Assessing the Impact of Civic Education on the Development of Leadership Capacity and National Consciousness of Middle and Upper Basic Education Learners in Okitipupa, Ondo State, Nigeria.

Abstract:

It is the critical role of formal civic education at the Basic Educational levels to create national consciousness as well as to develop and reinforce leadership capacity of learners to create a much more enduring foundation for sustainable national integration. This research assessed the actual impact of civic education on the Middle and Upper Basic Education (M&UBE) learners in Okitipupa metropolis and its environs: Igbokoda and Irele. Survey and experimentation methods were adopted while questionnaires and interviews were the instruments used for data collection. The study found that the leadership capacity and national consciousness development components of the current civic education among learners within this scope of study are extremely inadequate. The study recommended a review of the civic education curriculum content, training of personnel and adoption of integrated learning methodology effective civic education experience M&UBE learners.