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Sex-For-Marks Scandals in South-East Nigeria Institutions of Higher Learning, Female Students Victim and the War against Sexual Harassment
By Okafor, Samuel O.
A number of studies have examined sexual harassment as it affects women and girls however; there are gaps in information in view of the magnitude of the incidence of sexual harassment in different parts of the world. The present study, inspired by the issue of sex-for-mark scandals in Nigerian institutions of higher learning, investigated the incidence of sexual harassment between female students and male staffs] across the institutions of higher learning in south east Nigeria. Guided by the Tripartite Model of sexual harassment and male dominance theory, the study adopted cross sectional survey involving 1200 female undergraduates (17+). Among the findings of the study, voluntary report of sexual harassment is correlated with perceived receptivity of the institution in handling sexual harassment of female students by male staff and female students (B=2.455, OR=11.644), secondary school gender (B=1.396, OR=4.041), source of sex education (B=.777, OR=2.176), availability of place to report sexual harassment in the institution (B=.509, OR=1.664), and religion of the students (B=.353, OR=1.423)p<.05. Similarly, willingness to report sexual harassment is positively correlated with perceived receptivity of the institution in handling sexual harassment of female students by male staff (B=1.205, OR=3.337), source of sex education (B=.264, OR=1.303), sex education (B=.289, OR=1.336) and sexual harassment experience (B=.465, OR=1.592) p<.05. Of the 61.5% who have been sexually harassed only 10.4% made attempt in reporting the matter © 2022,Italian Sociological Review.All Rights Reserved
Knowledge and Perception of School Social Work Services Among Parents Teachers Association (PTA) and its Implication to Community and Sustainable Development in South-east Nigeria
By Okafor, Samuel O.
Social work service in the school setting is one of the facilitating factors to improved educational system especially as obtainable in the developed nations. However, in the developing nations such as Nigeria and Southeast Nigeria in particular, social work services appear to be unrecognised or rather at developing stage especially in the public institutions, where the services of the social workers are unfamiliar to the socio-cultural outward appearance of the population. As such, the present study focused on the knowledge and perception of school social work services among the Parents Teachers Association (PTA) of some selected primary and secondary schools in Nsukka/Enugu areas. The study was guided by Diffusion Innovation theory, while the study applied survey design involving 240 members of PTA from 24 schools; the data collection instrument for the study was questionnaire designed in nominal and ordinal scales. The collected data were analysed using descriptive statistics, t-test and linear model. According to the findings there is no significant difference in the perception of school social work services among the teachers (M = 3.1818, SD =.57715) and the parents (M = 3.1111, SD =.31573); [t(209) = 1.204, p =.23]; there is no significant difference in the knowledge of school social work services among the teachers (M = 2.4545, SD =.89412) and the parents (M = 2.3333, SD =.82030); [t(238) = 1.08, p =.28] while, perception of school social work services can be predicted by socio-demographic variables and knowledge about social work services. © 2022, Padova University Press. All rights reserved.
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