OPINIONS OF JSS STUDENTS ON SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION AS AN INSTRUMENT OF SOLVING RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
OPINIONS OF JSS STUDENTS ON SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION AS AN INSTRUMENT OF SOLVING RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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2015-03
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HUSSENI, Abubakar Kehind
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Nigeria is currently facing the problem of religious conflicts and the wave of intolerance is
on the increase. The nation is gradually polarized along religious lines; and the need to seek
approaches to the solutions of religious intolerance becomes necessary. In view of the
failure of religious dialogue, seminars and workshops to attain the desired peace needed for
national development, it is necessary to seek other reliable means of solving religious
conflict among students, and the nation at large. It is against this backdrop that this study
considers the Opinions of JSS students on Social studies Education as an Instrument of
solving Religious Intolerance in Kaduna state, Nigeria. Four research objectives, questions
and hypotheses were raised for the study. Respondents were drawn from the JSS2 and JSS3
students of Commercial College Sabon-Gari, Federal Government Girls College Basawa,
and City Academy Zaria in Sabon-Gari and Zaria in Kaduna state. Stratified sampling
technique was used to select the sample for this study. The data for the study was collected
using a researcher designed questionnaire. The design adopted for this study was descriptive
survey design. The total number of students used for this study was two hundred and fifty
three (253). Respondents responded to a set of questions, in which they indicated the level
of their awareness on social studies concepts, knowledge on religious intolerance and the
importance of social studies in solving religious intolerance among students. The data
gathered were analyzed using t-test for independent samples at 95% (P < 0.05) significance
level. The findings in this study highlighted the critical importance of using social studies
education to solve the present and future occurrences of religious intolerance in Nigeria. The
study concluded that the more education is given priority in the nation, especially social
studies, the less intolerant to religion people will become and the more tolerant teachers can
be in the face of divergent beliefs and religious practices the more tolerant students will
become in the face of diversity. It is recommended among others that, students should be
taught to be tolerant of each others religious doctrines and practices and learn to live
harmoniously together. Likewise, social studies as a course should be made compulsory in
all classes of out educational system as it is the best tool for fostering unity and religious
tolerance among our people in the society.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF
THE REQUIRMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER DEGREE IN SOCIAL
STUDIES EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION,
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA,
Keywords
OPINIONS, STUDENTS, EDUCATION, INSTRUMENT, INSTRUMENT, INTOLERANCE, KADUNA, NIGERIA