Asia Pacific Journal of Education, Arts and Sciences

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Authors: Olugbenga Timothy Ajadi, Felicia Adekemi Alade-Yussuf

This study examined the performance indicators and job commitment of university graduates during the one year mandatory National Youth Service (NYSC) programme in Oyo state, Nigeria. The study looked at job satisfaction, employer’s motivation influence on job commitment of NYSC members serving in Oyo state. The study adopted the descriptive ex-post facto research design. 330 respondents were randomly selected from five local governments within Ibadan metropolis to represent the sample population for the study. Three types of questionnaires were developed and validated to measure the performance indicators and job commitment of NYSC members. The study shows a significant relationship between job satisfaction and job commitment of NYSC members in Oyo state and it was recommended that employers of NYSC members during the one year mandatory service year need to create an atmosphere of job satisfaction for the NYSC members by providing organisational reward policies.

13-20

Authors: Conrado I. Dotong, Evelyn L. De Castro, Joselito A. Dolot, Maria Theresa B. Prenda

This literature review explores the extent of integrating educational technology in contemporary classroom environment among the ASEAN Member States focusing more on the undeveloped and developing countries. It describes the profile of the countries under study in terms of the total population, gross national income (GNI), literacy rating and ICT development index (IDI) and to determine the barriers for educational technology integration; and test the correlation among the profile variables. Results showed that some of the identified probable causes of educational technology integration in most developing countries are: inadequate financial support and infrastructure, human capital, management support, as well as behavioural and environmental aspects. Gross National income is considered a factor that can directly or indirectly influence the Literacy rating and ICT Development Index value of the country while the total population based on ranking of countries has nothing to do with the ranking of GNI, Literacy Rating and IDI value of each country.