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Hand-washing practice, which is globally recognized as the simplest, most affordable and effective way of curtailing the spread of infectious diseases, is still low in developing countries.This is largely influenced by the dearth and adequacy of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) facilities.This paper investigated the level of availability and adequacy of WASH facilities in secondary schools in a developing, sub-Sharan country, particularly Lagos State, Nigeria.Protection Motivation Theory...

This study examines the level of availability of instructional materials among government-owned public secondary schools in Gusau Local Government Area, Zamfara State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research was employed and 190 teachers were simple randomly sampled out of the total population of 367 in-service teachers in Gusau LGA through Morgan and Krejcie’s (1971) table of determining sample size. Three research questions were established in order to achieve the three objectives formulated...

This study examined the impact of improvisation of learning resources on biology instruction in senior secondary schools from Ondo South Senatorial District. The study sample was 350 and consisted of students randomly selected from 10 senior secondary schools in Ondo South Senatorial District of Ondo State in Nigeria. A self-developed inventory was designed and validated through pilot testing and administered to the sample for the data collection. The researcher personally visited the...

In the current study the processes of soil deterioration over the past five decades was evaluated. Land degradation risk, status, and rate were assessed in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate, Egypt, in 2016 using OLI and ETM (2002) remote sensing data, and soil data from 1961.A quantitative deterioration was produced based on the comparative study approach in the integrated weighted sum, weighted overlay, and fuzzy model. The parameters used were soil depth, texture, pH, EC, OM, SAR, ESP, CEC,...

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 National consciousness within educational institutions could enhance effective management of education for sustainable development. This study examines the existing relationship between cultural integration, sports activities, gender equality and management of secondary education for sustainable development in Nigeria. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select 175 principals from a population of 310 principals and 364 teachers from a population of 6,894 teachers...

The surge of COVID-19 pandemic in December, 2019 became an issue of concern to everyone globally including Nigerians. Its sporadic spread into the human environment entrenched awful experiences in all facets of life across the countries of the world. This is a type of virus also traceable to animals but now is ravaging the human environment as a new strain of coronavirus that makes it to be zoonotic in nature. To contain the spread of the virus ushered in some preventive policies and...

This study assessed the attitudes of secondary school students in Akure south local government, Ondo state towards learning Art using ICT tools. The study adopted survey research design. Two hundred (200) students were randomly selected from four schools in Akure south local government area of Ondo state. One objective and one research hypothesis were generated for the study. Students Attitude towards ICT (SATICT) questionnaire was used as the research instrument for the study. The study...

Bystanders of school bullying are relatively under-researched in the literature on bullying because most studies in this area focus primarily on bullies or on the direct victims of bullying. In this study, we aimed to explore the lived experience of early adolescent bystanders who witnessed bullying in a South African school. We followed a qualitative research approach and adopted a phenomenological research design. We purposefully selected 10 early adolescent bystanders to participate in...

University’s corporate image and promotional appeal are fundamental to students’ decisions during enrolment into the private ivory towers in Nigeria. The proliferation and high- rate competition among private universities has warranted the adoption of marketing communication strategies that could capture and retain the attention of prospective students and their sponsors. The main objective of the study was to examine the influence of brand image and promotional appeal on students’ enrolment...

Introduction: Globally, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading causes of deaths with more than half due to coronary heart disease linked with the development of atherosclerosis. Hypertension (HTN) and obesity are leading risk factors for atherosclerotic CVDs, presence of which is predicted by microalbuminuria (MA). We wanted to evaluate the relationship between microalbuminuria and risk factors for CVDs (obesity, overweight, pre-hypertension and hypertension) among secondary school...

The intensifying rate of school-based violence in South Africa has become a major concern for school management, non-governmental organisations and the government at large.The constant disruption of knowledge dissemination because of upheavals and conflicts within spaces of learning has diminished the value of education and threatened the peace and serenity of South African schools.Educators and learners alike are in constant fear for their lives and wellbeing whenever they are on some of...

Background. Primary school learners in Vihiga County have been recording a lower mean score in English language examinations than their counterparts in neighbouring counties, with the score being lower in comprehension passage than in grammar sections. Few previous studies conducted in Kenya have investigated the issue from the instructional dimension, thereby limiting stakeholders’ understanding of the issue and delaying appropriate interventions. Aim. To determine how the deployment of...

The study aimed to reveal the effectiveness of an electronic learning environment in developing programming skills for eleventh grade students in Gaza Governorate, and the researchers built two study tools consisting of a cognitive test and an evaluation card to measure programming skills (the performance side, and they were applied to a sample number (30) A student from the eleventh grade students at Shohadaa Al-Shati Secondary School for Girls for the second semester) 2019-2020) The...

This study sought to establish school-based factors that influence teacher turnover intention among secondary schools in Rachuonyo North Sub County, Kenya. While a total of 390 secondary school teachers constituted the population, Fisher’s model guided the sampling of 132 teachers as respondents. The questionnaire was presented to two experts who examined it and advised on what to do to improve it. A pilot test was conducted by administering the questionnaire to respondents not involved in...

This study investigated the objectivity, reliability, and the validity of the Basketball Throw Test (BTT) as an upper-body muscular strength measure. Participants (33 boys and 32 girls; mean age = 8.75 ± 1.47) performed the BTT on 2 occasions (1-week apart), and the hand-grip test as criterion measure. The objectivity and reliability were estimated using an intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC2,1) and graphically examined according to the Bland-Altman approach. Pearson correlation...

The study tries to examine the influence of social media usage on the behaviour of Ghana students.Cross sectional descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study.A sample of 378 students was selected using proportional stratified sampling technique from a population of second and third year college of education students.Questionnaire was used as the instrument for the collection of data.Data were analysed descriptively using frequencies and percentages, and means and standard...

Evaluation is currently at the heart of the priorities of education systems. It is not limited to learning but affects several aspects: teachers, schools, training, management, education policies, and the system as a whole. There is a need in this area where research is extremely scarce in Morocco and especially in the teaching and education sector. The notion of transposing quality evaluation to the pedagogical side is very difficult and ambiguous. The evaluation of a school is a complex...