The school is seen as an object of growth and development in the human society. To this end, the colonial emancipation was welcomed by every Nigerian citizen, the government and non-governmental organizations. This study was undertaken to identify the factors of influence which the school has on the socio-cultural environment in Nigeria. The influence of school on socio-cultural environment [ISSE] questionnaire was drawn. It contained 25 items under five sub-headings. The questionnaire was administered to 306 university undergraduates in five universities in Nigeria and 310 parents from school environments. The data were collected and analyzed using chi-square and t-test statistical analyses. The results showed that there are both negative and positive influences of school on their immediate communities. It was observed that there are variations in the responses of the respondents according to sex and socio-cultural background especially on the issue of cultural influence.

This study was undertaken to identify the impediments on the ways of successful implementation of innovations in Nigerian Secondary Schools. The problems of Implementation of innovation [PII] were administered to 346 secondary school teachers in southern western part of Nigeria under two instructional sections. The fist sector dealt with identified problems of implementation of the phenomenon in schools while the other sector raised issues pertaining to solutions against poor impediments of innovations. It was detected that many problems cripple the implementation of innovations in Nigeria. Also recommendations were proffered towards the successful implementation of changes in Nigerian schools.