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ABSTRACT
This study is aimed at assessment of the attitude of students towards the study of history in selected secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. To achieve the purpose of the study, four research questions were raised and examined. Data was collected from one hundred and fifty (150) respondents randomly selected from three public secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. The questionnaire was the instrument for data collection.
The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. An analysis of data was done using frequency count and simple percentage.The population of the study comprised all the students in public secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. Available data show that there are 11,037 students with 15 public secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State.A sample of 150 students from the public senior secondary schools was used for this study.
The findings from the study include that there is high level of students’ readiness to learn History in public secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. It was concluded that students attach high importance to the study of History in public secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. It was therefore recommended among others that only History specialist teachers should teach the subject. It was also recommended that there is the need to overhaul History curriculum regularly due to societal dynamism.
