Given these figures, only 26.7% of the total participants have been trained while 69.8% have never been trained. 15 out of 24 (62.5%) who report education beat have never been trained on education reporting. 70.6 of those who report general beat have never been trained on education reporting. Thus, the relevance of JDP in equipping journalists with information cannot be over emphasized.

2. The purpose of this study is to
ascertain the training needs of
journalists who were sensitized under
the Journalism Development Program
to help in the design of interventions
during the State and National capacity
building.

3. The data were collected within three
months (July –September 2012) at
different times in the locations. Out of
the total number sensitized, 134 are
journalists while the other 33
participants are from CSOs. However,
116 out of the 134 journalists submitted
the assessment forms analysed as
follows:

4. A total of 116 media practitioners were surveyed, out of
which 33 are female and 83 are male. 17 journalists from
Abuja participated in the study, out of which 35.3% are
female and 64.7% are male. In Enugu, 80% are male and the
other 20% are females. The figure from Jigawa indicate that
90.9% are Male and only 9.1% are female. It is only in Kano
where the number of female equals that of male though
Lagos gender distribution is almost balance as 47.1% were
female and 52.9 are male. The distribution in Kwara and
Kaduna are not too different from what obtains in Enugu,
Abuja and Jigawa.

5. GENDER
State Female Male TOTAL
Abuja 6 11 17
Row % 35.3 64.7 100.0
Col % 18.2 13.3 14.7
Enugu 4 16 20
Row % 20.0 80.0 100.0
Col % 12.1 19.3 17.2
Jigawa 1 10 11
Row % 9.1 90.9 100.0
Col % 3.0 12.0 9.5
Kaduna 3 13 16
Row % 18.8 81.3 100.0
Col % 9.1 15.7 13.8
Kano 6 6 12
Row % 50.0 50.0 100.0
Col % 18.2 7.2 10.3
Kwara 5 18 23
Row % 21.7 78.3 100.0
Col % 15.2 21.7 19.8
Lagos 8 9 17
Row % 47.1 52.9 100.0
Col % 24.2 10.8 14.7
TOTAL 33 83 116
Row % 28.4 71.6 100.0
Col % 100.0 100.0 100.0

6. GENDER
Category Female Male TOTAL
Unknown Media 0 1 1
Row % 0.0 100.0 100.0
Col % 0.0 1.2 0.9
Print 13 62 75
Row % 17.3 82.7 100.0
Col % 39.4 74.7 64.7
Radio 13 16 29
Row % 44.8 55.2 100.0
Col % 39.4 19.3 25.0
Radio and Television 0 1 1
Row % 0.0 100.0 100.0
Col % 0.0 1.2 0.9
Television 7 3 10
Row % 70.0 30.0 100.0
Col % 21.2 3.6 8.6
TOTAL 33 83 116
Row % 28.4 71.6 100.0
Col % 100.0 100.0 100.0

7.  62.1% of the participants work in private media
organisations while 34.5% work in government-owned media
organisations. Table 2.1 reveals that majority 80% of the
participants who work for television in this study do so for
government medium. The same applies to radio as 62.1%
who report for radio do so in government establishment.
 Hence, the need to seek alternative means of disseminating
rejected/critical stories. The reverse is the case in the case of
print where 78.7% of the participants work in private publishing
houses though 18.7% report for government-owned
newspapers.

8. Category Missing Government Joint Private TOTAL
Missing 0 0 0 1 1
Row % 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0
Col % 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.9
Print 1 14 1 59 75
Row % 1.3 18.7 1.3 78.7 100.0
Col % 33.3 35.0 100.0 81.9 64.7
Radio 2 18 0 9 29
Row % 6.9 62.1 0.0 31.0 100.0
Col % 66.7 45.0 0.0 12.5 25.0
Radio and
0 0 0 1 1
Television
0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0
Row %
0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.9
Col %
Television 0 8 0 2 10
Row % 0.0 80.0 0.0 20.0 100.0
Col % 0.0 20.0 0.0 2.8 8.6
TOTAL 3 40 1 72 116
Row % 2.6 34.5 0.9 62.1 100.0
Col % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

9. Table 3.1: shows that 73.3% of the
participants report general beat while 20.7%
report education. Because most of the
participants are correspondents, it may be
assumed that this number cannot cover all
the education issues in the community

10. Hence the need to recruit journalists at state
level most of who report the general beat.
Training of this set of journalists is
imperative by providing them with
information about the education sector so as
to have more journalists reporting the
education sector.

11. Regular Beat Frequency Percent Cum Percent
Missing 6 5.2% 5.2%
Education 24 20.7% 25.9%
general Beat 85 73.3% 99.1%
Health 1 0.9% 100.0%
Total 116 100.0% 100.0%

12. The experience of the majority of participants range
from 1 to 15 yrs. The highest range is between 5-
10yrs 32.8%, followed by 1-5yrs (27.6%) and 11-15yrs
(25%). Yet, the highest number of participants have
been on their current beat in the last 5yrs followed
by 31% who have been on their current beat within
the last 10yrs. Very few people have maintained
their beat in the last 15yrs. This shows that there
are likelihood of participants changing beats but not
rapid.

13. Experience in
Frequency Percent Cum Percent
Journalism
Missing 1 0.9% 0.9%
11-15yrs 29 25.0% 25.9%
1-5yrs 32 27.6% 53.4%
20 above 14 12.1% 65.5%
5-10yrs 38 32.8% 98.3%
less than 1yrs 2 1.7% 100.0%
Total 116 100.0% 100.0%
Experience on current
Frequency Percent Cum Percent
beat
Missing 30 25.9% 25.9%
11-15yrs 4 3.4% 29.3%
1-5yrs 42 36.2% 65.5%
20 above 4 3.4% 69.0%
5-10yrs 36 31.0% 100.0%
Total 116 100.0% 100.0%

14. When asked how long the participants have
been reporting education, 74.1% have
reported education at one point in time.
66.3% have reported education within the
last 10years while 46.5% have reported
education within the last 5years.

15. Given these figures, only 26.7% of the total
participants have been trained while 69.8% have
never been trained. 15 out of 24 (62.5%) who
report education beat have never been trained
on education reporting. 70.6 of those who report
general beat have never been trained on
education reporting. Thus, the relevance of JDP
in equipping journalists with information cannot
be over emphasized.

16. Frequency Percent Cum Percent
Yes 31 26.7% 26.7%
No 81 69.8% 96.6%
Unknown 4 3.4% 100.0%
Total 116 100.0% 100.0%

17. Unknown Education general Beat Health TOTAL
Yes 0 8 23 0 31
Row % 0.0 25.8 74.2 0.0 100.0
Col % 0.0 33.3 27.1 0.0 26.7
No 5 15 60 1 81
Row % 6.2 18.5 74.1 1.2 100.0
Col % 83.3 62.5 70.6 100.0 69.8
Unknown 1 1 2 0 4
Row % 25.0 25.0 50.0 0.0 100.0
Col % 16.7 4.2 2.4 0.0 3.4
TOTAL 6 24 85 1 116
Row % 5.2 20.7 73.3 0.9 100.0
Col % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

18. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TRAINED ON EDUCATION REPORTING?
State Yes No Unknown TOTAL
Abuja 4 12 1 17
Row % 23.5 70.6 5.9 100.0
Col % 12.9 14.8 25.0 14.7
Enugu 4 14 2 20
Row % 20.0 70.0 10.0 100.0
Col % 12.9 17.3 50.0 17.2
Jigawa 5 6 0 11
Row % 45.5 54.5 0.0 100.0
Col % 16.1 7.4 0.0 9.5
Kaduna 0 16 0 16
Row % 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0
Col % 0.0 19.8 0.0 13.8
Kano 5 6 1 12
Row % 41.7 50.0 8.3 100.0
Col % 16.1 7.4 25.0 10.3
Kwara 9 14 0 23
Row % 39.1 60.9 0.0 100.0
Col % 29.0 17.3 0.0 19.8
Lagos 4 13 0 17
Row % 23.5 76.5 0.0 100.0
Col % 12.9 16.0 0.0 14.7
TOTAL 31 81 4 116
Row % 26.7 69.8 3.4 100.0
Col % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

19. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TRAINED ON EDUCATION REPORTING?
Experience in
Yes No Unknown TOTAL
Journalism
Unknown 0 0 1 1
Row % 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0
Col % 0.0 0.0 25.0 0.9
11-15yrs 9 20 0 29
Row % 31.0 69.0 0.0 100.0
Col % 29.0 24.7 0.0 25.0
1-5yrs 7 25 0 32
Row % 21.9 78.1 0.0 100.0
Col % 22.6 30.9 0.0 27.6
20 above 4 9 1 14
Row % 28.6 64.3 7.1 100.0
Col % 12.9 11.1 25.0 12.1
5-10yrs 11 25 2 38
Row % 28.9 65.8 5.3 100.0
Col % 35.5 30.9 50.0 32.8
less than 1yrs 0 2 0 2
Row % 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0
Col % 0.0 2.5 0.0 1.7
TOTAL 31 81 4 116
Row % 26.7 69.8 3.4 100.0
Col % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

20.  Lack of training opportunities
 Not Invited
 Failure on the media houses to train their
reporters
 The nature of the work does not give several
opportunities for training
 Because they are not assigned to the education
beat