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Students' discipline is critical to the attainment of positive school outcomes.Level of students' discipline depends on whether the principal-as the chief executive of the school-enlists the support of teachers and parents in discipline management.The study hypothesized that an inclusive discipline management approach is more likely to increase teachers' and parental input on discipline management.This may in turn raise the level of discipline.The study investigated and analysed the...

The objectives of the study were to determine the usual daily consumption of carbonated soft drinks among Grade 4 and 7 learners in a middle to lower socioeconomic urban area and the factors that influenced the consumption. Soft drink consumption by learners was determined at two government schools in the Wynberg area (City of Cape Town). The cluster sample was 179 learners and comprised of 80 Grade 4 learners and 99 Grade 7 learners of mixed gender. A pilot tested questionnaire was used...

The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between test anxiety and academic performance among students in Nyeri district, Kenya.The correlational study design was used.The study was carried out among form four students together with their teachers.The target population was 83,000 students and 600 teachers from the District.Eighty students from four schools and 12 teachers were randomly sampled.Three instruments prepared by the researchers were administered, that is, a...

Given that mathematics is the core subject for the development of science and technology, the problem of poor and deteriorating performance in the subject among African children demands more effort by researchers than is currently the case. Several factors combine to adversely influence mathematics-related affective behaviour of and hence the performance by students in the subject. This study examines the hypotheses that gender and level of learned helplessness (LLH) significantly influences...

There is a dearth of literature in the relationship between in-service training and job performance of librarians in Nigerian Universities in the South South zone of Nigeria. This study examines the relationship between in-service training and job performance of Librarians in University Libraries in Nigeria. A sample size of 172 Librarians was drawn from 11 University Libraries in the zone. One hypothesis was formulated to guide the study. The statistical analyses used were Pearson Product...

The advent of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in the world has forced all of us to accept a paradigm shift from curing towards caring. This has led us to focus our interventions on caring for the physical as well as the psychological welfare of the HIV-positive individuals and his/her significant others. A descriptive survey was used to determine the knowledge awareness level of information services put in place for the prevention and care of...

The study examined the opinions of Nigerian students in tertiary institutions on their ideal family size. It was conducted among students in four tertiary institutions in Edo State of Nigeria. A sample size of 454 final year students was randomly drawn from the halls of residence in the institutions using the stratified sampling technique. A 34-item questionnaire was the main instrument used for the study. A reliability of 0.78 was reported for the instrument using Kudder-Richardson...

This study investigated the influence of television viewing frequency on the performance in vocabulary development of SS 3 students in Cross River State, Nigeria.Data were obtained through questionnaires and a vocabulary test administered to 993 students in selected public and private schools in Cross River State.Data analyses indicated that high frequency television viewers performed significantly better than moderate viewers, while moderate viewers performed significantly better than did...

Purpose This paper aims to examine and discuss the crucial roles libraries play in e‐learning; the challenges and opportunities facing the e‐learning program and the library's involvement. Design/methodology/approach To elicit the necessary information, a literature review of studies done on e‐learning and libraries was done. Materials were sourced online and offline to build the literature of this work. The paper gives an overview of e‐learning and types; benefits of e‐learning; the infancy...

Objective: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis C viruses (HCV) are major causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide.They are also among the commonest transfusiontransmissible infectious agents.Students of higher institutions are often used as voluntary unpaid donors by many hospitals in Nigeria.In this study, the prevalence of HIV and HCV and HBsAg is determined in a population of students attending Ladoke Akintola University of Technology in south west...

With data covering the period from 2001 to 2008, this paper investigates trends in enrolments for primary schools, junior high schools (JHS) and senior high schools (SHS) in Ghana. First, we discovered that at the primary level, the significant educational development in the last two decades covered the North and the South equally. Gross enrolment ratio (GER) was 95.7% for the North compared with 95.8% for the South in the 2007/2008 academic year. Second, we found that at the JHS and SHS...

At Vista in recent times in order to be relevant lecturers in the English Department have had to extend the literature, theory and academic reading and writing repertoire to include new modules, such as ENG5009: Reading and Writing Skills for Business English . Students study the workings of groups in business, how to identify and manage conflict situations, conduct meetings, compose notices, agendas, minutes, reports and presentations and how to manage time and the rules of grammar. In this...

School children have been increasingly recognized as health messengers for malaria control. However, little evidence is available. The objective of this study was to determine the impact of school-based malaria education intervention on school children and community adults.This study was conducted in the Dangme-East district of the Greater Accra Region, Ghana, between 2007 and 2008. Trained schoolteachers designed participatory health education activities and led school children to...

The paper aims to introduce a way of examining gender and empowerment at the school level using a school profile tool that has been developed by the Transforming Education for Girls in Nigeria and Tanzania (TEGINT) project. The school profile compiles data on gendered school processes, outcomes and actions collected in a baseline study across 129 schools in Northern Nigeria and Tanzania. We will share lessons on how it has been of help in understanding gendered processes, challenges and...

Background: Medical students play an important role in creating a supportive environment within their communities for screening behaviours in health promotion. Medical students must possess the appropriate knowledge concerning breast self examination (BSE) and breast cancer to be effective health educators. objective: To investigate the level of knowledge concerning BSE and breast cancer and to evaluate the practice of BSE among female medical students. Materials and methods: A...