Authors : Oluwakayode Akinfemiwa Ogunbiyi; Haruna Ishola Umar Olanrewaju; Ramota Oke Bajepade

Volume/Issue : Volume 11 - 2026, Issue 9 - September

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/26sep1233

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Abstract : The Development of desirable Solid Waste Disposal (SWD) knowledge and practices in pupils are taught in primary school Social Studies. Records have shown that many pupils in Osun State exhibit poor practices of SWD. Previous studies concentrated on home factors influencing pupils’ practices of SWD than on using School-based Participatory Programme (SbPP) intervention. Therefore, this study determined the impact of a SbPP on knowledge and practices of SWD among primary school pupils in Osun State. Bandura’s Social Learning theories underpinned this study, while the pretest-posttest control group quasi experimental design was adopted. Four Local Government Areas-LGAs (Ifelodun, Odootin, Boluwaduro and Ila) were purposively selected for the study. Four public primary schools (one from each LGA) were randomly selected. A total of 145 primary 5 pupils in intact classes participated in the study. The schools were randomly assigned to SbPP (77) and control (68) groups. The instruments used were Achievement Test in SWD (r=0.79), Questionnaire on Practice of SWD (r= 0.73). The quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistics, analysis of covariance and estimated marginal means. The treatment had a significant main impacts on pupils’ knowledge (F(1; 144) =91.76, partial η2 = 0.40), and practice (F(1; 144) =5.08; partial η2 = 0.04). The participants in the SbPP had a higher post-achievement mean score (18.40) than those in the control group (14.12) and. The participants in SbPP had a higher post-practice mean score (53.45) than their counterparts in the control group (51.19) The school-based participatory programme enhanced pupils’ knowledge and practice of solid waste disposal in primary schools in Osun State, Nigeria. School based participatory programme should be adopted by teachers of Social Studies.

Keywords : School-Based Participatory Programme, Solid Waste Disposal Concepts, Learning Outcomes, Social Studies, Pupils.

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