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Article Title: Stakeholder's Perception of the Integration of Leadership Education into the Senior Secondary School Curriculum
by M. N. Ola-Adams and Prof. C. O. O. Kolawole

Abstract:
This study examined the perception of stakeholders on the integration of leadership education into the senior secondary school curriculum in Nigeria. It also considered a variety of factors that may promote or hinder the integration of leadership education into the Nigerian senior secondary school curriculum. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. A self-designed questionnaire titled Parent-Teachers-Students Perception Questionnaire (PTSPQ) was developed by the researcher and validated by experts. Data collected were analysed using simple frequency count; percentage score, mean and standard deviation. Findings shows that leadership education can develop the leadership knowledge and potentials of senior secondary school students; that majority of the respondents agreed that there is need for eadership education to be integrated into the senior secondary school curriculum and that integration of leadership education into the senior secondary school curriculum would provide proper structured training of potential leaders within the society. The study recommended that advocacy for leadership education should be embarked upon to sensitise the public and get more people to buy into the idea; that teachers should be trained and equipped to be able to implement the leadership education curriculum and that government allocations to education should be increased in order to accommodate adequate provision of instructional materials and specialist teachers training and remuneration.

Keywords: Leadership education, leadership, integration, senior secondary school curriculum, Nigeria secondary school curriculum

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