The study was carried out to explore reading culture among primary school pupils in Ado-Ekiti Local Government Area of Ekiti State. A descriptive survey research was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised all the primary school pupils in Ado-Ekiti Local Government Area of Ekiti state, Nigeria. Due to financial constraint, the researcher selected a from the population a sample of 100 pupils randomly across the 10 primary school that constituted Ado-Ekiti Local Government Arear, Ekiti State. Two research questions were raised and answered. The data collected through the administered questionnaire was descriptive answered using frequency counts, means and standard deviation. Findings from the analysed data revealed that, encouraging Story telling and children/pupil, making reading materials locally, timetabling reading and library lessons, readers club are among the reading culture practiced by the pupils; and pupils exposure to a variety of reading materials, parents, teachers and the community should create an environment that is conducive for reading among pupils. Based on the findings, it was recommended that establishment of national school library policy by the Nigerian government through the ministry of education and sports in conjunction with national library of Nigeria; Setting up of reading clubs in schools by the school authoritie.
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abstract = {The study was carried out to explore reading culture among primary school pupils in Ado-Ekiti Local Government Area of Ekiti State. A descriptive survey research was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised all the primary school pupils in Ado-Ekiti Local Government Area of Ekiti state, Nigeria. Due to financial constraint, the researcher selected a from the population a sample of 100 pupils randomly across the 10 primary school that constituted Ado-Ekiti Local Government Arear, Ekiti State. Two research questions were raised and answered. The data collected through the administered questionnaire was descriptive answered using frequency counts, means and standard deviation. Findings from the analysed data revealed that, encouraging Story telling and children/pupil, making reading materials locally, timetabling reading and library lessons, readers club are among the reading culture practiced by the pupils; and pupils exposure to a variety of reading materials, parents, teachers and the community should create an environment that is conducive for reading among pupils. Based on the findings, it was recommended that establishment of national school library policy by the Nigerian government through the ministry of education and sports in conjunction with national library of Nigeria; Setting up of reading clubs in schools by the school authoritie.},
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Department of Adult and Primary Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
Department of Educational Foundations, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria
Department of Adult and Primary Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
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