Introducing Statistics Education in Secondary Schools in Nigeria

Abstract

There is an uncomfortable gap existing between the general education which a student acquires in leaving secondary school and technical colleges and that acquired in the post-secondary school. There is the lack of statistical education in secondary schools and technical colleges which hinder students from pursuing many careers especially those requiring statistical computations, after secondary education. This paper draws attention to the existing system of general education in secondary schools and technical colleges in Nigeria which is deficient of a sound basis for rational decisions. It therefore postulates that there is the need to orientate the minds of students and the general public to quantitative ways of thinking, through the introduction of elementary statistics as early as at the secondary school level. School Counsellors have significant role to play in assisting students to select relevant subjects for careers requiring statistical computations.

The Nigerian Journal Of Guidance And Counselling Vol. 7 (1) 2000: pp. 24-31