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This study examines the adequacy of bank capitalization in Nigeria. This, is hoped will lead to an insight into the sector so as to provide appropriate guidance for the system. The banks in Europe and U.S are currently going through some forms of financial turbulence, and so many of them have had their credit ratings downgraded by rating institutions. Central to their problems is capital inadequacy. These banking  crises are negatively impacting the economies and could more seriously...

This research was undertaken to examine school sports development in Nigeria.Specifically, education and sports policies as it relates to school sports policies and implementations of these policies in Primary and Secondary schools.The paper noted that the concept of school sports as currently being used and practiced is schools is at variance with what organised and administered school sports should be.To achieve this status, qualified personnel, standardised sports

This paper presents an ongoing study on the development of an e-learning scheme in a particular higher institution in Nigeria. E-learning is an evolving technology that has become a new paradigm for delivering online and distance learning programmes to users. However, the strength of recent e-learning systems lies in the emergence of Web 2.0 tools which have influenced e-learning systems in terms of pedagogy and delivery. We introduce an evolutionary software modelling in developing an...

This thesis aims to deepen our understanding of the barriers that migrant children face in accessing quality education in their host country. It has identified gaps in the research on education of cross-border migrant children in a setting which promotes integration into the host community, and which does not use camps. The research is based in a small border town in northern South Africa and focuses on the recent influx of Zimbabwean migrants into South Africa as a result of political...

This is an expost facto research designed to determine the influence of emotional intelligence on leadership success of secondary school principals in Rivers State of Nigeria.The population consisted 441 principals (243 in public and 198 in private) secondary schools in Rivers State.A sample of 208 principals drawn through simple random sampling technique (balloting) was used.Three research questions and three null hypotheses guided the study.The instruments used for data collection were...

The study examined how teachers and students of tertiary institutions perceived sexual harassment.The design of the study was descriptive (survey) research.The sample of the study consisted of two hundred lecturers and 200 students of tertiary institutions in Edo state.A questionnaire, entitled Lecturers' and Students' Perceptions of Sexual Harassment Scale was used to gather data for the study.The results indicated that majority of the respondents agreed that sexual harassment is prevalent...

Although academic advising in Kenyan universities exists, no research has been done to find out how it impacts on students' educational and career goals.This research aimed at establishing the effect of academic advising on academic performance and the influence of year of study and gender on students' tendency to seek academic advising.The ex-post facto research design was used.A questionnaire was used to collect data.A random sample Indexed African Journals Online: www.ajol.info of 187...

This paper examined the influence of work environment on teachers' productivity in Primary schools in Nigeria.Since primary education is the starting point for the citizen's general development and also the basic foundation for subsequent levels of education, a lot is expected from the teacher.Every education system depends heavily on the quality and productivity of its teachers for improving and maintaining standards and quality.This paper tried to identify and establish the relationship...

Both domestic and international political sociologists based on empirical investigations argue that the greatest obstacle to democratic consolidation in Nigeria is electoral violence.This is as a result of the rascal politics that the political elites engage in.Sometimes, the violence is intra-party, and most of the time, it is inter-party.Apart from that the fact that this phenomenon affects the credibility of the electoral system, the democratic system and the rule of law, the nature,...

This study concentrates on the evaluation of value system in Nigeria and its effect on education, using the philosophical approach.It employed the logical inference and ideal statements.The work was guided by four axiological questions: (a) Are values extrinsic or intrinsic?(b) Are values subjective or objective?(c)Are values relative or absolute?and (d) Is there hierarchy of values?.In order to answer the above questions raised, the various theories of moral values were therefore...

This paper investigated the level of availability and use of ICT in someSouth-western Nigeria Colleges of Education. The study revealed low levelof usage of ICT gadgets and non-availability of some ICT equipments. Thedata for the study were gathered through a two page questionnaireadministered to 200 respondents who were accessible in the School ofEducation in all the Colleges of Education in the South-Western part ofNigeria. In total, 180 questionnaires were retrieved which represents...

The teaching and learning of Sociology of Religion in Nigeria face some grave challenges.As an academic discipline in religious studies, many who teach this specialized discipline are not experts.This makes Sociology of Religion anybody's game which does not promote sound scholarship, creativity and intellectual stimulation in the teaching and learning of the discipline.Similarly, the study of the whole society from the perspective of religion calls for a disciplined study, comparable...

Somalia has been in the grips of disaster for two decades. Throughout this past summer, the human catastrophe dramatically worsened. Severe malnutrition and measles are rampant among Somali refugees in Kenya and Ethiopia and internally displaced people within Somalia.

ABSTRACT Agricultural productivity could be adversely affected by high variability of rainfall and its extreme conditions because it governs the crop yields and determines the choice of the crops to be grown. Therefore, there is a need to assess the seasonal rainfall variability and drought probability in selected areas of Southern Nations Nationalities and People Regional State. Instat software version 3.36 was used to analyze the onset, end date, the length of growing Period...

Abstract Elderly people often show degraded hearing performance and have difficulties in understanding speech, particularly in noisy environments. Although loss in peripheral hearing sensitivity is an important factor in explaining these low performances, central alterations also have an impact but their exact contributions remained unclear. In this study, we focus on the functional effects of aging on auditory cortex responses. Neuronal discharges and local field potentials were recorded in...

Abstract This article seeks to contribute to recent debates on the link between political settlements and state building. It proposes a theoretical framework that centres on the alternative concept of ‘elite bargain’ and suggests that inclusive elite bargains can be expected to facilitate both peace and economic development. Yet a detailed case study of elite bargains in Zambia shows that all good things do not always go together. While inclusive elite bargains have indeed helped to avoid...

Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Staring Back: Visible Difference, Staring, and Uncertain Legibility in Marie Chauvet's Amour and Myriam Warner-Vieyra's Juletane Chapter 2: The Body Composite: Testimony and the Problematic of Integral Healing in Maryse Conde's Heremakhonon and Ken Bugul's Le Baobab fou Chapter 3: Towards a New Aesthetic of the Global: Grotesque Bodies, Circulation, and Haunting in Fama Diagne Sene's Le Chant des tenebres and Ken Bugul's La Folie et la Mort Chapter 4: Against...