School Health Programme A Parameter for Sustaining Quality Education in Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigated effective Teaching and learning in secondary schools through school Health programme as a means of sustaining quality education. Two research questions were raised and two hypotheses were formulated. The instrument used to elicit information was a questionnaire designed by the researchers titled School Health Programmes and effectiveness of teaching and learning Questionnaire. The validity of the instrument was ascertained through face and content validity while its reliability was ensured through test-retest method and a coefficient of 0.71 was obtained. The descriptive survey research design was used for the study. The population of the study was all the teachers in Nigeria Secondary Schools with a sample of four hundred and three teachers’ selected using simple random sampling technique. The data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistic. The result of the analyses showed that school health programme promotes effective teaching and learning. The result also shows that teachers have a good knowledge of school health programmes and that it helps in the improvement of teaching learning and could be used to guarantee quality education. It was therefore concluded that government should step up their campaign to strengthening health issues in the schools to enable optimal performance of the teachers in ensuring effective teaching and learning in the schools and sustenance of quality education in Nigeria.

Keywords; SCHOOL HEALTH, PARAMETER, SUSTENACE, QUALITY EDUCATION.

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/10-24-14

Publication date: August 31st 2019