AFTER-SCHOOL MUSICAL TRAINING FOR STUDENTS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA: AN EVALUATION OF ESM SUMMER CAMP IN MOUNTAIN TOP UNIVERSITY

Abstract

After-school programme is a common phenomenon in every societal activity for learning. As official training is paramount in every developmental and educational sector, so also After-school engagement is complementary. The programmes that is fixed for students outside the official academic period is conceived from different perspectives of training which are given different names such as ASP-After School Programme, OST-Out of School Time Programme, Catch-up programme etcetera. Stanley, (2011) discusses Meta-analysis of the impact of after-school programs on students reading and mathematics performance. while Durlak.et.al (2010) analyses After-school activities that seek to promote personal and social skills in children and adolescents. After-school straddles so many facets of learning and disciplines, musical practice is not an exemption.