Assessment of Teachers’ First Aid Knowledge and Injury Management in Public and Private Primary Schools in Oyo State Nigeria

Akinnubi Caroline F, Akinola Oluwatoyin B and Salaam Abass A
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Akinnubi Caroline F: Department of Kinesiology Health Education and Recreation Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife Nigeria
Akinola Oluwatoyin B: Department of Educational Management Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife Nigeria.
Salaam Abass A: Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education Emmanuel Alayande University of Education Oyo Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2025, vol. 9, issue 7, 3081-3089

Abstract: The purpose of the study was to specifically investigated the availability of first aid, teachers’ level of knowledge and skilled in first aid administration, and common injuries that require emergency administration of first aid in public and private primary schools. The population for the study comprised teachers from all public and private primary schools in Oyo State. The sample size consisted of 480 teachers selected from the 32 schools selected using simple random sampling technique. This instrument used was self-constructed questionnaire. The test-re-test method was used to determine the reliability which yielded correlation coefficient of 0.98, very consistent and significant at 0.05 level. Collected data was analysed using frequency counts, percentages with inferential statistics of t-test. Findings revealed that first aid equipment were significantly available with 92.4% among the private primary schools. The private primary school teachers were more knowledgeable and skilled in the administration of first aid with 76.8%. So many common injuries were common in the public primary schools than in the private primary schools. Finally, there was a significant difference in the teachers’ administration of first aid treatment between private and public primary schools in south-western Nigeria with the t-critic = 1.323, t-cal = 1.613, P>0.05 alpha level of significance. The study concluded that the private secondary teachers were knowledgeable about first aid and the management. It was recommended that the authorities of both the public and private schools should provide first aid box with adequate materials/equipment and the three tiers of the government should be involved.

Date: 2025
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