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A study on prevalence of intestinal helminthes among primary school children was carried out in Gwagwada, Kaduna, North-western Nigeria. Out of the 283 school children examined for infection, 190 (67.1%) were found to be positive. The prevalence of intestinal helminthes found were Ascaris lumbricoides (30.7%), Taenia spp (23.0%), Schistosoma mansoni (11.7%), Hookworm (6.4%), Trichuris trichiura (4.9%), Enterobius vermicularis (4.6%), Strongyloides stercoralis (4.2) and Hymenolepis nana...

3 Abstract: The water quality and heavy metals (Cu, Fe, Pb, Cd, Mn and Zn) concentrations in the water of El-Rahawy drain and River Nile at El- Kanater El-Khyria (as a reference site for comparison) were seasonally estimated. In addition to that, samples of Clarias gariepinus fish were collected from the two sites to assess the effects of the water quality and heavy metals concentrations in El-Rahawy drain on the fish liver enzymes and some biochemical parameters. Also, the histological...

The need to empower pre-service teachers with knowledge and skills for teaching exceptional learners in regular classrooms led to the introduction of element of special education curriculum into the Nigerian teacher preparation programmes.The extent to which the curriculum is being implemented towards the achievement of its objectives has however, continued to raise concerns among educators.One of the problems is the fact that this curriculum is being implemented by unqualified...

The major purpose of this study was to determine the effects of study and self-reward skills counselling on students' study behaviour. It was also intended to ascertain the influence of gender on the study behaviour of participants in the experimental and control groups. Two null hypotheses were formulated. The quasi-experimental, pre-test, post-test control group design guided the study. The population of the study comprised of all first year undergraduate students in Ghanaian public...

There is a lack of acoustic performance standards for educational facilities in Egypt, especially university classrooms, resulting in a very bad acoustical quality. There is also a lack in the scientific research in that field of study in Egypt, although this type of research has been held in many other countries. This paper aims at studying the acoustic performance standards in different countries such as (ANSI-S12.60, 2010, BB93, 2003), and then using them to evaluate the acoustical...

There is a great concern about classroom performance of teachers, especially on the differences between graduate and non- graduate teachers in the teaching of English lesson in Tanzania secondary schools. The objective of this study was to compare the classroom performance of graduate and no-graduate teachers when teaching English language in secondary schools, at ordinary level. It was hypothesized that there is a difference in classroom performance between graduate and non-graduate...

This study determined which of the Confidence Scoring Method (CSM) and Logical-choice Weight Method (LWM) of scoring Chemistry objective tests is more reliable and valid. This was with a view in enhancing the Discrimination and Difficulty indices of Chemistry objective test for authentic assessment. The population comprised all Senior Secondary School Students in Osun State. A sample of 280 SSSII Chemistry Students was selected from 14 schools that were selected from the 30 local governments...

The study investigated the attitudes of 339 preservice Science, Technology and Mathematics (STM) teachers towards continuous assessment practices in Nigeria within the blueprint of a descriptive survey research design in a conventional university. Data were collected using an instrument tagged preservice STM teachers’ attitudes toward CA questionnaire in which respondents were to indicate the extent of their agreement or otherwise, on a modified five–point Likert attitude measuring scale, to...

The world over, education is regarded as an instrument per excellence for effecting social, psychological, economical, political, intellectual, and developmental transformation of a people and curriculum remains the tool for achieving this purpose. This paper therefore started with a brief account of education reform in Nigeria since 1960 and gradually graduated into a detailed account of recent curriculum reforms in pre-tertiary institutions (primary and secondary schools) in Nigeria in the...

Introduction: Schistosomiasis is one of the most prevalent parasitic diseases and an important public health problem in many developing countries including Ethiopia.The study was aimed at assessing prevalence of schistosomiasis and associated factors among students attending at elementary schools in Amibera District, Ethiopia.Methods: A cross sectional school based study was carried out on sample of 840 students.First, all elementary schools around Amibera District were grouped in to strata...

Background: Burnout syndrome is characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and decreased personal accomplishment. Objective: To investigate the level of burnout syndrome among fourth and fifth year clinical dental students in Sudan.Materials and Methods: A total of 259 selected males and females of fourth and fifth years, using stratified random sampling technique from 10 universities and Medical Colleges in Sudan. Burnout was assessed by Maslach burnout inventory scale. 22...

Coronary heart disease (CHD) was previously conside red to be rare in sub-Saharan Africa, but its prevalence is on the increase mainly because of the increasing prevalence of its risk factors, linked to trends in urbanization and changes in lifestyle. Thi s study sought to assess the awareness and prevalence of risk factors of coronary heart diseas e in Sokoto, Nigeria. A comparative cross sectional study was conducted among 110 bankers and 110 secondary school teachers selected by...

The upsurge in the use of substances as reported by various scholars appears to be global in nature. Although, everyone is at some risk of alcohol, marijuana, and tobacco related problems, students in tertiary institutions seem to be particularly vulnerable. This study focussed not only on the risk taking behaviour involved in tobacco, marijuana and alcohol consumption but also investigated the knowledge of health effects as related to the use of these substances. The study adopted the...

The study was structured within the framework of descriptive survey.  Two hundred second year students drawn from four Colleges of Education constituted the sample. The simple random sampling technique was used to select fifty second year students from each of the four sampled colleges. The instrument of data collection was the questionnaire.  Ten items designed on a four-point Likert scale were used to collect data on research question 1.  For research question 2, respondents were required...

Agricultural sustainability has the highest priority in all countries, whether developed or developing.Geoinformation Science is gaining importance as useful precision farming Science in sustainable agricultural management and development.This research is intended to demonstrate the applicability of these tools in suitability zoning, information extraction and mapping for agricultural development of tef crops in Ethiopia.The crop species is indigenous and has its centers of both origin and...