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Nigeria like other developing countries is presently faced with the arduous problem of coping with scarce resources to control existing and increasing oral disease levels. The World Health Organization has emphasized the importance of oral health promotion for initiating successful, effective, preventive oral health programmes. At present however, Nigeria is without formal oral health promotion and health education policies or programmes. In the "National Policy and Strategy to Achieve...
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A survey of dracunculiasis was carried out among pupils in their schools and among adults in the communities from which the pupils came, to determine whether the prevalence of infection in the pupils was a good index of the prevalence in their village. No significant difference was observed between the prevalence of current infection in pupils and that in their village of origin, although in some instances there were significant differences between the prevalence of previous infection in...
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In the traditional Nigerian society music was an integral part of education. A musician was often expected to practice other areas of the arts and occupations. There were musical families with long traditions of music making. There were instrument makers who were also expected to practice other areas of occupation. Training in music often involved a long period of apprenticeship during which the trainee learned other aspects of the art.
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This paper addresses gender issues in the training of journalists in Nigeria. Recognizing the power of the media in influencing decisions and attitudes in society, it criticizes the absence of women teachers in Nigerian institutes of mass communication and schools of journalism and argues that this has further marginalized the Nigerian woman in a society that is predominantly male-dominated. The paper suggests that if more women became trainers of journalists they would influence their...
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Questionnaires completed by 700 secondary school teachers in Nigeria's Lagos, Kaduna, and Cross-River States revealed a generally positive attitude toward family life education. 53.56% of respondents were female and 31.5%% were or had been married. Their average age was 28.3 years. One third of the teachers were not parents, and only 15.5% had children as old as their students. The teachers expressed agreement with the importance of school-based sex education (71.6%), the potential for...
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This article examines the place of English in the Nigerian education system. It sees the introduction of English as a product of evangelical expediency, in which missionaries passed the language baton to colonial administrators until English became the official language of the country. It is noted that even after political independence from the colonial masters, English still occupies pride of place in Nigeria, especially in the formal school system. The fact that Nigeria is a multilingual...
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Examines the new standards laid down for library science education in Nigerian universities, concentrating on the curriculum section. The recommended curriculum is compared to the one in the IFLA Standards for Library Schools (1976) and found to be lacking in both core and specialized areas. The new Nigerian standards are designed for undergraduate programs in school librarianship, but this paper proposes modifications of it in order to accommodate other specializations, since these are the...
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This chapter discusses the accounting education and the certification process in Zimbabwe. The present systems of accounting education and certification process have to change drastically to become relevant to the new political, social, and economic order. Zimbabwe, formerly known as Southern Rhodesia, is situated in South Central Africa between the Limpopo and Zambezi rivers. The country has a diversity of natural resources that has led to a more balanced and developed economy with a fairly...