PERCEPTION ON EFFICACY OF CIVIC EDUCATION CURRICULUM ON STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS NATIONAL INTEGRATION IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ZARIA EDUCATION ZONE-NIGERIA

Abstract

This study examines the Perception on Efficacy of Civic Education Curriculum on Students’ Attitude towards National Integration in Junior Secondary Schools in Zaria Education Zone, Kaduna State, Nigeria. The study was guided by two research objectives and their corresponding research questions and null hypotheses. The study employed survey research design, the population of the study consists of junior secondary school civic education students in Zaria Education Zone numbering 26,322 as at 2017/2018 session. The sample size was 379 determined using Research Advisors table for sample specification.  The arithmetic means and standard deviations were used to answer the questions posed by the study while independent samples t-test was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 alpha.  The study found that a significant difference was found in the perception of male and female students on the efficacy of civic education curriculum on attitude towards national integration in junior secondary schools in Zaria education Zone. A significant difference was also found in the perception of JSS II and JSS III students on the efficacy of civic education curriculum on attitude towards national integration in junior secondary schools in Zaria education Zone. The study recommends that Civic education should be encouraged to be taught at all level of Nigerian education system since from the findings it has influence on student’s attitudes towards national integration in Nigeria.