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How prepared are teachers and pupils in Basic 6 (that is, 6th grade) to use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) such as mobile devices to aid teaching and learning in urban and rural schools at that level is a matter of concern and therefore formed the focus of this paper. The study is a survey of some urban and rural Primary schools in Benue State of Nigeria. A sample of 180 teachers (90 each for urban and rural schools) and 100 pupils (50 each for urban and rural schools) were...

There is this colonial mentality among the first generation graduates in Nigeria where there has been a craze for white collar office work alone. In recent times, the Nigeria graduates have faced a lot of frustrations from lack of achieving the white collar job so to speak. This paper is advocating the adoption of re-positioning the economic development and entrepreneurial drive for job creation, wealth creation and global competitiveness of Nigeria youths and graduates. The basic truce of...

Learners with special needs education are of diverse categories. Among them are the Physically Handicapped (PH) and the Visually Impaired (VI).These learners may lag in education if there are no environmental and instructional adaptations to enable them compete on equal footing with their non-disable peers. Mathematics has been the worst performed subject among the PH learners in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) as indicated in the results of the years 2008 to 2013....

Higher education institutions have a great fear that student academic performance might affect adversely because students are paying more attention towards social media sites. This study tries to identify the impact of social media on technology students in Assosa University.  On the study 100 (one hundred) technology students were participated for interview and filling questionnaires, after collecting the necessary data, analysis and interpretation was also done. The social networking...

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), one of the most fatal malignancies, is particularly prevalent in Egypt, where we previously found deficiencies in knowledge concerning HCC and its risk factors. Hepatitis B and C viral infections are highly prevalent in Egypt, pesticides are very commonly used, and diets are often contaminated by aflatoxin, especially in rural areas. We conducted a study to pilot test a health education intervention addressing HCC, its risk factors, and its main modes of...

Mathematica is conducting an impact evaluation of the MCC-funded Vocational Training Grant Fund (VTGF) in Namibia, which provided scholarships to Namibian youth to attend vocational training. The evaluation is examining the impacts of the VTGF on the training, employment, and income-related outcomes of trainees using a random assignment design. This report presents our findings from a baseline survey conducted with the applicants who were randomly assigned.

Personal identification is the most important part of investigation and examination in cases of mass disasters, where disintegrated and amputated body organs are frequently found. The norms regarding determination of sex, age and race are well established. Studies on foot length, foot breadth and foot height have been carried out by many researchers in different populations. So the aim of the study was to do the Metric Analysis of the Foot of Yoruba Students at the University of Maiduguri...

The Integrated Infectious Disease Capacity-Building Evaluation (IDCAP) was designed to test the effects of two interventions, Integrated Management of Infectious Disease (IMID) training and on-site support (OSS), on clinical practice of mid-level practitioners. This article reports the effects of these interventions on clinical practice in management of common childhood illnesses.Two trainees from each of 36 health facilities participated in the IMID training. IMID was a three-week core...

This study is on cooperative learning strategy and interest in mathematics as a precursor for creativity and innovation in science, technology and mathematics education in Nigeria. The One-Short Case Design (OSCD) involving a treatment and a posttest was used. The population to the study comprised the junior secondary school students of Demonstration Secondary School, Federal College of Education, (FCE) Zaria. The sample of the study comprised 126 students drawn at random; two groups of...

Many children’s and school dictionaries with English as a treated language have limited user-friendliness in African communities due to the fact that they were produced for mother-tongue speakers of English. An analysis of a selection of dictionaries within this category indicates a need to go beyond the application of principles that generally distinguish children’s and school dictionaries from adult dictionaries in order to cater for additional language learners of English who also learn...

This study investigated the impact of guided writing strategy on junior secondary school students writing competence in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated for the study. The research design utilized is the quasi experimental involving pretest and posttest group design. The design had two groups; one experimental and the other control. Two public junior secondary schools were selected purposively from Zaria Educational Zone and a sample of 152 (82...

This paper estimates the economic impact of climate change on road infrastructure using the stressor-response methodology. Our analysis indicates that it could cumulatively (2020–2100) cost Ghana $473 million to maintain and repair damages caused to existing roads as a result of climate change (no adapt scenario). However, if the country adapts the design and construction of new road infrastructure, expected to occur over the asset’s lifespan (adapt scenario), the total cumulative cost could...

Aims and Objectives: The objective of this study is to have information on the distribution of ABO and Rhesus blood group among the students so as to determine the need for routine screening for hemolysin among blood group O, if found to be high, as well as to institute blood donor registry for Rhesus negative blood, if found to be low.Materials and Methods:This was a retrospective study and record of ABO and Rhesus blood group results of students screened between May 2010 and April 2011 was...

We monitored pasture biomass on 20 permanent plots over 35 years to gauge the reliability of rainfall and NDVI as proxy measures of forage shortfalls in a savannah ecosystem. Both proxies are reliable indicators of pasture biomass at the onset of dry periods but fail to predict shortfalls in prolonged dry spells. In contrast, grazing pressure predicts pasture deficits with a high degree of accuracy. Large herbivores play a primary role in determining the severity of pasture deficits and...

The advent of online social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Bebo, MXit, and the like have revolutionised communication. Facebook, in particular, has witnessed phenomenal growth and in South Africa, the site is especially popular among the youth aged between 18 and 24 years who form part of the Generation Y cohort (individuals born between 1986 and 2005). Unfortunately, the ease at which information may be disclosed and shared on Facebook has raised serious privacy and security...

This paper was an attempt to examine youth empowerment in higher education for sustainable development of developing communities in Cross River State in Nigeria.In Cross River State developing communities, youths are in the majority and form a very strong formidable force in the society we live, study, but are not empowered while in school nor after graduation.Hence, they rarely contribute to sustainable development of their communities.To address this problem, three research questions and...