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Academic performance manifested in the class obtained is the indicator or the performance measure of academic achievement. However, the variation in achievement scores among students is indicative that there exist some factors that influence this situation. This study sought to investigate the influence of some demographic factors on students’ academic performance in tertiary institutions in Ghana. The study used primary data collected from graduating students of Wa Polytechnic. Both...
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The perspectives of four groups ‘were examined in related to school culture, on dropouts, non-dropouts students, parents for dropouts and non-dropouts students respectively in schools of Sokoto metropolis. This was inspired by the high rise of students’ dropouts in Sokoto state, Nigeria. Technically, dropouts and non-dropouts teaching and learning issues were associated to challenges of school cultures on students. Survey method was adapted, which used questionnaire for data collected, from...
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The phenomenon of exam cheating was a big problem to the nation’s education system., Oduwaiye (2005);Jega (2006), Ijaiya (2004); Joshua (2008); Olatunbosun (2009); Omonijo & Fadugba (2011).This phenomenon, which gangrenes the universities and affects all student profiles, had an extent and becomes a global problem in the world. Tunisia is hardly affected by cheating on exams. Our research is focused on the study of the phenomenon of cheating on scholar exams at the Tunisian University.365...
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The study aimed at finding out the relationship among occupational identity, attitude toward work, age and gender among Kenyan university students. Participants were 166 first year undergraduate students (103 male, 63 female; age range 17-23 years; M = 19.2; SD = 1.16) enrolled for Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Business Administration degree courses in Dedan Kimathi University. Data collection was done using a questionnaire composed of items adapted from Occupational Identity...
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In recent years higher education has become a global commodity traded across countries and cultures. Students are now traveling more frequently across borders in search of opportunities to study outside their countries of origin. The United States remains one of the top five destinations for foreign students seeking higher education abroad. Each year higher-education institutions in the United States enroll over half a million international students. African students represent approximately...
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Education is a potentially powerful vehicle for socio-economic mobility in the African context. However, the efficacy of this mechanism is critically dependent on the ability of the system to accommodate students whose home environments have not facilitated acquisition of the forms of economic, social and cultural capital conventionally required for success in academic settings. Identifying the factors that contribute to the success or failure of low-income students in higher education is a...
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Education reform efforts in developing countries are aimed at making education an effective vehicle for national development. Educational attainment, especially primary education, is perceived as one of the main vehicles for spurring economic growth and improving living standards in developing countries. In Kenya, the proposed allocations to both the Ministry of Education and that of Higher Education constitute 13% of the total expenditure for the Financial Year 2011-2012, out of which the...
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This study was aimed at assessing the knowledge, attitude and practice of food hygiene and safety among food service staff of UBTH. A descriptive cross-sectional study was done. Data collection was by means of a structured questionnaire. A total of 155 available food service staff was studied. Their mean age was 41.4 years (SD = 8.8 years). Majority (71.03%) has heard of food hygiene and safety but only 12.2% had correct knowledge of it. Most of them demonstrated a positive attitude towards...
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This chapter discusses (current) modalities for funding public higher education in Tanzania, as well as related challenges and prospects using as a reference point the University of Dar es Salaam — Tanzania’s oldest and largest public university — in the absence of data from other public universities. The major thesis of this chapter is that the current modalities of funding public higher education are unsustainable and unrealistic in the wake of the surging demand for higher education....
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In recent time, there has arisen increasing concern about the effects of climate change in the tropical environment, Nigeria inclusive. This concern has prompted a range of researches into the causes and the effects of climate change as well as the possible mitigation measures that can be adopted. This paper examines the imprint Demographic change on Climate change in Nigeria. Sustained population increase as obtained from available demographic records implies a sustained increase in human...
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This chapter will espouse de jure religious pluralism as God’s principle of relationship with all people. Many scholars have called for de jure religious pluralism to be a foundational assumption necessary for effective dialogue between Christians and people of other faith traditions.1 In the same breadth, with a different nuance, David Bosch recommends an embrace of “the coexistence of different faiths and to do so not grudgingly but willingly.”2