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Nigeria is a highly multiethnic and multilingual African country that speaks over 500 indigenous languages and two official languages, English and French, some of which are taught and learned at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels of education. This descriptive study has attempted to discuss the state of language education and related issues in the education sector, involving the mother tongue, English, French and Arabic languages. The paper elucidates a few omissions in the National...

One way in which the practice of inclusion can be actualised in classrooms is through the use of consistent, appropriate differentiated instruction. What remains elusive, however, is insight into what teachers in different contexts think and believe about differentiation, how consistently they differentiate instruction and what challenges they experience in doing so. In the study reported on here high school classrooms in a private and a government school in Lesotho were compared in order to...

Achievement in Mathematics at Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations has been poor over the years.The low achievement has partly been blamed on teaching methods which do not actively involve learners in the learning process depriving them of taking charge of their learning.The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of cooperative learning strategy in enhancing students' attitude in Mathematics in secondary schools in Meru South Sub-County.The study...

The study aims to investigate the impact of climate variables (carbon emissions, rainfall and temperature)on food security and health outcomes using time series data for the period from 1961-2015 for the 10 selected West African countries using panel econometric models with fixed effects.Food security was proxied by food production, cereal production and crop production indexes while health outcomes indicators used are life expectancy, under-five mortality and crude death rate.The results...

Since 1999 South African learners have participated in various international studies but sadly the learners have continued to perform dismally, which brings to question the quality of their education. Meanwhile, Singaporean students have been among the top achievers in all these competitions. Many comparative studies have been done between different nations and Singapore, but in few, if any, of these studies the focus has been on comparisons regarding gifted education. Singaporean policies...

Globally, policy implementation in the education system has been found to be a challenging area of development. The South African education system is no exception to the ineffective implementation of policies. For example, in South Africa, the progression policy was introduced by the Department of Education in 2013 for the purpose of minimising school drop-out rates. It was intended particularly for learners who had been retained for more than 4 years in a phase. However, progressed learners...

This study explores the perceptions of students and teachers about the learning and teaching of science with a focus on the role of pedagogy and language in aiding or hindering students’ learning in multi-lingual senior secondary science classrooms in Lagos, Nigeria. An emphasis on language arises because the language of instruction is typically different from students’ native languages and from the language of science. Other areas examined are teachers’ implicit views of learning, the...

A students' learning achievement can be seen in the grades the student scores in an assessment within the learning process.In Kenya, students are issued with a national examination after their four years in secondary school and their performance is used to place them in institutions of higher learning (Musasia, Abacha and Biyoyo, 2012).The national performance in physics has been low as observed by Mulambe (2017).A research by Muindi (2015) showed performance by students in physics has...

This study was carried out to determine the effect of lattice model on performance and retention in long multiplication solution process among pupils in Dutsin-Ma Local Education Authority (LEA), Katsina state, Nigeria. The design of the study was quasi-experimental employing pretest, posttest, post-posttest design. The population of the study comprises all primary five (5) pupils in eighty seven (87) schools of the LEA whose number is eight thousand and eighty two (8,082) made up of four...

IntroductionMany education systems have adopted an integrated education model as an interim approach in the more towards inclusive education.In the information education model whenever possible, students with disabilities attend a regular school (Odom, 2011).The emphasis however is upon the student to fit the system rather than the system to adapt to meet the education needs of a student.In India, information e.g., education has been provided mainly to pupils with mild disabilities who have...

Academic achievement of pupils’ in Kisumu County has not been encouraging coupled with disparities between the sub-counties. Purpose of the study was to establish the influence of teachers’ knowledge competency on pupils’ academic achievement. The study employed survey research design. The study was conceptualized on principles of high-quality teaching and learning. Study Population comprised 3290 teachers, 658 head teachers, 7 assurance officers and 7 directors. Saunders, Lewis and...

IntroductionAn effective school facility is responsive to the changing programmes of educational delivery and at a minimum, should provide a physical environment that is comfortable, safe, secure, accessible, well illuminated, well ventilated, and aesthetically pleasing.The school facility consists of not only the physical structure and the varieties of building systems, such as mechanical, plumbing, electrical and power, telecommunications, security, and fire suppression systems.The...

The prevalence of Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis (STH) was investigated among pupils of three selected primary schools in Ipogun, Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria. A total of 298 stool samples were collected from pupils across schools and examined for eggs of Soil-Transmitted Helminths (STHs) using concentration method. Results showed that 190 (63.8%) of the 298 pupils were positive for STHs. Ascaris lumbricoides was the most prevalent (25.5%) parasite in the pupils (n =...

This study investigated the effect of peer tutoring instructional strategy and senior Secondary school Computer Studies students' academic achievement in Enugu State, Nigeria.The study employed a non equivalent control group quasi experimental design.The sample for the study comprised of seventy eight (78) Senior Secondary School II (SS II) students drawn from two co-education schools in Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria.Two research questions and two null hypotheses...

The present piece of research is an attempt to examine the effects of written feedback on EFL learners' writing skills.It aims to demonstrate whether WCF has any role in learner's uptake of the target form and grammatical accuracy development.Essentially, it puts forward the critical role of written feedback in triggering students' attention and processing of the correct form.It also aims to show whether feedback on students' writing helps them gain the ability to come up with a more...

The study reported on here was conducted to investigate the perceptions of 8 learners in a secondary school in the Maseru district of Lesotho about inclusive education as it relates to learners with visual impairment. This school had integrated children with visual impairment. The study was conducted using a qualitative research approach, and a case study format was adopted. Eight participants (aged 16–23; 5 girls and 3 boys) participated in the study. Two focus groups were formed: one...