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| Influence of Socio-Cultural Practice on Primary School Pupils Social Development in Edo State
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EBATAMEHI, Stephen Eboigbe
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Abstract:
Socio-cultural practices seem to have been put aside by the western culture in our communities and educational system. This is seen as schism, disconnects which alienate Africans from their culture, particularly their indigenous roots regarding the care and development of children.It is worthy of note that there is dearth of literatures on roles and influence of socio-cultural practices and beliefs on social development of children in Esan Local Government Area of Edo State. This study employed correlation research design. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 200 respondents. One instrument namely Parents socio cultural practice questionnaire (PSCPQ, ?= 0.70). Three research questions were rasied and answered in this study. Data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics of frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and weighted average for the demographic information and research questions and inferential statistics of Analysis of Variance and Regression analysis.The findings revealed that the level of social development of pupils in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State is high (WA = 3.84). There is no composite contribution of socio-cultural practices and parents belief (religion) on pupils' social development (F(2, 197) = .031; p>0.05). Religion has the highest contribution (t=0.11) while socio cultural practices has t-value of -0.23. Based on the findings of the study, the following recommendations among others were made; that Parents should continue to create the enabling socio-cultural environment to maintain high social skills in children; parents should be sensitized on the danger of socio-cultural practices that may hinder the child from developing socially. Socio-cultural practices seem to have been put aside by the western culture in our communities and educational system.
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