AN INVESTIGATION ON THE INCREASE RATE OF IMMORALITY AMONG TERTIARY INSTITUTION STUDENTS ( EDUCATION PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS)
CHAPTER ONE
- INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
The problem of delinquent behavior among youths has been a prominent issue in Nigeria for years. Different societies have their own moral values which are considered normal, ideal and morally acceptable. Hence the conduct of the people in a society are regulated and controlled by their moral values (Anasi, 2010). The tendency and ability to identify what is right instead of wrong and as well practice it. Give it the moral virtues, thus good moral behavior had been emphasized and echoed in the society right from the era of Socrates to Plato through the Aristotelian philosophy perhaps that makes Fredrick Herbert to say that aim and indeed the total aim of education should be summed up under morality. Within the context of education therefore public holds the schools and teachers more accountable for students learning and behaviour (Omede and Odiba, 2010). According to Ajiboye, Atere and Olunfunmi, (2012) the United Nations puts the age of the youths between fifteen and twenty four years. Here in Nigeria, the National Youths Service Scheme applies to graduates of thirty years and below.
According to Tanaka (2014) Youth are people aged 18-35; it is a stage in life when a person is young, and especially the time before a person becomes an adult. Psychologically, it refers to the stretch of time in between childhood and adulthood. Alfrey (2010) opined that youths are referred to as those persons possessing certain distinct physical characteristics which include: Ability to think fast, ability to displaymuch energy towards the actualization of goals, assertive and resistant personality, and ability to change a state of art. Thus, youths are expected to be the most active population of a country. The higher the number of youth, the higher the quantity of wealth and national income, all things being equal. But the reverse has been the case in most developing countries of the world today where the youths are either rendered redundant or marginalized by a clique of opportunists (Nkwopara, 2011).Immorality has gone far in destroying the lives of our quotable ‘leaders of tomorrow” and like a rotten fish, you might even say egg, it stinks in our nation today. Immorality is also a behavior which is synonymous with corruption, dishonesty, illegality and a host of other vices.
