Dr. OMIEGBE ODIRIN
Publication Title The Relationship between Continuous Assessment Scores and Examination Scores of Students Motivated to Attend Lectures
Publication Type journal
Publisher International Journal of Education and Evaluation (IJEE) E-ISSN 2489-0073 P-ISSN 2695-1940
Paper Link 10.56201/ijee.v9.no5.2023.pg30.41
Publication Authors Egede, Bernadette Amukahara Joy (Ph.D) & Omiegbe, Odirin (Ph.D)
Year Published 2023-09-28
Abstract A prominent feature in the pursuance of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in
the learning process in education is the evaluation and assessment of students. As part of
the process of evaluating students’ learning outcomes, effective practice of continuous
assessment is considered capable of influencing other factors that affect the improvement
of teaching and learning. We used a strategy of continuous assessment to teach four
Basic Science and Technology courses to minimize observed absenteeism to lectures,
improve the active participation of students, and enhance learning during lectures. This
study aims to find the relationship between the continuous assessment scores and the
examination scores of students in the courses using a descriptive/correlational research
design. The sample consists of all the students totaling 2,214 who were examined in the
courses for three sessions 2010/2011, 2011/2012, and 2012/2013 in the College of
Education, Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria. Their examination scores were correlated with
the corresponding continuous assessment scores using Pearson’s product-moment
correlation procedure for each of the courses in each academic session. All the
correlation coefficients obtained are positive and statistically significant at .05% level,
indicating a consistent and significant positive relationship between the continuous
assessment scores and the examination scores for each of the courses, each academic
session, and the overall sample. Based on this result, we encourage the use of
continuous assessment in more pragmatic ways to enhance both the cognitive and noncognitive correlates of students’ performance in courses in tertiary institutions
Publication Title Are the Internal Selection Examinations Justified? Rethinking The Prediction of Students’ Academic Performance Using Ordinary-Level Credit Passes
Publication Type journal
Publisher OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development, Ontario International Development Agency, Canada.
Publication Authors Bernadette Egede 1, Odirin Omiegbe 2
Year Published 2022-03-15
Abstract Obtaining high grades in ordinary (‘O’) level school subjects is assumed to guarantee
success and higher academic performance in post-secondary schooling. However, in the
circumstance of prevalent examination malpractices that are bedeviling the external assessment
systems, the expected positive correlation between the ‘O’ level school certificate grades and
academic performance in post-secondary institutions become questionable. Hence, internal
selection examinations are suggested as additional options to be used. Using a descriptive survey
design and correlation analysis, we studied the academic performances of 140 students at the
College of Education, Agbor, Nigeria. We found a significant positive relationship between their
year one academic performance and their results in the internally conducted selection
examinations. Contrarywise, we found a significant negative relationship between their results in
the external ‘O’ level certificate examinations and their year one results. These findings indicate
that students’ academic performance could be predicted by their results in the internal selection
examinations as expected, unlike their results in the external certificate examinations. We argue
that for the selection of candidates for admission into the Colleges of Education, internal
selection/elimination tests should be strictly employed and not as an option until the menace of
examination malpractice is curbed to an insignificant minimum.
Publication Title Religion, culture, and discrimination against persons with disabilities in Nigeria
Publication Type journal
Publisher African Journal of Disability
Paper Link doi: 10.4102/ajod.v5i1.192
Publication Authors Edwin Etieyibo and Odirin Omiegbe
Year Published 2016-01-01
Abstract Background
There is not a lot in the literature on disability in Nigeria concerning the role that religion, culture and beliefs play in sustaining discriminatory practices against persons with disabilities.
Objectives
Many of these practices are exclusionary in nature and unfair. They are either embedded in or sustained by religion, culture and beliefs about disability and persons with disabilities.
Methods
Drawing on various resources and research on disability, this paper looks at these practices in respect of these sustaining factors. Some of the discriminatory practices that constitute the main focus of the paper are the trafficking and killing of people with mental illness, oculocutaneous albinism and angular kyphosis, raping of women with mental illness and the employment of children with disabilities for alms-begging.
Results
The examination of these practices lends some significant weight and substance to the social model of disability, which construes disability in the context of oppression and the failure of social environments and structures to adjust to the needs and aspirations of people with disabilities.
Conclusion
Given the unfairness and wrongness of these practices they ought to be deplored. Moreover, the Nigerian government needs to push through legislation that targets cultural and religious practices which are discriminatory against persons with disabilities as well as undertake effective and appropriate measures aimed at protecting and advancing the interests of persons with disabilities.
Publication Title Legal and ethical issues of persons with special needs in Nigeria
Publication Type journal
Publisher Educational Research and Reviews
Paper Link https://doi.org/10.5897/ERR2010.056
Publication Authors C. C. Asiwe*C. C. Asiwe* Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education, Agbor, Delta State. Nigeria. Search for this author on: Google Scholar Odirin Omiegbe
Year Published 2014-08-10
Abstract Persons with special needs have innate abilities and when properly harnessed through proper education would be able to contribute ultimately to their development as well as that of the society they reside in terms of political, social, economic and technological development. Before such group of persons can be properly educated there is the dire need for the resolve of some ethical and legal issues. This paper therefore, chronicles the genesis of legal issues and milestones on the education of persons with special needs before Nigeria’s independence in 1960 and present date. Attempts were also made to examine some ethical issues, legal issues and problems which arose during the evolution of legal framework on the education of persons with special needs in Nigeria. Finally, suggestions were made to solve these problems to enable persons with special needs have access to appropriate education, ultimately improve themselves and contribute to the political, economic and technological development of the society they reside.
Publication Title CORRECTING MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
Publication Type others
Publisher GENDER STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (GSAN)
Publication Authors Odirin Omiegbe Ph.D Francisca Chukwudi Ezehi
Year Published 2023-06-22
Abstract
Publication Title PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF VARIOUS IMPAIRMENTS
Publication Type others
Publisher GENDER STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (GSAN)
Publication Authors Odirin Omiegbe
Year Published 2023-06-23
Abstract