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The research adopted a descriptive research design of the survey type. The population consisted of 411,912 public secondary school students in Oyo State, Nigeria’s urban and rural areas. The study sample consisted of 600 public secondary school students’ selected using multistage sampling procedures, including simple random sampling techniques and stratified random sampling techniques. The instrument used to collect data was a questionnaire titled ‘Students’ Civic Engagement Questionnaire’...

Machine learning models are frequently gaining wide applications in different fields with an emphasis on supervised machine learning for data exploration as in healthcare provision. With an increase in demand for outpatient health care services in Kenya, the Government is faced with the problem of forecasting this type of demand. Its in this regard that this research develops a supervised machine learning model for the modeling and prediction of demand for outpatient health-care services in...

Crude oil exploration has been beneficial to our economy but detrimental to our environment with the artisanal refineries further compounding the challenge. This research was aimed at investigating the microbiology and heavy metal pollution of three crude oil polluted rivers in Rivers State, Nigeria and effects on living organisms inhabiting that environment. This study was carried out in three locations in South-South Nigeria (Eagle Island, Iwofe and Chokocho rivers). A total of 64 water...

This paper is drawn upon a study that sought to examine the determinants of entrepreneurial orientationamong Muslim students at USIU-Africa. The study addressed the gaps in the knowledge betweenmultiple dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation in the context of Muslim students in USIU-Africa.The study was steered along the following objectives: influences of pro-activeness on entrepreneurialorientation among Muslim students, influences of innovation on entrepreneurial orientation...

Almost all of Africa was at one time under the subjugation of colonial masters from different Europeannations who claimed them as extensions of their global kingdoms. The colonialists arrived withintentions to exploit the natural resources of the virgin continent and were accompanied by Christianmissionaries whose intention was to propagate the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the peoples of the “darkcontinent”. The missionaries pioneered educational institutions that served as perfect vehicles not...

There is a striking inequality when it comes to the effects of climate change on more and less developed nations. Developed nations fail to fully address their issues while developing nations show how climate change can impact the individuals in that nation. In underdeveloped countries like Somalia, there is a lack of education and awareness on the topic. To increase awareness and understanding media and tv can play a large role in education but it is necessary for all of us to be a part of...

Soil pollution or soil contamination is an important environmental concern that causes health for both flora and fauna worldwide. The majority of pollutants have anthropogenic origins. However, some contaminants can occur naturally in soils as components of minerals and can be toxic at high concentrations. The biological materials like microorganisms, plants and animals have been studied to be used in biomonitoring of pollution. Plants are important bioindicators for heavy metals...

This study investigated on classroom attentiveness of children from home with inter parental violence in Chamwino, Dodoma, Tanzania. The study employed the cross-sectional survey design whereby 312 out of 652 children from five secondary schools were randomly selected to participate by filling the questionnaire. Chi square test was employed to determine the relationship between violence against mothers and children’s attentiveness at the 0.05 level of significance. The results indicated a...

Abstract According to Victor Hugo (1802–1885), “He who opens a school door, closes a prison”. This powerful statement demonstrates the importance of school in the development of a nation and the lives of individuals. It has been proven that the language used in early childhood education has an impact on the cognitive development and learning achievement of children in their educational arena. Most countries in Africa are still discussing the language to be used as a medium of instruction in...

This study was initiated from a critical look at what is happening in most primary schools today in which most teachers do not adequately equip pupils with higher order thinking skills.This was aimed at investigating teachers' competence in teaching methods, interpersonal skills, assessment, classroom management strategies, and their influence on pupils thinking skills.It was guided by four research questions which were transformed into four research hypotheses to test if teachers'...

The Covid-19 lockdown implemented globally to prevent the spread of the virus has led to the closure of schools. However, insight into the impact of the lockdown on private schools and the responses it has elicited is limited, especially across the African continent. This article examines the impact of the lockdown on private basic schools in Ghana and how they responded to the closure. Following "organizational ambidexterity" and qualitative interviews with nine proprietors of private...

Contemporary International Relations is characterized by the quest for peace within and among nations.This drive has set the precedence for the emergence of International Organizations like the United Nations Organization (UNO), with the primary objective of maintaining global peace through its specialized agencies like UNESCO.At a time that Cameroon is undergoing socio-political tension, it is just normal that the youths are educated to be lovers of peace.This study focuses on "UNESCO and...

Abstract Writing to report research writing may be a daunting task since it requires motivation, interest, background knowledge and hard work from the part of students. This paper focused on the major obstacles faced by the English foreign language learners in research writing at Belhadj Bouchaib University, Algeria, in addition to the teachers’ attitudes towards their students’ work. The study relied on a triangulated approach which enclosed quantitative and qualitative methods and its...

The study is not only designed to measure up the degree of cultural awareness while learning/ teaching the English language, but it also helps in finding out how mother tongue culture can severely affect our everyday acquired language in the context of Yemen. The researcher has used the pragmatic approach tools to highlight all the cultural impacts and elaborated the importance of making Yemeni teachers aware of this approach. Culture could really play an important role in the quality of...

Previous studies have demonstrated the importance of a critical approach in the teaching and learning, especially for candidates dealing with complex subjects as History. This study corroborates research in this field by reporting on the experiences of a teacher who taught secondary school History as a subject in rural areas. The findings from a teaching practice at one secondary school in Mwenezi District reveal that there are peculiar issues that are common among rural school learners. The...

Although Security Sector Reform (SSR) is widely regarded as a vital element of peacebuilding, its implementation has remained largely disappointing. In recent years, the academic literature has witnessed an intensifying debate on the need to close the policy-implementation gap in SSR. This article contributes to the debate on the need for a second generation SSR by exploring the value of further education (FE) programmes through an autoethnographic approach of FE courses delivered in...

Abstract Designed for three age groups, Ko Nipa Africa! – Teach about Africa! awareness-raising and sensitization education program is aimed at developing social competencies, especially empathy, social sensitivity, and tolerance in childhood. In addition, its main task is to transform the misconceptions and prejudices about Africa present in Hungary with active learning. The series of programs seeks to bring the diverse cultural, natural, and historical values of the African continent...

Recent studies have shown that science, technical and technological fields are underrepresented academically and professionally from school to university level. The interests in learning such fields can be traced back from early childhood education to higher learning levels. Recent studies have shown that science, technical and technological fields are underrepresented academically and professionally from school to university level. The interests in learning such fields can be traced back...