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The accreditation systems of engineering education programs governed by the Washington Accord have evolved in order torespond to modern technological and scientific development. The principal purpose of the paper is to indicate that the process re-engineering model commonly employed in business environments can also be used in an educational system. In particular, thepaper describes the process of re-engineering used for the transformation of the BEng (Mech) program in order to align it with...

Professional Update is not a tool to get rid of teachers. It is anticipated that professional update will focus on continuous improvement rather than on determining whether or not a teacher is or has remained competent.

This paper aims at stressing the need to involve Adult non – formal education and informal training as a tool to educate and raise the level of awareness of illiterates on the issues of Difference and Diversity in Building the culture of Democracy and Attaining Sustainable livelihoods in Nigeria in particular and Africa in general. Specifically, adult educators were convinced that education for democracy must be the prime purpose in their activities and that all education for adults,...

An individual is not properly educated if his/her education removes him/her from his/her native culture. He/she becomes a social misfit, someone unable to participate effectively in the development of his/her society. In order to avoid such a waste, governments and relevant experts, especially applied linguists and materials developers, subject the books used in schools to intense criteria before adopting them. One of such criteria is how much the books meet the diverse cultural and...

Bourdieu has argued that higher education is a field that reproduces social inequality, thus complicating how openness widens access to higher education in the developing world. Drawing on the experiences of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), this paper critically analyses and evaluates the rationale, approach, difficulties, opportunities, outcomes and benefits of NOUN’s experience in widening access to higher education in Nigeria using Bourdieu’s field theory. We argue that the...

Knowledge about sickle cell disease among youths could constitute an important variable that influences their premarital attitude and behaviour. The study is to determine the knowledge and attitude on Sickle Cell Disease among selected secondary school students in Jos metropolis, Nigeria.A cross sectional descriptive study involving 137 Secondary School Students within Jos metropolis selected by a multistage stratified sampling technique, using self administered structured questionnaire....

This paper reviewed the efforts of the government in community greening during pre and post climate change era in third world cities using Lagos, Nigeria as a case study. This was with a view of understanding the importance green space as a measure of adaptation to climate change in recent years in the study area. The study reviewed secondary data on provision of green space in purposively selected scheme and master plan that pre-date climate change era. Primary data in the form of field...

A Thesis in the Department of Teacher Education, Submitted to the Faculty of Education, in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of Degree of Doctor of Philosophy of University of Ibadan

Haemorrhage is a leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide and hysterectomy may become necessary to save life. This procedure is associated with significant morbidity and mortality.To determine the, indications, risk factors and the management outcome for the procedure in our unit.A retrospective case controlled study of 34 cases of emergency obstetric hysterectomy (EOH) performed at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital over a period often years was carried out.The incidence of EOH was...

This study investigated Physics teachers’ assessment of the implementation of senior school physics curriculum in Osun State, Nigeria. It examined the influence of their qualifications and experience on their assessment. The teachers were sampled from the 30 local governments in the state; 125 physics teachers were sampled with at least four physics teachers from each local government in Osun state. The instrument for the study was researcher-designed Teachers’ Assessment Questionnaire (TAQ)...

The importance of knowledge of English Language in educating children cannot be overemphasised in Nigeria. However, there is need to pay attention to the children’s mother tongue. The study investigated parental attitude to the mother tongue in relation to their choice of L1 for their children and how this has influenced the children’s perception of their mother tongue and consequently their academic performance in English Language. A research question and an hypothesis were raised. The...

Background - Hearing Loss is a very common disabling condition among the elderly. It is estimated that above the age of 60, one in four people have some degree of hearing loss and over the age of 70, to one in two. Approximately one-third of persons above 65 years have disabling hearing loss. This study was to investigate the pattern of hearing among the elderly patients in an ear clinic in Nigeria. Methods - Eighty-eight elderly patients were studied ex-post facto. These were the patients...

Nigerian Universities cannot admit more than a quarter of candidates seeking places in the Universities. There is, therefore, the need for evolving an alternative means of providing University education for this marginalized group. The paper dealt with the form Distance Learning should take in this regard and the media that can be utilized. There are avalanche of web-based tools that can be effectively used to enhance communication, demonstrate concepts in interesting way, get other...

This paper focused on improving educational inequalities in the education sector in Nigeria.The paper examined some inequalities existing in the education sector and equally outlined some factors responsible for the inequalities.It also highlighted the dangers of inequalities and further discussed various perspectives towards improvement.Some recommendations were proffered as way forward towards improving the inequalities.Among such recommendations are: adequate resourcing, financing and...

This study was carried out to identify basic components of civic awareness, civic knowledge and civic dispositions needed by youths in two Colleges of Education in Anambra State of Nigeria as a basis for a functional Citizenship Education curriculum. Three hundred students were randomly selected from the two Colleges of Education in Anambra State. A 50-item questionnaire survey method was utilized based on five research questions. Findings indicated that in the perceptions of the students,...

This paper focused on improving educational inequalities in the education sector in Nigeria. The paper examined some inequalities existing in the education sector and equally outlined some factors responsible for the inequalities. It also highlighted the dangers of inequalities and further discussed various perspectives towards improvement. Some recommendations were proffered as way forward towards improving the inequalities. Among such recommendations are: adequate resourcing, financing and...

In Ethiopia, more adolescents are in school today than ever before; however, there are no studies that have assessed their comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS. Thus, this study tried to assess the level of this knowledge and the factors associated with it among in-school adolescents in eastern Ethiopia.A cross-sectional school-based study was conducted using a facilitator-guided self-administered questionnaire. The respondents were students attending regular school in 14 high schools located...