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The purpose of this study was to establish learners' attitude towards the use of short stories in Kiswahili grammar learning in Secondary Schools in the Nandi North Sub County. A descriptive survey design was adopted for this study. The target study population was 2326 form four students. Simple and stratified random sampling was done to arrive at 10% of the target population. 240 (n=240) secondary school students participated as respondents from public secondary schools in Nandi North...

This paper is on factors students’ academic performance in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education in Kirinyaga Central Sub-county of Kirinyaga County, Kenya. Literature review dwelt on global examination of academic performance, Africa review and regional including Kenya case. The study was guided by five objectives including but not limited to: factors that influence KCSE performance that include students-teachers ratio, peer pressure, school resources, student’s motivation and family...

Abstract This research was intended to analyze: a) the locutionary act used among prospective front officer students to express front officer tasks in terms of speech acts category, b) the speech styles used among prospective front officer students to express front officer tasks in terms of politeness and impoliteness. c) the errors committed in their speech acts in terms of grammar, diction, and appropriateness. The subjects of the study were the front office students of grade twelve at...

The increasing prevalence of being overweight and obesity in South African school children requires interventions that are evidence based. Nutrition knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) studies are thus needed to provide evidence for the planning of interventions that address and prevent nutrition problems in school children.The aim of the study on which this article is based was to assess nutrition knowledge, attitudes and practices of grade 4-6 learners from three primary schools in a...

IntroductionPrimary school education is fundamental to the strengthening of higher levels of education, laying strong foundation in scientific and technological literacy and capacity and thus a means to self-reliance for personal and national development.Primary education is intended to enable every child to acquire knowledge and basic skills of literacy, communication, numeracy and problem solving as well as attitudes needed for development to full capacity.Furthermore, it aims to provide...

Current international trends in education provision are tilted towards inclusive practices that place learners at the center of education by valuing their diverse needs, creating a sense of belonging and learning conditions that fosters the success of all.In Cameroon like other SSA countries, a large number of adolescents of secondary school age continue to remain unaccounted for by the educational system due to multifaceted reasons, but largely as a result of systems barriers related to the...

This study aimed at examining the relationship of adolescents’ academic achievement motivation and parenting styles. Data were collected from randomly selected 192 adolescent students (93 males and 99 females) through standardized scales of achievement motivation self-report inventory and parenting style scale. The data analysis has been done through both descriptive and inferential statistical methods. To this end, finding revealed that authoritarian parenting style is the most commonly...

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 The study was aimed at finding the parental influence on their children’s career trajectories. The study was informed by the quantitative research approach. A survey design was used in the current study. Data was collected through questionnaires. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics. Results of the study revealed that parents had tremendous influence to their children’s career trajectories. Parental influence was in the form of their direct and indirect...

The preschool stage is a significant stage in a child's development.It provides a child with fundamental knowledge that paves way for realization of a future education and career pathway in life.For this objective to be achieved there's reason for preschools to provide adequate instructional resources to the teachers to improve their work and thus improve the learning outcomes of the pupils.Instructional resources therefore are very key in learning science activities; science mainly deals...

The study assessed cassava-melon intercrop-based farm practices used by farmers under the climate change variations in Isiala-Mbano, L.G.A. of Imo State, Nigeria. Specific objectives achieved were; socioeconomic characteristics of the farmers, various farm practice options used by farmers during the period and constraints faced by farmers while using farm practice options were identified. Lastly effects of farm practices on cassavamelon intercrop-based farms were determined. 12 communities...

It is a common norm to describe education as being fundamental to employment and growth in developing economies. While the highest rate of return is believed to be most experienced in those economies with both skilled and unskilled labour, the greatest responsibility lies with the highly qualified in education as they are most significant in policy formulation. Despite this, youth unemployment has remained a challenge in the 21st century that most developing countries like Kenya struggle...

The aim of primary education is to provide education at the basic level of all ongoing primary school pupils.This study was carried out to investigate influence of home and school based factors on pupil's academic performers at Kenya certificate of primary education in Makadara sub-county, Nairobi County.The study adopted the ex-post facto design which involved the studies that investigate possible causes and effects by observing an existing condition and searching back in time for possible...

Background: Blind Children require access to quality rehabilitation services to optimize function and reduce their disabilities. This may be difficult if competent educators are not available in special education centers in developing countries.
 Method: A prospective study carried out on consenting parents and pupils at a special education center in South western Nigeria.
 Results: Sixty-two blind eyes from 31 participants were examined. 25.8% [16] had Optic atrophy, 16.1% [10]...

Background: Congenital anomalies are one of the major causes of hospital admissions in children in many parts of Africa, adequate knowledge of the presentations and management of these anomalies is essential to achieving good outcome. This study aimed at examining the role of training of healthcare personnel in the emergency management of the surgical neonates in Nigeria. Methods: A 10-year retrospective study of 226 neonates who had emergency surgical procedures performed. Retrieved from...

This study investigated the effect of group counselling in reducing examination malpractice tendency among secondary school students in Imo state, Nigeria.Two research questions were answered and two null hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance guided the study.The pre-test post-test control group quasi-experimental design was adopted for the study.The target population of the study was 2326 (1096male and 1230female) SS2 students that had examination malpractice tendency in all...

Entrepreneurship education is designed as an intervention programme for Nigerian Tertiary Institutions to nurture students towards developing a job creating mind-set as opposed to a job-seeking mind-set. The actualization of this broad objective for entrepreneurship education has been a subject of great interest, debate and conjecture in the last one decade due to several conflicting outcomes in the literature. Consequently, it becomes imperative to investigate the influence of...

12Apr 2019 ENFLUENCE OF SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMME ON PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN BOSSASO DISTRICT BARI REGION, PUNTLAND - SOMALIA. ISSA OMAR M , Willy Muturi and Mohamed Said Samantar. Research project submitted to the department of development studies, in the school of communication and development studies, college of human resource development in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of the master degree at, jomo kenyatta university of agriculture and technology. Jkuat.