and failing, including the Machiavellian mass-sack of universities lecturers to balance the draconian chain of
command, Okendu (2011).
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The Nigerian Educational environment both in the immediate and remote, have challenged the effort in the
struggle for advancement. But there are various means of providing solutions to problems. Besides, most academic
communities are inundated with problems in different forms such as unsatisfactory events, unsettling moments,
difficulties of some sorts, a state of affairs that needs to be changed, things not working as well as it might, condition
that needs improvement, difficulties that need answers, Okendu (2011).
The above explanations are centered toward a common denominator known as problem. Problems therefore,
are sources of developing new knowledge. To provide real solutions to problem various avenues of generating
solution have emerged.
Academic program planning is always the first and the principal rationale used in structuring secondary
school institution in any given community of people. The basic framework of the institutionalization of any
secondary school is underlined with the foundational elements of educational planning.
The principal components of genuine academic program planning are prioritized by community and labour
market demand, political dynamics, curriculum and course contents, administrative organ, teachers/recruitments,
support services personnel, student enrollment, equipment and support services, space availability, school plant
planning/management, budgetary programming/financing, academic program accreditation and plan implementation,
Okendu (2011).
The academic value of individual families influences the academic performance of secondary school
student. The investigator of this research study strongly believed that parents with some levels of literacy usually
inculcate academic responsibility on children. Besides, Koontz (1993) in his research study, correlate between
parental role structure and child behaviour, observed that secondary school students from single parent families were
associated with lacking in personal initiatives and independence in decision making exercises in class.
Angaye (1995) states that home climate affects children in that, their attitudes, moral standard, manners,
ways of thinking and pattern of behaviours are absorbed by the child from social environment. In this vein, the level
of discipline and indiscipline in the family brings about child misbehaviour such as delinquency, drug abuse, joining
bad groups, robbery, secret cult, examination malpractice, truancy etc. Basically, educational background of a family
also determines the level of motivation given the student by the parents. This education goes a long way to mould or
change the child.
Teachers who are very knowledgeable and versatile in the operation of classroom instructional equipment
contribute positively to the growth of secondary school students. Agina-Obu (2005) maintains that; in education
today, most of the equipment imported for technical courses can only be powered by electricity. Lightening is an
essential commodity of a workshop since it makes it possible for students not to step onto sharp objects on the floor.
Ventilation of the workshop area by fan cannot work without electricity which can lead to equipment damage in
some cases. Acquisition of practical skills and applied skills as well as basic scientific knowledge also helps the
teacher in operating these imported equipments. These equipments can also aid the teacher in enhancing immensely
to the general performance.
A standard library contributes immensely to the general performance of students if properly utilized, as it
develops the independent study ability in the students. Stating the importance of school libraries, Abiola (1992)
noted that the school library is essential and indispensable to the school. Library is an integral part of the school
which compensates inherent textbooks and classrooms inadequacies. From his studies; he concluded that the falling
standard of education particularly in technical schools has to do with lack of good libraries. The library is
fundamentally crucial to the performance of the student; the library builds up the students’ reservoir of knowledge.
Researchers have shown that many students have destroyed their interest and progress for their non-cordial
relationship with the teachers; then tend to relate to their (teachers) subjects area the way they relate to teacher
Interest as a result of teacher- subjects relationship can also be affected by other things such as progress which comes
from the effort made by the student and teacher. According to Bossert (1980) one of the most important conditions
for continuance of interest and effort is satisfaction resulting from awareness of progress and achievements. The
teacher’s attitude also hinders and enhances learning.
In addition, the competencies which the teacher possesses is equally essential in terms of teacher-student
relationship. Okah and Uzoeshi (2005) state that teachers are sometimes unaware of the behaviour of their students
and many teachers assumed that if a child performs destructively in the classroom, then the child must be a problem
at home or at the very least must have reached sufficient maturity to function adequately in the school situation.
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However, an increasing body of evidence indicated that most behaviour which teachers find destructive are actually
within control. A teacher can modify and control the behaviours of their students by controlling students’ responses.
The teacher qualification and his practical skills also influence the students’ performance. On teacher
qualification, Enaohwo (1984) expressed that a teacher cannot enlighten his pupils if in default of the relevant
qualification. It is important therefore that emphasis should be given to acquisition of knowledge during training to
make the student well informed. It is the researcher’s view that for a mechanical engineering craft practice teacher to
teach the course well, the teacher may have acquired craft certificates in theory and practice in addition to experience
in teaching profession.
Ulinfun (1992) states that; the present NCE curricula-guide manual produce the NCE. teachers who teach
only at the J.S.S level of secondary school. By this, training program, method are virtually of a generalized nature.
Those in technical option are for the components of intro-technology and those in business education are no
exception. They teach elements of shorthand and type-writing. How much skill these teachers have depend on how
much they can impart into vocation programs which are expected to move Nigeria forward.
Teachers with advance certificates could be employed to teach theory and practice in technical subjects for
optimum students performance. Adesina (1998), states that the instructor must be a master of trade, in order to
impart, correct, and upgrade skills. It is the researcher’s observation that the quality of the trainer in theory and
practice determines the experiences and skill acquired by the trainees. High quality technical teacher will produce
high quality students that will exhibit performance in technical and science examinations, thereby meeting the
objectives of the national policy on technical education in producing technicians that are self reliant.
Nkwoh (1989) commented that lack of incentives and motivation programs in teaching profession has a
retarding implication. He said that teachers’ welfare and motivation are treated with levity and disregard. They are
poorly paid when considering the type of problem associated with teaching youths. Promotion is very sluggish and
condition of service deplorable, yet they are expected to lay the proper foundation for the educational growth. In
terms of recognition and honour, they are not remembered and it is assumed that their rewards are in heaven.
Interest has also been argued to be one of the essential variables affecting the performance of students.
Therefore, for one to attain high level performance, interest must be to the fullest. Okendu (2006) commenting on
interest said that: there are at least three bases for development of interest, such as subject course content, age, sex,
and individual ability. For this reasons, physical defects have to be compensated for based on the methodology used
in teaching the students. The interests of the students have to be developed for them to follow up teaching and
learning to improve their performance.
It has been observed that students lack of commitment to studies as reflected by high rate of truancy, lack of
concentration during classroom lecture, neglect of assignment and pleasure seeking attitudes contribute substantially
to their poor performance in school. According to the Roe (1991), besides intellectual factors, study habits of the
students accounted for a substantial amount of variance in academic success.
Therefore, a concerted effort is expected from academic program planners to consider parents educational interest,
school teacher professional, and student interest when building academic program plans to enhance students
performance. This research study therefore is packaged to determine if Family Academic Preference, teacher quality
standard and student personal interest have any measurable influence on academic program planning.
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
Does the interplay of Family Academic Preference, teacher quality standard and student personal interest
influence academic program planning?
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The purpose of this research study is to find out if secondary school academic program planning has any
technical relevance with such variables like Family Academic Preference, student personal interest and teacher
quality standard. Such research findings will contribute immensely within the domain of academic program planning
and policies improvement.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1). Does family academic preference have any relationship with academic program planning?
2). Does teacher quality relate evenly with academic program planning?
3). Does student personal interest have any bearing on academic program planning?
4). Can teacher with adequate qualification make any difference in academic program planning?
NULL HYPOTHESES
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H01: The interplay between family academic preference and teacher quality standard does not have any
significant influence on academic program planning blueprint.
H02: Teacher quality standard and student personal interest do not have measurable significant bearing on
academic program planning.
H03: The interplay between student personal interest and family academic preference does not have any
significant impact on academic program planning.
H04: Academic program planning does not significantly influence student self-esteem in class.
H05: The interplay between Family Academic Preference, teacher quality standard and student personal interest
does not have any significant difference on the academic program planning blueprint.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This research study is a descriptive research survey with fair variables design matrix frames up and
classified into three independent variables; Family Academic Preference , teacher quality standard, and student
personal interest, buttressed by a common dependent variable; secondary school academic program planning.
The population of this study consists of 125 secondary school teachers from Ahoada East and 191 teachers
from Ahoada West local government areas, Rivers State, Nigeria. The total population for this research study is
made up of three hundred and sixteen (316) secondary school teachers in Ahoada East and Ahoada West local
government areas, Rivers State, Nigeria. This very population was chosen as a matter of the investigator’s research
interest.
The research sample size of this study is two hundred and fifty-four (254) teachers from the selected
population. The stratified random sampling technique was used to select the population sample.
The research instrument used in this research study is a structured questionnaire designed and developed by
the investigator of this research study. The instrument was given to experts in this field of study for proper screening
and evaluation. The content and face validity were reaffirmed by this peer instrument review exercise. The
instrument was piloted with 45 members of the research population and the data generated was treated with Pearson
Product Moment Correlational Statistics. The calculated instrument reliability index anchored at 0.81 which was
considered good enough for this research study.
The research instrument was finally administered to two hundred and fifty-four (254) secondary school
teachers. This exercise lasted for about seven weeks. The completed questionnaires were collected, collated, and
decoded into numerical data. The subsequent data was treated with statistical independent t-test of pooled and
nonpooled variances and Pearson Product Moment Correlational Statistics (Pearson r) and One-Way Analysis of
Variance (ANOVA) which was followed up with a scheffé test. The SPSS statistical software was used to expedite
the data analysis and computer simulations.
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DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS
Table 1: Correlation Coefficient of Family Academic Preference and Academic Program
Planning.
N df Alpha Level (α) r– cal r-crit Decision
254 252 .05 0.5 .1946 Significant
* ρ < .05 Significant
In responding to research question one, the calculated r value (.5) at .05 alpha level with df, 252, is greater
than the critical r value, i.e., 5 > .1946 = significant at .05 alpha level. To answer the question posed in research
question one, the calculated correlational value reaffirmed the fact that the extent of correlation between Family
Academic Preference and academic program planning is high (.5). Therefore, the result confirmed the fact that there
is a significant correlation between student socio-background and academic program planning.
Table 2: Correlation Coefficient of Teacher Quality and Academic Program Planning.
N df Alpha Level (α) r– cal r-crit Decision
254 252 .05 0.2 .1946 Significant
* ρ < .05 Significant.
In responding to research question two, the calculated r value (.2) at .05 alpha level with df, 252 is less than
the critical r value, i.e., .2 > .1946 = significant at .05 alpha level. To answer the question posed in research question
two, the calculated correlational value reaffirmed the fact that the extent of correlation between teacher quality and
academic program planning is high (.2). Therefore, the result confirmed the fact that there is a significant correlation
between teacher quality and academic program planning.
Table 3: Student Personal Interest and its Bearing on Academic Program Planning.
N df Alpha S12 S2 2 t – cal t-crit Decision
Level (α) x1 X2
254 252 .05 2.35 2.22 0.85 0.88 2.6 1.960 Significant
* ρ < .05 Significant
In responding to research question three, the calculated t-value is greater than the critical t-value at .05 alpha level,
df, 252. 2.6. > 1.960 = significant at .05 alpha level. To answer the question posed in research question three, the
calculated t-value reaffirmed the fact that the student personal interest has significant bearing on academic program
planning.
Table 4: Teachers with Adequate Qualification and academic program planning
N df Alpha Level S1 2 S2 2 t – cal t-crit Decision
(α) x1 X2
254 252 .05 2.63 2.43 0.74 0.71 2.5 1.960 Significant
* ρ < .05 Significant
In responding to research question four, the calculated t-value is greater than the critical t-value at .05 alpha
level, df, 252. i.e., 2.5 > 1.960 = significant at .05 alpha level. To answer the question posed in research question
four, the calculated t-value reaffirmed the fact that the teachers with adequate qualifications make noticeable
difference in classroom work.
NULL HYPOTHESES
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H01: The interplay between Family Academic Preference and teacher quality standard does not have any
significant influence on academic program planning blueprint.
Table 6: Independent Statistical T-test Result
N df Alpha Level S1 2 S2 2 t– t-crit Decision
(α) x1 X2 cal
254 252 .05 2.32 2.18 0.86 0.88 1.75 1.960 Sig. Reject the null
hypothesis
* ρ < .05 Significant
The result of the independent t-test analysis (nonpooled variance) is significant (p<.05). The critical value
for t required for the rejection of the null hypothesis at .05 level of significance and df, 252 is 1.960, but the
calculated t-value = 6.00. But, 6.00> 1.960 = significant at .05 alpha level. Therefore, reject the null hypothesis.
H02: Teacher quality standard and Student personal interest does not have any measurable
significant bearing on academic program planning.
N df Alpha S12 S2 2 t – cal t-crit Decision
Level (α) x1 X2
254 252 .05 2.76 2.08 0.73 0.79 8.5 1.960 Sig. Reject the null
hypothesis
* ρ < .05 Significant
The result of the independent t-test analysis (pooled variance) is significant (p<05). The critical value for t
required for the rejection of the null hypothesis is 1.960, and the calculated t-value = 8.5. But, 8.5. > 1.960 –
significant at .05 alpha level. There reject the null hypothesis.
H03: The interplay between student personal interest and Family Academic Preference does
not have any significant impact on academic program planning.
Table 8: Independent statistical T-test Result
N df Alpha S12 S2 2 t – cal t-crit Decision
Level (α) x1 X2
254 252 .05 2.30 2.00 0.65 0.72 6.00 1.960 Sig. Reject the null
hypothesis
* ρ < .05 Significant
The result of the independent t-test analysis (nonpooled variance) is significant (p<.05). The critical value
for t required for the rejection of the null hypothesis is 1.960, the calculated t-value = 6.00. But, 6.00 > 1.960 =
significant at .05 alpha level. Therefore, reject the null hypothesis.
H04: Academic program planning does not significantly influence student personal
interest.
Table 9: Academic Program Planning and Student Self-Esteem in Class
N df Alpha S12 S2 2 t – cal t-crit Decision
Level (α) x1 X2
254 252 .05 2.32 2.18 0.86 0.88 1.75 1.960 Significant
* ρ < .05 Significant
In responding to research question four, the calculated t-value is less than the critical t-value at .05 alpha
level, df, 252. i.e., 1.75 < 1.960 = nonsignificant at .05 alpha level. To answer the question posed in research
question four, the calculated t-value reaffirmed the fact academic program planning does not stimulate student
personal interest.
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H05: The interplay between Family Academic Preference, teacher quality standard and
student personal interest does not have any significant different on the academic
program planning blueprint.
TABLE 10: FINAL SUMMARY TABLE OF VALUE
Source of Variation Sum of Squares df Mean Square F
Between 27.42 2 13.71 17.6
Within 1401.26 1797 4.23
Total 1428.68 1799 4.24
* ρ > .05
Calculated F-ratio value = 1.53
F-ratio Table Value at .05 alpha level = 19.0
1.53 <3.55 = Nonsignificant = Fail to reject the null hypothesis
In table 6 of the null-hypothesis which stated that the interplay between Family Academic Preference ,
teacher quality standard and student personal interest does not have any significant difference on the academic
program planning blueprint, one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test this null-hypothesis. The
calculated F-ratio of 1.53 is less than the table value of 19.0 at .05 alpha level, the test result is nonsignificant at .05
alpha level, therefore failed to reject the null hypothesis.
Since the ANOVA result is nonsignificant, the Scheffé test was test-run to locate the program link where
the nonsignificant result occurred.
With the scheffé test, the following results were obtained:
XFamily Academic Preference Vs XTeacher Quality Standard = 19.8 > 19.0 - Significant at .05 alpha level = Reject.
X Family Academic Preference Vs XStudent Personal Interest = 21.1 > 19.0 - Significant at .05 alpha level = Reject.
XTeacher Quality Vs XStudent Personal Interest = 1.3 < 19.0 - Nonsignificant at .05 alpha level = Fail to Reject.
The result of the scheffé test indicates that the significant result is within the amalgam of family academic
preference/teacher quality standard and family academic preference/student personal interest but nonsignifcant was
obtained within the amalgam of teacher quality and student personal interest.
DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS
The statistical test results in this research study reaffirmed the fact that sum variables as family academic
preference, student personal interest and teacher professional standard should be considered very sensitive when
designing an academic program plan.
The measurement of variable interplay in this research study indicated that the test result within the
dynamics of teacher quality standard and student personal interest was questionably very low and the phenomena
demonstrated an anomaly in the general trends of the test results. Authorities cited in this research study such as
Angaye (1995), Abiola (1992), and Bossert (1980) were at variance with this particular test results by scheffé test.
CONCLUSION
The variables, family academic preference, student personal interest, and teacher professional standard
proved very considerate and reliable in constructing academic program plan. Besides, a careful attention should be
used in the calibration of teacher professional standard and student personal interest, structuring an academic
program plan for policy implementation.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Based on the findings of this research, the following recommendations are proffered:
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1) A followed-up research study should be conducted using a wider population to enhance the generalization
of the findings of this research study.
2) Professional academic program planners should consider family academic interest, student personal interest
and teacher professional standard as one of the indispensable variables used in putting academic program
plans together.
3) The professional academic program planners should develop some structural framework which uses teacher
professional standard and student personal interest in structuring academic program planning for policy
implementation.
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AUTHOR: DR. JOHN NYEM OKENDU (B.Sc. 1977, MA 1979, Ph.D 1984)
In 1974 the author of this research paper was admitted into Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro
where he studied Petroleum Geology and earned a B.Sc. degree in June 1977.
In July 1977 the author was admitted into the Teachers College of OklahomaCity University where he did a
post-graduate study and specialized in teaching supervision, measurement and evaluation a program he completed
with excellence in December 1979 and earned an M.A. Degree.
In January 1980 the author proceeded to the Texas Southern University (TSU), Houston, Texas and
undertook a Doctoral Program in University Administration and Planning. This doctoral program was full-time and
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intensive. At the end of the first year he passed his qualifying examination. Almost at the end of the third academic
year the author passed his Doctoral Comprehensive Examination and was offered his doctoral candidacy, an upper
academic echelon of the graduate school for the TSU doctoral program.
On the 2nd of July 1984, the author defended his doctoral dissertations in University Planning, a moment in
history that featured an audience of 2,500 persons in attendance. On the 18th of August 1984, Dr. John Nyemaichechi
Okendu was born to the guilds of experts in University Administration/Planning. His doctoral dissertation in
planning was displayed in the showcase of excellence, school of education, downstairs, for three years after his
graduation.
Dr. Okendu has his professional membership with American Association of Higher Education since 1983.
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