Diagnostic Assessment of Senior Secondary School Students’ Knowledge, Attitude, and Skills on Voter Education in Ogun State

Abstract

The aim of this study is to assess the current knowledge, attitude and skill of senior secondary school students as a diagnosis on voter education in Ogun state. The sample was 192 senior secondary school II students randomly selected using multi-stage procedure. Three measuring instruments were used. They are knowledge test, attitudinal questionnaire, and mock voting assessment scale that were validated and passed for internal consistency. The results disclosed that performance was highest in attitude and lowest in knowledge. Also, performance varied across senatorial districts but it was similar between male and female. The study suggests for civic education teachers instructional strategy such as gaminfication that will raise the level of knowledge and skill in voter education, also suggests mock elections in the entire state to give practical training to the students for future skills on election.