THE IMPACT OF HIGH COST OF LIVING ON PROVISION OF QUALITATIVE EDUCATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
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THE IMPACT
OF HIGH COST OF LIVING ON PROVISION OF QUALITATIVE EDUCATION TO SECONDARY
SCHOOL STUDENTS
ABSTRACT
The research
attempt to examine the Impact of High Cost of Living on Provision of
Qualitative Education to Secondary School Students in Oshodi/Isolo Local
Government Area of Lagos State.
Survey
research design was adopted, data was gathered with the use of a well
structured questionnaire. Two hundred and ten (210) questionnaires were
administered to parents of five secondary schools in Oshodi/Isolo Local
government area.
Data
gathered were presented on table using simple percentage. Three hypotheses were
formulated and tested. The result of the analysis revealed that High cost of
living significantly influence the provision of qualitative education to the
children, High cost of living significant effect on the standard of living and
finally Provision of educational materials affects the education of children.
Conclusions
were drawn and recommendations were proffered to parents and high schools in
Oshodi/Isolo Local Government area, entire secondary schools in Nigeria.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study
In Nigeria
today, cost of living has been a prevailing issue that every Nigerian young and
old feels the impact. Parents are now spending more on their children's
education than they use to do some years back. Equally, the prices of goods and
services have continued to rise daily, even though the government policies
might have meant well for the common man.
According to
Mendinnus and Johnson (1966) "cost of living is average cost of food,
clothing, and other necessities paid by a person, family etc. Foster (1985) observed that there is a
definite association between parental occupational characteristics and access
to school education by the children as a consequence of the cost of living
which may be telling more on the parents as they could not meet up with the
demands, they may prefer keeping their children at home so that they will
accompany them in the farm or go to support the family.
In the view
of Oderinlo (1998), most school heads contributes to the high cost of education
of children both in rural and urban areas as some school Administrators and
Principals embezzle the examination and other fees paid by the guardians and
parents on behalf of their wards. This negative attitude of some School
Administrators put further, strain on the cost of educating the children and
impedes the access of the nation's children to education. Oderinlo (1998)
commented further, that the affected students must not be abandoned to fate.
Government should liaise with other concerned organizations such as WAEC, NECO
etc to ensure that such retrogressive matters that are likely to thwart the
ambition of the students are quickly resolved.
In 1998, an
incident happened at Okota Girls Secondary School where a student's WAEC fees
was embezzled by the Principal thereby putting further stains on the parents
meager resources. Nigerians are passing through one of the most difficult times
with the cost of living reaching unprecedented heights that salary earners feel
good only when they receive their wages or salaries for the month. Every month,
the fixed earning parents find themselves less capable of handling their pay
pockets to solve their financial problems as inflation bites harder and cost of
living continues to rise.
According to
Gross et al (1991) patterns of use of income highlighted the fact that on a
given income level, a family spending a longer than usual proportion on a
category could cuts elsewhere or goes on debt.
The view was
supported by the results of an interview conducted by Yomilend in (1981). He
interviewed middle class couples who are both graduates and discovered that the
average take home pay was N8,000 and he spent N6,000 every month while the
woman's average take home pay was N5,000. The result of the interview indicated
that the men were left with almost nothing at the end of the month because they
still had to pick their bills on rent and electricity and maintain their cars.
The same thing is with the woman, who had no money for frivolities, especially
with an average of two children per family who are to be cared for.
A messenger
was also interviewed; his take home pay at the end of the month was N7,000. He
had this to say "I am never balanced, no matter how hard I try; I spend
more than I earn and find myself in debt every month, which I have to pay back
one way or the other."
It is true
that everyone needs food, such other things as medical transportation,
education, electricity things also require attention but only clothing and
shelter, care, taxes, rent, and so many other the rich minority can afford them
because at the continuous rise to the cast ofliving and the education of the
children.
Families in
Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Areas may also have been affected by the rise in
cost of living hence, the need to conduct an investigation on the impact of the
high cost of living on the provision of qualitative education for the children
of Oshodi-Isolo area and see how the community can cope with the rising cost of
living with a view to returning its effect on the provision of qualitative
education for the children.
1.2 Statement of the Problem
High cost of
living is likely to impede the education of the children. It has been observed
that long before, one save money to buy an educational material for his
children, the price has risen by some unimaginable percentages and that before
one takes his or her list to the market, the budget has been rendered useless
as a consequence of spiraling inflation. This investigation will reveal if
these observations are true with respect to families in Oshodi/Isolo Local
Government area.
Mgboodile et
al (1986) observed that high cost of living has made parents to neglect their
responsibilities to their children and wards by failing to provide them with
the basic requirements such as textbooks, school uniform and reasonable pocket
money. They also fail to pay their wards school fees on time and that such
negligence and delay leads to absenteeism, pilfering and neglect of school
work, such situations they opined are to hamper academic performance of such
children.
According to
Nickel et al (1990) Academic achievement of students in school is threatened
such that there are more absenteeism as a consequence of rise in cost of living
with all these problems of the high cost of living, it has become necessary to
look into what effects these conditions having on children's education in
Oshodi/Isolo Local Government Area.
1.3 Purpose of Study
1. The purpose of study includes finding out
the opinions of parents in Oshodi/Isolo Local Government Area on how the high
cost of living is affecting the provision of qualitative education to their
wards and children.
2. To find out how government can help the
parents in solving the problems.
3. To offer useful suggestions based on the
outcome of the study.
4. To know how qualitative education can be
attained without the parents spending more.
5. To reduce the high cost of living on
provision of qualitative education and still maintain a high standard of
qualitative education.
1.4 Research Questions
1. To what extent does high cost of living
influence provision of qualitative education to children?
2. To what extent does high cost of living
affect the standard of living?
3. To what extent does the provision of
non-position of the educational materials affect the qualitative education of
children?
1.5 Research Hypothesis
Based on the
problems identified, the following null research hypotheses have been
formulated for investigation in the study.
1. High cost of living does not significantly
influence the provision of qualitative education to the children.
2. High cost of living does not have
significant effect on the standard of living.
3. Provision of educational materials does not
affect the education of children.
1.6 Significance of Study
The study
will throw light on the impact of high cost of living on the provision of
qualitative education to children in Oshodi/Isolo Local Government Area. It
will reveal how high cost of living in that area affects the provision of
qualitative education and general standard of living. The outcome of this
investigation will be of assistant to the Parent on the education of their
children despite the high cost of living in the society.
Finally,
this study will help the governments and other stakeholders in education in
taking decisions that will make it easier for both poor and rich parents to
finance the education of their children and wards.
1.7 Delimitations of Study
This
investigation is to be carried out in Oshodi/Isolo Government Area of Lagos State.
It will cover five schools namely:
1. Okota Girls High School, Isolo
2. Ajumoni Grammar School, Isolo
3. Ansar-Ud-Deen Comprehensive, Isolo
4. Ansa-Ud-Deen Grammar School, Isolo
5. Okota Grammar School, Isolo
1.8 Limitation of the Study
Time,
information and finance ace the major factors of limitation to this project
work.
Time
Time has
been a major constraint of doing thorough and indept justice to this kind of
research work. Therefore, considering the fact that the study must be carried
out with a time limit along with other educational engagement, certain details
could not be researched into.
Information
Information
is the interaction between two people. For effectiveness of the project we need
a lot of information through electronic media, face to face interaction with
people and the library. Power failure is a constraint to securing information
through electronic media while face 6 to face interaction has its own
limitations, people are not willing to release information especially when they
are to be quoted. Most of the libraries lack adequate information as a result
of lack of funding by relevance agencies.
Finance
Money had
always been a scare resource; hence it had equally constituted a major
constraint to the willingness of the researcher towards carrying out a more
detailed study within the time limit.
1.9 Operational Definition of Terms
Cost of
Living: Cost of living is the average cost of food, clothing and other
necessities paid by a person or family Mendinnus and Johnson (1996).
High Cost of
Living: According to Patherson in Spark (1987) high cost of living means when
the cost of living exceeded the common degree of measure than required.
Provision:
According to Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary, provision is the act of
supplying with what one need or want. It is the supply of food, drinks, housing
and educational materials.
Qualitative:
According to Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary, it defined Qualitative as a
high standard of good quality connected with how good a thing is rather than
with much of it.
Education:
Ugwu (1997) defined education as all efforts towards the inculcation or
cultivation of the right attitude, habits, skills and knowledge necessary for
proper adjustment in the society. It is a process that continues throughout
one’s life.
Durkheim
(1956) defined education as 'the influence exercised by adult generations on those
that are not yet ready for social life. Its objective is to arouse and develop
in the child a certain number of physical, intellectual and moral states which
are demanded of him by both the political society as a whole and the social
"mellien" for which he is specifically destined.
Aristotle,
Piati and Dewey have recognized education as a powerful instrument devised by
man for his own improvement.
Children's
Education: Durojaiye (1996) defined children's education as the services of
training and instructions given to school children to help them develop their
potentials.
Family:
Henslim (1990) defined family as any group of people related by blood or
marriage especially group of two grownups and their children or those people
descended from common person. The family is made up of the bread winner who is
the father, the mother and the offspring.
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