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This article examines the relationship between ego identity formation (commitment statuses) and subjective well-being among student samples from Cameroon and Germany. The Extended Objective Measure of Ego Identity Status was administered to Cameroonian and German participants. Additionally, data on life satisfaction and mood states were collected. Firstly, the equivalence of measurements across cultural groups was examined. Subsequent analyses revealed that well-being was positively related...

Since it is projected that by 2020 seventy percent of the elderly will reside in developing countries, a reliable screening method for dementia and cognitive impairment in general in populations with diverse languages, culture, education and literacy will be needed. We sought to determine if the Clock Test, a screening test for dementia, was suitable for use in a Nigerian population.Cross-sectional survey of 54 men and 12 women from Northern Nigeria. Researchers administered two dementia...

Quality education brings about quality manpower which is a condition necessary for the development of any society. A lot of policies and pronouncements have been made on the right of the Nigerian child to quality education. But these seem not to be sufficiently matched with appropriate action. This study examined critically the concept of quality education and the right of the girl child to such education in Nigeria. It argued that the indices of quality education which include relevance,...

This paper assessed the socio-emotional intelligence status (SEIS) of some in-school pre-adolescents in selected Nigerian primary and junior secondary schools .This is with a view to making concerned people understand and appreciate the perennial reports of poor socio-emotional responses of Nigerian adolescents despite the efforts to correct and stabilize same. The results show low scores on the construct by the sample indicating a poor level of awareness of the construct of socio-emotional...

This research article examines the intensity of satisfaction in the teaching career amongst the secondary school teaching workforce and identifies some work-related factors associated with job satisfaction. The main focus of this study is to probe the impact of the hygiene and motivation factors as a predictor of job satisfaction and see how they align with other existing studies. For the purpose of this study, hygiene factors are factors that cause dissatisfaction and motivation factors are...

There has been a widespread criticism of the quality of education provided by Nigerian public schools. This has led to a consistent clamour for quality education for Nigerian citizens. Attention is being focused on how to make use of the resources available in the education system to have a functional education that will lead to the development of individuals and the nation as a whole. This paper has discussed how the school counselor and other school personnel (the principal, teachers,...

The essence of oral hygiene is to prevent the accumulation of dental plaque on the teeth and other dental appliances in the mouth. Thus preventing the development of oral diseases associated with its accumulation such as dental caries, gingivitis, periodontitis and halitosis (bad breath). The objective of the study was to determine the oral hygiene status of students in selected secondary schools in Osogbo. A cross - sectional descriptive study of the oral hygiene status of students in...

The subject, the girl-child and women education has been a crucial aspect of gender issues since the latter part of the twentieth century and has attracted much concern and attention at the global, regional, sub-regional, national and even community levels. Indeed the desire to give a positive sense of direction to the girl and to women who lack education or left school early has necessitated the formulation of favourable policies and the implementation of bold actions in this regard....

This article presents the results of an English Writing Contest that was organized in a public lower basic school in rural Gambia, West Africa, as part of a larger ethnographic research on English and literacy practices in The Gambia. The Gambia is a small ‘Anglophone’ country in West Africa with a straight-for-English English-only educational policy. In the writing contest, pupils from grade 4 to 6 (199 in sum) were asked to comment on one of the proposed topics: (1) Why it is important for...

The prevalence of obstructed labour in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) was 0.8%. Obstructed labour is still a common feature of our obstetric practice. The highest frequency was found among unbooked primigravid teenagers, who lack Western education. The commonest cause was cephalopelvic disproportion (75.5%). Perinatal outcome was poor with perinatal mortality rate of 52.9%. Among the women 39.2% presented with intrauterine fetal death, and 70% of them were delivered by destructive...

Blindness survey remains a useful tool for eye care needs assessment. A cross sectional survey of Atakunmosa West Local Government Area, a rural community of southwest Nigeria with no form of eye care facility was carried out. The objective of this study was to define areas of eye care need and develop programme for elimination of avoidable blindness in the region. Multistage cluster sampling technique selected 1,248 respondents across all the eleven health districts. Respondents had visual...

The inevitable acquisition of a phenomenon, calls for extensive recognition and demand for national accessibility. Creativity in the education of the Nigerian child is one of such phenomena. The satisfaction of this potential will invariably improve the general condition of our future generations and the nation as a whole. This paper sets out to instil awareness of how to attain this goal. In addition, some outstanding problems existing in Nigerian society that constitute problem were...

Education with its various definitions carries the central notion of preparing man to face and surmount the challenges of life In Nigeria. There are disturbing problems in the socio-economic and cultural life that constitute blocks to meet the needs of the present and the future generation through the provision of higher education. This paper is thus a prescriptive approach to address and redefine the problems and social reality of acquiring higher education as means of social mobility among...

This paper is a report of a study whose major purpose was to develop and validate a General Science Aptitude Test (GSAT) for Junior Secondary School graduate seeking admission into senior secondary school one in Nigeria. The specific objectives were to describe the various stages in the development and validation of GSAT and also to determine the psychometric properties of the instrument. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation, Test difficult index, discriminative index and the...

The study examined the perceptions of teachers in the Sekyere East, District of Ashanti Region, Ghana on the effectiveness of supervision in the basic schools. The sample comprised 200 teachers from five circuits in the district. The research instrument, questionnaire, was used to collect the data and percentages was used to analyse the data. The results indicated that, to a greater extent, there was effective supervision on regular basis in the schools. It further showed that teachers...

This paper investigated how prepared government is in the provision of primary school teachers for the take off of the UBE in 2007 in some states of the Federation of Nigeria. Adapted data prepared by National Primary Education Commission (NPEC) 1996 for Personal Audit Interim Report on “Primary” School Enrolment was used for data collection. The findings of the research indicated that none of the states had enough qualified teachers in the primary schools in preparation for the UBE. Some of...

International Journal of Training and DevelopmentVolume 11, Issue 3 p. 222-233 International briefing 19: training and development in Nigeria Tajudeen Akanji, Corresponding Author Tajudeen Akanji Department of Adult Education, University of Ibadan, NigeriaDr. Tajudeen Akanji, Lecturer in Industrial Education and Adult Literacy, Department of Adult Education, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Email: adeakanji2002@yahoo.co.uk. Akanji R. Bankole, Assistant Lecturer in Industrial Relations,...