STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON CULTISM AT FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, OSIELE, ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE (EDUCATION PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS)
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to take a deep look into the student’s perception on cultism at Federal College of Education, Osiele, Abeokuta. Thereby, taking a deep look at the meaning of cultism, the perception of student’s of cultism, reason of cultism and origin or cultism etc. this comprises introduction to the research work, statement of the problem, purpose of study, significance of the study, the limitation of the study, definition of terms and background of the writers significance of study. This research work is of the literature reviews and the basic concept of terms, and most of the work done earlier by different scholars on the meaning of cultism and reason for cultism and perceptions of students on cultism. This chapter of the research work contains analysis of student’s perception on cultism at Federal College of Education, Osiele, Abeokuta. This chapter of the research work contains the data analysis of the field work. Finally, this chapter it is made up of the summary, conclusion and recommendation of the research work.
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
According to America sociologist, Howard, R. (1993) “A cult is a group that uses methods that deprive individuals of their ability to make a frees choice. They uses deceitful recruitment techniques, they deceptively and destructively use the devote energies and they capture the devote’s minds to choice the goods of the group leaders to the actual or possible detriment of members, their families or the community. Cult can include groups and organisation that are not typically viewed as cults”.
According to Oluwasina (2000), the word .cult pejoratively refers to a group whose beliefs or practices are considered abnormal or bizarre. The word originally devoted a system of ritual practices. The narrower, derogatory sence of the word is a product of the 20th century, especially since 1980s and is considered subjective. It is also a result of the anti-cult movement which uses the word in reference of the groups seen as authoritarian, exploitative and that are believed to uses of dangerous ritual or mind control. The word implies a group which is a minority in a given society.
According to FESOBI (1996) “a cult is a group movement exhibiting a great or excessive devotion or dedication to some person, idea or thing and employing unethically manipulative techniques of persuasion and control. E.g. isolation from former friends and family, dehilitation, sue of special methods of heighten suggestibility and subservience, powerful group pressures, information management, pension of individuality or critical judgment, promotion of total dependency on the group and fear (consequence of leaving it etc) designed to advance the goals of the group leaders to the actual or possible detriment of members, their families or the community.
There are various social issue dominate our contemporary society, societal issue like unemployment, robbery, hanger and domestic family problems, cultism and even cultural problems which is encountered in Nigeria’s higher educational institutions.
According to Olumuyiwa & Vitaonu (2007) “a cult is a group that uses methods that deprive individuals of their ability to make free choices. They use deceitful recruitment techniques, they deceptively and destructively use the devote’s minds to advance the goals of the group leaders to the actual or possible detriment of members, their families or the community… cults include groups and organisation that are not typically viewed as cult’.
