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The enhancement of the academic achievement of the Nigerian students has continued to engage the attention of educational practitioners and policy makers.This paper investigated institutional factors as predictors of students' academic performance in Colleges of Education in South-Western Nigeria.The study employed the ex post facto design using a survey design and a multiple regression model.The samples used for the study consisted of 1,100 (200 and 300 levels) National Certificate of...

Currently the Ghanaian economy's capacity to absorb new recruits into the formal sector has fallen.Therefore, for young people to escape the incidence of not getting employed after school, active intervention is necessary.There is an urgent need for young people to be trained and educated in the field of entrepreneurship especially university students.This study examined the link between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial culture among university students in Ghana.A sample of 203...

The present study examined the relationship between desegregated schooling and cognitive change in a sample of 420 community-dwelling African American elders (mean age = 68.6; SD = 9.1).Participants were recruited for the Baltimore Study of Black Aging - Patterns of Cognitive Aging. Cognitive measures from six domains of function were administered at baseline and follow-up 33 months later. Repeated measures multivariate analysis of covariance was conducted; the between subjects factors were...

This study investigated the use of libraries among primary school children in the public, private and missionary schools in Makurdi metropolis.Using a survey design method and structured questionnaire, data were collected from a total of 366 participants.The findings showed that generally, there was a high level of reading interest and proficiencies among the children which are good indicators of use of library resources; but a low level of volume of books read, which indicates low level of...

Introduction: A growing body of evidence shows that sexual coercion is widespread among young women. Behavioral, lifestyle, and relationship factors have all been identified as risk factors that increase a women’s vulnerability to sexual coercion victimization. However, it remains unclear which risk factors most strongly increase young women’s vulnerability to sexual coercion victimization. Objective: This study aimed to assess level and factors associated with sexual coercion among female...

ABSTRACT Exposure to environmental toxins is a 21st century global health problem that is often the result of dietary intake. Although efforts are made to reduce dietary toxin levels, they are often unsuccessful, warranting research into novel methods to reduce host exposure. Food-grade microbes that can be delivered to the gastrointestinal tract and that are capable of sequestering toxins present a safe and cost-effective intervention. We sought to investigate the potential for...

A comparative study of career guidance options for secondary school students in formal and non-formal industries of Zimbabwe's employment sectors.

We examined the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) cancer screening among older African American men.We analyzed baseline data from a sample of 485 community-dwelling African American men who participated in the Cancer Prevention and Treatment Demonstration Trial. The outcome was receipt of PSA screening within the past year. SES was measured using income and educational attainment. Sequential multivariate logistic regression models were...

Female education is recognized as a critical pathway in promoting social, political and economic development.  In  Kenya,  in spite of the progress made in narrowing the gender gap in education, still some parts of the country record low performance in girls’ education from secondary to tertiary colleges and universities and this not only deprives them of opportunities but also sustains the gender gap in leadership and professional fields.  The aim of  this study, was to investigate...

A research argument on the importance of morality (Ubuntu/Hunhu) on the post-colonial university graduate in order to be morally relevant to the society that he/she is to serve.

Nursing Informatics is becoming a trend in the nursing education sector and health care workforce.Belonging to the academic performance of the students, steps are necessary to improve it as performance and retention were becoming a great issue for educators, students and the nation.As the student performs, all academic measures were recorded into the database system, over the years it accumulated to a large amount.Data were forgotten, archived at the least.Then came educational data mining,...

The study investigated access of female students to secondary education and the completion rate of those that were enrolled in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).It also determined the factors responsible for the attrition of female students with a view to promoting the education of the girl child in the FCT.Twenty two public secondary schools were randomly selected from three area councils of the FCT.Documentary information on enrolment and attrition of female students was obtained, and...

A qualsevol part del món, els conflictes tenen un impacte multidimensional en la societat. Esgoten els recursos humans i materials de l’estat. Mentre és fà cil substituir els recursos materials destruïts pel conflicte, el dany causat en els recursos materials és, en la majoria dels casos, difícil de recuperar. Els estralls del conflicte han tingut un efecte devastador a Sierra Leone. Les conseqüències en les noies han afectat directament i indirecta el desenvolupament del capital...

Environmental issues are a shared human concern as communities in all nations and geographic regions are grappling with environmental degradation. Despite this concern, there are multiple different viewpoints on the current state of environmental issues and how to understand these problems. Understanding how different communities conceive of the environment and sustainability is paramount in efforts to increase the frequency of environmentally conscious choices. If an awareness of others’...

Purpose The purpose of this chapter, which is a response to calls to examine students’ perspectives of the doctoral experience, is to investigate the notion that doctoral education facilitates developing nodes in leading networks of knowledge for leader and leadership development – a theme that has not been examined.

This study was conducted on prevalence of intestinal helminthes infection and their associated risk factors among school children from a rural and a semi urban setting in Lumame town, Northwest, Ethiopia.A cross-sectional parasitological study was conducted to determine the prevalence and associated risk factors of intestinal helminthes infection.A total of 402 students' stool samples were taken and processed with direct wet mount and formalin ether concentration techniques from December to...