CIVIC KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE AS CORRELATE OF CIVIC INVOLVEMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN OSUN STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study examined the joint contribution of civic knowledge and civic attitude on the level of involvement. It also determined the relative contribution of civic knowledge and civic attitude on the level of involvement of secondary school students. It also determined the relative contribution of civic knowledge and civic attitude on the level of involvement of secondary school students. It further established if there is any significant relationship between civic knowledge and level of involvement of and finally determined if there is any significant relationship between civic attitude and level of involvement of senior secondary school students in Osun state. The study employed survey research design; sample size consisted of 300 senior secondary school II students drawn from three senatorial districts in Osun State using multistage sampling procedure.  Three research instruments were validated and used for data collection. Two research questions were asked and answered and two hypotheses were tested and verified. Results among others showed that there was a significant joint contribution of civic knowledge and civic attitude to the prediction of level of involvement of senior secondary school students (R=0.157, Multiple R-Squared=0.05, Adj. r2 =0.025). However, there was no significant relationship between civic attitude and student level of involvement (r (298) =.024, p>0.05).  The study concluded that civic Knowledge was a potent predictor of civic involvement whereas civic attitude may not necessarily predict civic involvement among senior secondary school students.