الوقاية والأرغنوميا
Volume 8, Numéro 1, Pages 37-47
2014-11-15
Appraisers Of Obstacles And Strategies For Upgrading Ergonomic Status Of Learning Chair And Desk In Schools In Oyo State, Nigeria
Authors : Adewole, Dapo .
Abstract
There is growing concern in many nations to improve learning and classroom performance via upgrade of ergonomic status of learning chair and desk used by students. African countries, particularly Nigeria, appear to be having obstacles to key into the new trend. This study investigated the feasibility and obstacles of upgrading ergonomic status of the items in schools in Oyo State, Nigeria. Methods used include review of available research reports and interaction with educational stakeholders viz school administrators/owners, parents/guardians, students, researchers and items manufacturers. Interactions were guided by structured questionnaire and about 30 respondents of each category of the stakeholders were involved in the study except the researchers while relevant statistical tool were used to obtain result. Findings affirmed that learning chairs and desks offered to learners by private and public owners at both Primary and Secondary Schools in Oyo State are ergonomically unfit. Students in the study area suffered same poor performance in science subjects traceable to the use of ergonomically unfit learning chairs and desks. Though about 68% of total respondents care less about the need to ergonomically upgrade learning chair and desk due to the perceived cost that may involve in changing the existing ones, impact on cost of education, logistics, and personal reasons; school administrators and researchers were favorably disposed. Despite showing support for the item upgrade by agents of government, there is lack of political will. Other obstacles include poor attitude/enlightenment on the part of other school owners, dearth of research suggestively caused by high cost, lack of sponsors and appropriate research facilities coupled with technological gap. The study observed high possibility of upgrading ergonomic status of learning chair and desk in the study area especially by surmounting identified obstacles through enlightenment, monetary aids to researchers as well as political will.
Keywords
Learning chair and desk, Ergonomic Status, Upgrading obstacles, Oyo State
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