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This research undertakes an eleven-year period study of the activities of Education Tax Fund (ETF) upon Nigerian tertiary institutions with the target of revealing how Education Tax Fund has helped in enhancing the educational development of Nigerian Tertiary Institutions. Various analytical tools were employed in appraising data generated from the publications of the operations department of the Education Tax Fund and some other Federal Government publications. The research found out that...

Some of the learning difficulties that people interested in Business Education are eager to know are those that are associated with Business Statistics.  Perhaps, because Business Statistics is perceived by most students as a course that requires thinking in abstraction. This study therefore investigated perceived difficulties in Business Statistics and Business Education students’ performance in Colleges of Education in South–South, Nigeria.   Three null hypotheses were formulated and...

The focus of this paper is on counselling as a psychological approach to fostering appropriate learning behaviour in Nigerian secondary school students. The paper drew attention to the confrontation, mentoring, behavioural, appraisal, and standards blending models to appeal to the consciences of students with inappropriate learning behaviours in order to effect a change for better results in learning outcomes. In view of this, it is imperative that every school should have a functional...

The research paper attempts stress the importance of education and also clarify the factors influencing African postgraduate students to undertake higher education studies abroad.In the recent times, Asia pacific is one of the attracting region for the African students particularly, Malaysia.A sample of 90 international postgraduate students from Nigeria studying at International Islamic University Malaysia (Gombak main campus) were selected as informants and their experiences and views was...

This paper analyses a regional variation in returns to education in Nigeria. The paper draws on the latest national survey data in the country- the Nigeria Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS), to estimate the private returns to the different levels of education across the two regions i.e. the Northern and the Southern region of the country. The results confirm that not only the two regions differ in the level of educational attainment, but also the private returns to education varies...

The study was carried out to determine the Influence of study strategies (surface and deep study strategies) on Performance of Business Education Students in Financial Accounting in Federal Universities in Nigeria.The objective was to identify the differences in performance of business education students that adopted surface strategy and those that adopted deep study strategy in learning Financial Accounting.The population of the study was two hundred and eighty-one Financial Accounting...

Background: Comprehensive patient’s health care provider’s (HCP) communication usually increases patients’ participation in their health management on childbirth. Objective: This is a quasi interventional study for assessing impact of health care providers (HCP) training on patient- provider’s communication during childbirth in the labour ward at Omdurman Maternity Hospital during 2011. Material and Methods: A situation analysis was done before training to assess existing practice of...

The paper on the assessment of the use of Technological materials by students to study social studies in Niger state college of education Minna was carried out to find out the Technological Materials resources that are available and accessible to social studies students in Niger state college of Education. The study was also to determine the factors responsible for students not using Technological materials in their school. The design adopted to gather information in this study was survey...

This study is carried out to intimate us that the current development in science has greatly affected the lives of every individual in the third world countries. To be ignorant of the basic knowledge of this development is to live an unrealistic life. Therefore, the study analysis that, a nation without a scientifically educated citizenry cannot be expected to make any reasonable technically-based political decisions in issues such as; crime detections, nuclear energy, population explosion,...

Counselling services are offered in the school and non-school setting. Effective school counselling programme empower students to realize their potentials for functioning living. The position of this paper is that counselling services can also be used to rehabilitate the disabled who could be trained to be useful to themselves, family and the community. The paper also advocates the need for utilizing effective counselling services to check the spread of HIV/AIDS endemic in the society. Group...

Burning of biomass is widely used by the rural poor for energy generation. Long term exposure to biomass smoke is believed to affect lung function and cause respiratory symptoms.Women with long term occupational exposure to burning firewood were recruited from a rural fishing community in Nigeria. A questionnaire was used to obtain information on symptoms of chronic bronchitis and spirometery was performed to measure lung function. Data obtained from the subjects was compared with that from...

Health care-associated infection remains a significant hazard for hospitalized patients. Hand hygiene is a fundamental action for ensuring patient safety.To promote adoption of World Health Organization Hand Hygiene Guidelines to enhance compliance among doctors and nurses and improve patient safety.The study design was a cross sectional intervention in a Federal Teaching Hospital South-eastern Nigeria. Interventions involved training/education; introduction of hand rub; and hand hygiene...

The study was conducted to ascertain the effect of division by factors approach on the pupils’ achievement in division of whole numbers. The sample for the study was 406 pupils which were randomly selected from the 52 primary schools in Nsukka central of Nsukka local government area in Enugu state. The instrument used for the study was division of whole numbers achievement test (DIWHONAT). The data obtained with the instrument were analyzed using mean and Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA)....

The study investigated the effect of game-based instructional model approach on the pupil’s achievement in Arithmetic.  The research design used in this study was pre-test-post-test, control quasi experiment design. Sample random sampling technique was adopted in selecting 203 primary five pupils from 6 intact classes in six randomly selected primary schools in Igbo-Etiti local government area, Enugu State, Nigeria. A research instrument called Arithmetic   Achievement Test (AAT) developed...