http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/115 Published Journal Articles from the department. 2026-04-05T16:07:24Z http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2819 CAUSES OF ABSENTEEISM AMONG STUDENTS, AS PERCIEVED BY SECONDARY SCHOOLTEACHERS IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA BABA, Cecilia O. Absenteeism is a major problem that poses challenges to teaching and learning, and the overall academic performance of students. This study investigated the causes of absenteeism among secondary school students, as perceived by teachers in Kwara State, Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The population comprised all secondary school teachers in Kwara State, estimated at 15,412. A sample of 378 teachers was selected using purposive, proportional, and simple random sampling techniques. The "Causes of Students' Absenteeism Questionnaire (CASAQ)" was used to collect data, which was validated and had a reliability of 0.79. The results showed that the main causes of absenteeism among secondary school students, as perceived by teachers, include long distance between school and place of residence, teachers' unfriendliness to students, and students' lack of commitment to schooling. The study also found no significant difference in the causes of absenteeism, as perceived by teachers, based on their educational qualification, marital status, and gender. Based on the findings, the study recommends building secondary schools within the community to reduce the distance from students' homes and prevent absenteeism. It also suggests that school management should ensure a good relationship between teachers and students to create a student-friendly environment. Additionally, teachers should be enlightened on strategies to reduce absenteeism among secondary school students, regardless of their gender, marital status, and educational qualification. 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2818 TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION ON CAUSES OF BULLYING AMONG UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION PUPILS, KWALI AREA COUNIL, ABUJA -NIGERIA BABA, Cecilia O. The study titled 'Teachers' Perception on causes of Bullying among Universal Basic Students, Kwali Area Council, Abuja-Nigeria is a descriptive survey using questionnaire. The self-structured instrument named 'Causes of Bullying Questionnaire' (CBQ) was to elicit responses from teachers on the causes of bullying among UBE school students. The total population of UBE teachers who participated was 120. Simple random sampling was used for teachers that participated. The instrument was divided into five. 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2817 THE REALITY OF GRIEF, CRISIS AND SORROW: COUNSELING FOR THE HURTING BABA, Cecilia O. One major problem of humanity is the failure to see the reality of grief, crisis and sorrow when they strike though the three are reality and pain of human experience. Grief, Crisis and sorrow are reality in the life of every human being whether young or old, male or female, African Traditional Religionist, Muslim, or Christian. Based .on the universality of this problem the researchers discovered various stages of development of grief, crisis and sorrow as experienced by the people and provide a biblical counselling for the hurting. The researchers observed that the awareness of these potential dangers to the life of Nigerians is worthy of researching. This will contribute to an overall effectiveness when the in assisting those going through similar psychological problems various ways solutions provided are put into practice. Therefore this article discusses and provide a by which counsellors can help to educate, enlighten, comfort, heal guide for people in helping them cope with hard times as grief, crisis and sorrow. 2006-06-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2763 The Effectiveness of Communication Skills Counselling in Improving the Quality of Marital Relationship of Couples BILHATU, Dagari K. The focus of this paper is to determine the effectiveness of communication skills counseling in improving the quality of marital relationships of couples. The population of the study consists of Diploma II students of the 2009/2010 academic session, Institute of Education, in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, totaling about 275 subjects, each comprising of male and female married couples who were randomly selected and assigned to experimental and control groups. An experimental design of post-test only control groups was administered to generate data from the subjects of the study in the two groups for seven (7) weeks. An instrument titled "Couples Communication Skills Questionnaire, Section on Improving Communication" was administered to both experimental and control groups for data collection. A t-test technique was used to analyze the data. The result showed a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of participants in the study. Based on this finding, recommendations were made on how to experience quality marital relationships through communication between couples. 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z