ASSESSMENT OF CIVIC EDUCATION PROGRAMME AS CORRELATE OF POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AMONG SENIOR SCHOOL STUDENT IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT EDO STATE

ABSTRACT

The study investigated the civic education programs as correlate of political participation among senior secondary school students in Egor local government area of Edo state. To achieve the purpose of the study, three research questions were raised and examined. The sample size for the study was made up of 117 students. The study was descriptive survey research design which sought to describe and establish the characteristic of the variable of the study. Findings provides empirical information on the educational consequences of perceived impact of politics which indicates that political influence, if not handled or directed well in schools will affect the academic performance of the students which indirectly affects the progress of the school. It was recommended amongst others that: Civic Education should not be seen as a tool of merely reproducing the existing social, cultural, political and economic positions over and over. To the contrary, Civic Education should be seen to be providing a more robust conceptual basis for understanding the deep inter-connections between issues of access, equity, and participation.