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The study was designed to investigate level of teachers’ awareness of their roles in counselling secondary schools for skill acquisition in rivers state. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The population of the study consist of 8196 (4436 males and 3760) females. A samples size of 450 teachers which was 5% of the population was selected being 222 males and 190 females, using the stratified random sampling technique. The instrument for data collection included a self constructed...

The underfunding of schools in Nigeria has led to poor quality of education at a period when globalisation demands much from the education system in terms of training a skilled workforce. In Ondo State, the government has encouraged public secondary schools to generate funds internally in order to complement the insufficient grants it provides. The aim is to facilitate the proper functioning of schools. Nevertheless, education stakeholders have not ceased to complain about a shortage of...

This study investigated Computer-Based Concept Mapping (CBCM) as a tool in the field of science education to help students in understanding basic concepts and relationships between them. It was carried out in Zaria Educational Zone. The study employed quasi-experimental design without control group. A sample of one hundred and twenty-five Senior Secondary Two (SSII) students from intact classes in three co-educational schools was drawn from the population of six thousand and eighty-one...

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has defined its own way of doing things, it has also provided the knowledge and skills required for such activities. This has brought a transformation in every human activity including the education system. E-learning is now the modern and better way of carrying out instructional process. The tertiary education institution which is vested with the responsibility of producing the manpower needed to run the society ought to follow the trend to...

Background. Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) virus (HBV) infection remains a severe problem worldwide. An estimated 240–400 million persons are reported to have chronic HBV infection, and the annual mortality from HBV-related complications including cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma was 600,000 persons. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the prevalence of HBV chronic infection is particularly high while in South Sudan, hepatitis B remains a serious problem of public health importance with health care...

The study evaluated a first session of the knowledge transfer training programme organised for Ministry of Health workers in the area of maternal and child health in Burkina Faso. The objective was to obtain the participant's perceptive for improving the training programme. A qualitative study was conducted during and after the first training session, using the four levels of Kirkpatrick training evaluation framework. A group discussion was organised with 17 participants during the training...

Abstract This article examines the origins and development of colonial Franco-Muslim education, with specific reference to the Médersa of Saint-Louis in Senegal. Often described as a failed experiment on the part of the French administration, the médersa nevertheless marked the first effort to “modernize” Islamic education in West Africa. This article argues that the médersa evolved, and eventually closed, in tandem with local engagement and the establishment of the racist idea of islam noir...

In consideration of the importance of Mathematics and the desire to alleviate the rate of failure in the subject, this study set out to construct, establish the validity and reliability of the Mathematics Achievement Motivation Scale (MAMS). A self-report instrument was designed for use among senior secondary school students in Nigeria using a survey design. The respondents were randomly selected among Senior Secondary School two (SS 2) from the six geo-political zones in Nigeria. The...

Abstract The Ediacaran period coincides with the emergence of ancestral animal lineages and cyanobacteria capable of thriving in nutrient deficient oceans which together with photosynthetic eukaryotic dominance, culminated in the rapid oxygenation of the Ediacaran atmosphere. However, ecological evidence for the colonization of the Ediacaran terrestrial biosphere by photosynthetic communities and their contribution to the oxygenation of the biosphere at this time is very sparse. Here, we...

Background: Bronchiolitis is a common lower respiratory tract infection in infants. Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) may be a useful biomarker to assist its severityAim of current study was to study the efficacy of LDH in both nasal secretions (NW-LDH) and serum (S-LDH) as a useful biochemical indicator of bronchiolitis severity .Subject and Methods: The present study was conducted on 96 infant with bronchiolitis ( < 24 months old ) presenting to pediatric department of Al-ahrar and Ahmed Maher...

The aim of this research is to analyse the influence of re-admission policy on education of teenage mothers in Secondary Schools in Malawi. The objective that guided the study were: to determine the material support given to teenage mothers after re-admission, to understand the knowledge and role of teachers on the readmission policy and its implementation, to find how well teen mothers know about the re-admission policy and the impact of re-admission policy on education of teen mothers. The...

Traditional health care strategies to manage illness are based on the tenets of prevention and cure.Health promotion is an urgent matter from both a health and economic standpoint, as most non-communicable diseases cannot be cured, and the future costs of management are prohibitive.Hence, a new focus on prevention involving youth has been widely called for, including by the Cape Town Manifesto. 2 This chapter reviews the challenge and opportunities of engaging youth in health promotion...

This study sought to analyse local communities’ perceptions of the relationship between drought and conflicts in Laikipia West Sub County, Kenya. The study examined trends in droughts and conflicts in Laikipia West Sub County between 2007 and 2018 and analysed local views on the relationships between droughts and conflicts. Primary data was collected using questionnaires and semi-structured interviews with key informants involving 174 participants. The study also relied on secondary data...

This paper used the decolonial theory to analyse provision of Assistive Technology and assistive devices at an institution of higher education in South African. It was an empirical study, in which data were collected through interviews with students with disabilities and the Disability Rights Centre staff members. The paper sought to understand the invisible hidden implications of provision of Assistive Technology and assistive devices. The finding was that it is students with disabilities...

The purpose of the study is to examine the relationships between peer support, superior support, training self-efficacy, training needs and opportunity to use on readiness to participate in training.The descriptive-survey study, which was based on a sample of 255 civil servants from three organizations in Nigeria was analyzed with structural equation modeling.The findings show that peer support had direct and indirect significant relationships with readiness to participate.Opportunity to use...

In the modern world for heads of institutions to effectively and efficiently progress in their daily duties, they need to active in the way they use the social media as well well as being semiconscious in the way they use the social media. This descriptive research was conducted to explore factors and challenges promoting and affecting use of social media by Headteachers and their level of enjoyment in usage of social media in schools of Malawi. In this survey, qualitative and quantitative...

Learner pregnancies have increased in recent years, despite improved access to reproductive health services, contraceptives and sexual and reproductive education. In this article, a pregnant learner refers to any person who gets pregnant while being admitted as a learner in primary or secondary schools of the South African basic education system. Currently in South Africa there is no formal collaboration between the Departments of Health and Education concerning learner pregnancy prevention...