GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT The study examined the extent of integrated curriculum performance for effective inculcation of positive ethos in secondary school students in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The study postulated one specific objective, and one research questions for its guidance. It adopted a descriptive research design. The stratified random sampling technique was used to select 6 public schools in the State. The study population was 6,297 secondary school teachers. The Morgan’s table of small sample was employed to determine the sample of 357 respondents, randomly selected from the target population. The instrument developed by the researcher was titled “Integrated Curriculum Implementation for Effective Inculcation of School Ethos among Learners Questionnaire (ICIEISELQ) with reliability coefficient of .91 through a test on Cronbach’s Alpha for data collection. The data collected were subjected to descriptive statistics. Item by item analysis was conducted, which their mean and standard deviation values were used in answering the research questions. The results indicated that principals and teachers performed their positive roles regarding the inculcation of positive school ethos in students at a moderate extent. The study concluded that effective inculcation of school ethos in students would help to develop desirable characters as values to transform the society and guarantee patriotism in the country. It was recommended among others, that ministry of education and school management should implement realistic integrated curriculum that are embedded with school ethos for students to learn in order to benefit the society after school in the study area. Key Words: Integrated Curriculum, School Ethos, Secondary School Students