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We describe here the development of a mid-level training programme for doctors in Madagascar to direct regional and national rehabilitation services. Eight doctors enrolled and all gained their diplomas and have gone on to form the Association of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine of Madagascar, which is leading further training and service developments. The course was specific to Madagascar's needs, and was devised according to the vision of the senior rehabilitation specialist in the...

This descriptive survey designed study explored the influence of  environmental awareness on secondary school sanitation in Calabar Metropolis. 1 hypothesis was formulated to direct the investigation. 300 subjects made up of 30 principals and 270 teachers constituted the sample drawn from the population of principals and teachers in secondary schools in the area of study. Data were collected using environmental awareness and school sanitation questionnaire, designed, validated and used for...

Delinquency has been a major challenge of adolescents in the recent time. It has now gone beyond ordinary youthful exuberance to heinous crime. Hence, these young ones that are believed to be the hope of the nation, the future leaders and strength of the country are turning criminals by the day. It is therefore suffice to say that the whole country is resting on a keg of gun powder that may explode any time. The issue must be vigorously addressed in order to secure the future for this...

This paper explores the perception of Egyptian students of the factors influencing students' choice of an accounting major in Egypt. Six factors were used to identify what influences students' choice of degree major: 1) perceptions of the accounting profession; 2) personal skills; 3) important referents; 4) perceptions of accounting education; 5) impression of introductory accounting courses; 6) gender. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire from 273 students in business...

The skills acquired in mathematics provide a country with a human resource that is highly educated and able to tackle most of the country’s social economic problems. However, the performance of students at the KCSE mathematics examinations in Kenya has been dismal for many years. In addition, majority of the girls in particular have been performing poorly in the subject compared to the boys. As a possible remedy to this, single sex classes within coeducational secondary schools were created....

The fast penetration of mobile technologies around the world has engaged stakeholders in education as to how to mainstream mobile learning into the teaching pedagogy to support ubiquitous learning. However, many countries are yet to develop mobile learning educational policy to guide the use of mobile technologies in teaching and learning. The main aim of this paper is to provide empirical evidence for modelling mobile learning policy in computing education for pre-tertiary schools in...

Background. Overweight and obesity are risk factors for diet-related noncommunicable diseases. These diseases are the fifth leading risks for global deaths. Virtually, all age groups are affected from consequences of overweight and obesity. Methods. Cross-sectional study was conducted among 431 school adolescents. Data were collected using self-administered questionnaire and physical measurements. The sex and age specific BMI was computed using WHO Anthroplus software and the data were...

Meningeal neoplasms are one of the commonest primary central nervous system (CNS) tumours worldwide. Though most are benign their location and tendency for recurrence contributes significantly for mortality and morbidity associated with these tumours. Meningiomas in Nigeria have been poorly studied and little has been published about their histopathologic characteristics. The aim of this study therefore is to present our institution's experience of patients with meningeal neoplasms seen...

This study investigated the study of the information and communication technology use among student-teachers in universities in north central Nigeria. Also the influence of gender on the student-teachers' use of ICT. The study was a descriptive survey type. A total of 638 student-teachers were sampled using stratified random sampling technique. Research question 1 was answered using mean, hypothesis 1 was tested using t-test, while hypothesis 2 was tested using analysis of variance (ANOVA) ....

Successive Governments in Nigeria had adopted several measures to raise both the moral and living standards of the society. Some of the efforts include: Late General Murtala Muhammed’s retirement of alleged fraudulent public officers, “the ethical revolution” of Alhaji Shehu Shagari’s administration, “War Against Indiscipline” of General Muhammadu Buhari, General Ibrahim Babangida’s “Mass Mobilization for Social Justice, Self Reliance and Economic Recovery (MAMSER)”; and General Sani...

The paradigm shift from teacher-centered to student-centered pedagogy has a world-wide advocacy for its practice at all levels of education. Nigeria, a major sub-Saharan country (population-wise), is in the process of making a transition from teacher-centered to student –centered mode of education. It therefore becomes pertinent to focus attention on its higher education system, a preparatory level for its future teachers. This paper therefore presents an insight into the theory and practice...

There is need for a continual assessment of services and resource use in the library. This is to determine the extent the library is achieving its aims. The research is a survey of undergraduate students' awareness and use of medical library resources in the College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria. Sample was 295 students from the three faculties of the College: Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences & Technology and Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences. Results...

Information literacy training has become an important role for librarians in the 21 st Century. However to function effectively as information literacy instructors, librarians need to have good perceptions towards the service and also possess the requisite skills to pass on. The research assessed the perceptions and information literacy skills of librarians in Colleges of Education in Nigeria. It also sought to determine challenges to effective information literacy skills acquisition and...

This study investigated the influences of Alcohol Consumption peer influence and secondary school students attitudes towards school in some selected secondary schools in Katsit, Kafanchan, Kaduna State. The study adopted a correlational research design and the population of this study was 200 senior students from four (4) secondary school out of 18 Government Secondary Schools in Katsit, Kafanchan. The students were selected using simple random sampling technique. Spearman's Rank Order...

Speaking is one of the language skills that has proven a serious level of difficulty to the second language learner of English. This is the skill that the teaching of English phonology tries to develop in the learner-speaker of English language. Phonology is taught in segmental and supra-segmental dimensions, and the segmental phonology, particularly the consonant types have been influenced adversely by the fossilized aspects of the mother tongues of the learners. This paper is intended to...