Assessment of Creativity Level of Secondary School Students in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study examined the creativity level of Upper Basic Secondary School Students in Moro Local
Government Area of Kwara State. Descriptive survey was adopted for this study. Simple random sampling
technique was used to select seven ( 7) Universal Basic Education (UBE) schools out 21 UBE schools in Moro
Local Government Area of Kwara State. Also, thirty (30) students were randomly selected across 7 schools
and the total numbers of 210 students were selected. Creativity assessment scale, adopted from
Animasahun (2007) was used to measure the creativity level of the students. Two research questions were
postulated and answered with percentage. The findings of the study revealed that the creativity of
Universal Basic Education students was low and that male students are more creative than female
students. On the basis of these findings, the following recommendations were made among others that
teachers should always use methods that would promote creativity among students. Similarly divergent
thinking should be promoted among students by encouraging open-ended questions. Conducive learning
environment should be provided for the students so as to enhance creative potentials.