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Statistics Education is a new discipline whose popularity has not been widely appreciated in Nigeria and some developing countries of Africa. There is still a large gap with the advanced levels of statistics education in more developed countries. In this paper, we enumerate the importance of statistics, identify some existing problems in statistics education in Nigeria and make some proposals as to how they may be overcome. Result of our empirical survey on the current awareness of the...

Background: The benefits of religiosity in mental health has been documented in extant literature. However the relationship between religiosity and medical students’ attitude to mental illness has not been explored by previous studies. This study aimed to determine the relationship between religiosity and the attitude of medical students in a Nigerian university to mental illness. Methods: Fifth year medical students completed a sociodemographic and career choice questionnaire, Duke...

Background : Emergency contraception (EC) or postcoital contraception has the potential to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies and thus the abortion rate. Tertiary institutions' students are a unique group with very high social interaction, but by virtue of their level of education, probably forms a group in any community, which should have an overall higher level of awareness and use of available methods of contraception, including that of EC. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess...

Computer provides and exposes social challenges in the world today. Social Studies lecturers are therefore afforded easy means to facts, ideas and opinion around the world through which they could obtain fresh information to update its content. The computer as an instruction system gives timely, accurate, reliable, affordable and valid information positioned in the global education market. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of proficiency of Social Studies lecturers in the...

Outdoor education acknowledges the necessity of selecting a well deserved place for learning to take place. In this place, students learn directly within their immediate environment and gain knowledge about the physical reality of that environment. Through these means, students learn about the key importance of relationships and respect for the learning and teaching processes. The process begins with personal experience and leads to deep questioning which brings about new ideas and...

This study investigated students’ value for the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) at Federal College of Education, Abeokuta, Nigeria. Out of five thousand and two hundred (5,200) students, three hundred (300) of them were selected as sampled respondents through simple random and stratified techniques. Using t-test and x2 statistics, it was discovered that the Humanities students significantly scored higher than their science counterparts (t=2.3572.20 at 0.05 level) and the female higher...

Introduction Stigma is a formidable barrier to the treatment and rehabilitation of patients with mental illness or HIV-AIDS, even among young persons. In contrast with HIV-AIDS, efforts by Nigerian policy makers to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness are virtually non-existent. Information on the attitude of school children towards affected individuals is essential in placing the need to combat the stigma associated with these disorders in the right perspective. Objectives/aim...

Teachers are potential partners in the referral and management of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) especially in resource constrained settings. However, their ability to play this role is a function of their knowledge of ADHD and their attitude towards children with the disorder. There is paucity of information on the attitude of Nigerian school teachers towards children with ADHD. This study assessed the attitude of a sample of primary school teachers in Lagos,...

Objective : The study compared sexual practices and predictors of sexual abstinence among adolescent learners with mild/moderate intellectual impairments and their non-disabled peers in Nigeria. Methods: This was a comparative, cross-sectional survey that assessed sexual practices of learners with mild/moderate intellectual impairments (N = 300) and non-disabled learners (N = 300), aged 12–19 years, in Oyo State, Nigeria. Data were analysed using SPSS 15.0. Results: Findings indicated that...

Individuals with intellectual disabilities are rarely targeted by the current human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) response, thereby reducing their access to HIV information and services. Currently, little is known about the HIV knowledge and sexual practices of young Nigerians with intellectual disabilities. Thus, this study sought to compare the HIV knowledge and sexual practices of learners with mild/moderate intellectual disabilities and non-disabled learners (NDL) in Nigeria. Findings...

Given the country’s considerable resource endowment and coastal location, there are potentials for strong growth and development. Yet, little of these potentials have only been realised; and the effects of global warming and climate change are ravaging. It is in the light of these that this work is looking into the challenges of global warming and climate change vis a vis sustainable development in Nigeria and put forward a framework for sustainability of social and economic sectors. The...

Background: menarche is one of the most significant milestones in a woman's life with nutritional status being one of the important non genetic determinants of menarcheal age.Objective: to determine the relationship between age at menarche and anthropometric measurements among adolescent secondary school girls in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.Methods: four hundred and seventy nine adolescent girls were interviewed on age at menarche and their weights and height were measured.Body Mass Index (BMI)...

The study investigated methods used by arable crop farmers to mitigate climate change in Osun State, Nigeria. Data were collected with the aid of a structured interview schedule from 120 arable crop farmers selected from 24 communities. Age (b = −.392; p < .05), household size (b = .190; p < .049), income (b = .182; p < .057), sources of information (b = .161; p < .105), and farm size (b = .258; p < .004) were significant with adaptation strategies. Strategies regularly employed included use...

The study compared the perceptions of Senior High School athletes and non-athletes regarding the effects of sports participation on academic performance in Central Region of Ghana, using a comparative descriptive research design.

change is a phenomenon that is currently in dire need of a wide range of publicity and other measures in order to adapt and mitigate its effect on the society. This study examined the level of climate change awareness among the poor resource farmers in some selected local government areas of Oyo state. A well structured questionnaire titled Climate Change Awareness Questionnaire (CCAQ) was administered on a sample of 240 households. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistical...

The question of ethnicity has been one of the most topical subjects of study by social scientists. The controversies around this phenomenon seem to have been heated up by the high visibility of mobilized and politicized ethnic groups in most multi-ethnic states. Therefore, the extent to which ethnic nationalities are able to effectively manage the interplay of ethnic differences determines to what extent a multi-ethnic nation develops without crisis. Historically Nigeria has come a long way...

The study examines entrepreneurship education as a way forward towards economics and technological advancement of Nigeria. It acknowledges the fact that management emerged as a result of the 18 th and 19 th century industrial resolution in Great Britain. This was predicated on the intellectual re-awaking, scientific and technological discoveries of the scientist like Galileo, Watts, Gilbert, Harvey and other geniuses, which gave rise to mass production of goods. And these consequently create...

The University of Jos has a population of over 20,000 full time students. Most first year science courses are heavily subscribed. This makes it difficult to split students in these classes into small enough groups for meaningful staff-student interaction. In addition Staff Student ratios are poor. Such challenges are reasons for poor performance of new entrants. Using technology to facilitate and enhance the process of teaching and learning is a solution under experimentation.

This paper attempted to explain school libraries as reliable and dependable panaceas for mass failure in West African Examination Council Senior School Certificate Examinations (WAEC SSCE). The paper began with an introduction highlighting various comments and views on reports of mass failure in SSCE in recent years in Nigeria. This was followed by providing a brief on the concept of West African Examination Council. Percentages of students that passed SSCE from 2008 to 2012 with five...