THE IMPACT OF CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES ON THE MORALS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NIGERIA A CASE STUDY OF UYO AKWA IBOM STATE
ABSTRACT
This research discusses the impact of Christian religious studies on the morals of secondary school students in Uyo metropolis. It discussed
the societal value that Nigeria is a country that is plagued with misplaced value. Questionnaire was employed in the collection of data from
selected secondary schools and the response was impressive. Correlation co-efficient was employed in testing the hypothesis to know the
degree of the relationship between Christian religious studies and moral values in secondary school in Akwa ibom state.
The findings revealed that there is moral decadence in the society, religion plays a prominent role in the society, religious education brings
about moral development; and that religious education is being handled with levity. The study recommended among others that, for
religious education to bring about the desired moral development the curriculum had to be restructured to contain the necessary
ingredients and the teacher should also exemplify the moral standards he teaches. We concluded that religious education has no significant
improvement of the level of secondary school students in Uyo metropolis. The result revealed that moral values everybody should become genuinely
interested in seeing a higher standard of moral behavior in private
and public affairs.
Finally, every individual in this country should become interested in ensuring a high standard of moral behavior in both private and public
life for them to portrait a good image of the country.
THE IMPACT OF CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES ON THE MORALS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NIGERIA A CASE STUDY OF UYO AKWA IBOM STATE
