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In developing countries, the application of electronic learning (e-learning) in the educational system is yet to gain much ground. This study therefore seeks to survey the extent to which elearning is applied in University of Calabar for effective teaching and learning processes. The purpose of this paper is to give a brief insight to the current status of e-learning in the Nigerian university system. University of Calabar located in the Niger delta area was used as a sample. The work...

The status of the Nigerian educational system at the moment is unenviable.It is low in quality and standard, limited in its reach and disturbing in its future.There have been some deliberate attempt/efforts by government to redress the declining fortune of the educational system.Some International donor agencies, like UNICEF, the World Bank, UNESCO, and DFID are also collaborating with government at all levels with a view to coming up with a holistic approach in addressing educational...

This study is aimed at identifying the Information Needs of Post-Primary School Teachers in Jos Metropolitan. The extent to which the Teacher's Information Needs as identified were being met by the Library available to them in their schools and obstacles faced in making sure that enough information resources are provided for the teachers were elucidated. The study covered 286 teachers in Jos Metropolitan. The survey method was used for the study. The Instruments used for data collection were...

Against the backdrop of the huge opportunities provided by internet and electronic mail for useful exchange of information between the learner and the teacher as well as for controlling and evaluating the work of learners, this study was carried-out to determine the efficacy of conducting teaching and learning through e-mail among 300 level distance learning students in the Department of Adult Education, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. The study was conducted in 2007/2008 contact session...

The research investigated the effects of learning styles on career preferences of senior secondary school students in Jigawa State, Nigeria.A total of six hundred students, three hundred and sixty male, and two hundred and forty female were randomly selected from ten senior secondary schools across the state for the study.Two different data collection instruments were used to gather data for the research'.These are Kazembe Sorting Test (KST) and Vocational Interest Inventory (VII) to test...

To assess youth health behaviours and related quality of life in urban Tunisia, we conducted a cross-sectional survey of a representative sample of 699 secondary-school students. The overweight rate was 20.7%. Most of the sample had an insufficient level of physical activity and were unfamiliar with the recommended frequency of moderate physical activity. Norm-based scores of psychological state were about average, slightly better for boys than girls. Girls perceived themselves to be more...

The Universal Basic Education (UBE) scheme, which came into existence in September 1999, was lauded by the Federal Government of Nigeria as a preferred programme of Nigeria's basic education service.It is expected to provide full and compulsory education from primary one all through to junior secondary school 3 (that is nine years of compulsory schooling).This paper discussed ways in which Universal Basic Education (UBE) could be successfully implemented in order to attain national...

Assessment is aimed at finding out how much a child has acquired in terms of learning skills but also takes into consideration the personal-social development of the child.In Nigerian schools, assessment, most often than not is concentrated on cognitive achievement to the detriment of affective and psychomotor development of learners.This paper reports the findings of a year long survey examining the implementation of Holistic Assessment Measure (WAM) among secondary school teachers in...

For at least the past decade, political leaders and policy makers have stressed how important it is for Africa to harness technology, leapfrog development, and take part in the global knowledge economy. In numerous initiatives aimed at realizing these goals, education is a primary target, viewed as a mechanism through which information and communication technologies (ICT) can empower societies to develop technologically literate workforces. Unfortunately, there is a considerable gap between...

This paper is aimed to critically x-ray the business education curriculum of Nigerian Universities a case study of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma and Delta State University, Abraka. It w as observed that in Ambrose Alli University business education is housed in the department of Vocational and Technical Education with two options namely Accounting Education and Secretarial Education while it runs a specialized system right from 100 to 400 levels. On the other hand the Delta State...

<p><strong>Objective</strong> . This study aimed to identify the socio-demographic characteristics, pattern of psychiatric disorders and management of children and adolescents before the setting up of a dedicated child and adolescent unit at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria.</p><p><strong>Method</strong> . A retrospective study, carried out at the Department of Behavioural Sciences of the hospital....

Hypertension has been shown to start in early life and to track into adulthood. Detecting adolescents with hypertension and prehypertension will aid early intervention and reduce morbidity and mortality from the disorders. This study reports the point-prevalence of the two disorders in a semi-urban and an urban population of school-going adolescents in Nigeria. A total of 843 adolescents from two places of domicile were studied. Their blood pressures and anthropometric indices were measured...

Distance learning (e-learning) can facilitate access to training. Yet few public health E-learning experiments have been reported; institutes in developing countries experience difficulties in establishing on-line curricula, while developed countries struggle with adapting existing curricula to realities on the ground. In 2005, two schools of public health, one in France and one in Benin, began collaborating through contact sessions organised for Nancy University distance-learning students....

In Nigeria, over 900,000 children under the age of five years die every year. Early neonatal death is responsible for a little over 20% of these deaths. Prematurity remains a significant cause of these early neonatal deaths. In some series, it is reported to be responsible for 60-70% of these deaths. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and determinants of pre-term deliveries at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin. This was a prospective cohort study conducted over a...

Journal Article Christian Missionaries and Education in Former African Colonies: How Competition Mattered Get access Francisco A. Gallego, Francisco A. Gallego * aPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile *Corresponding author: Francisco A. Gallego. E-mail: fgallego@alum.mit.edu Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Robert Woodberry Robert Woodberry bUniversity of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford...

Many Nigerian workers are scared at the mention of the word retirement.This is because of the unpleasant experiences of the past retirees in terms of the delay and difficulties encountered in getting their retirement benefitsgratuity and pension.Unfortunately, some retirees have died out of frustration and in abject poverty while waiting to collect their benefits.This paper examined the reasons for retirement, the forms of retirement prevalent in Nigeria, namely the voluntary, the forced or...

Abstract Many African American adolescents who enter high school with low achievement are at‐risk for being perceived as defiant and uncooperative by their classroom teachers. This generalized view of risk, however, offers little understanding of the differentiated behavior these students have with their teachers. The study followed 35 African American students, who have a history of low achievement, across multiple classrooms in their school day. Hierarchical linear modeling showed that...

The study investigated junior high School (JHS) students' attitudes that affect their study of mathematics.Five hundred and eighty-one students selected from nine junior high schools in the Cape Coast Municipality in Ghana were involved in the study.The results of the analyses showed that both boys and girls at the JHS level had positive attitudes towards mathematics in all eight attitudinal dimensions.Both sexes did not see mathematics as a male dominated domain, with girls seeing it less a...

The study assessed the perceived effects of climate change on production among fish farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria. Multi stage sampling technique was used in selecting respondents for the study. Simple random sampling was used to select four Local Government Areas (LGAs) with high number of registered fish farmers in each vegetational zone. Proportionate random sampling was used to select 146 respondents for the study. Data were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The...