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Investigation of the anthropogenic pollution impact on microbial contamination of Lake Kivu, Rwanda was carried out in Gisenyi, Kibuye and Cyangugu over a period of 24 months. Total coliforms (TC), total heterotrophic bacteria (THB) and fecal coliforms (FC) counts were monitored. Indicator bacteria were enumerated by membrane filtration while pathogenic bacteria were recovered by broth enrichment of water samples. Microbial load did not differ significantly with season and locations but...

This study investigated the comparative effect of cooperative variants of STAD/TGT and individualistic goal structure on the mathematics achievement of 80 junior secondary school Nigerian students. The study adopted a pre- test, post-test control group quasi-experimental design and data collected for the study were analysed using the t-test statistic. The results showed that significant difference existed in the mathematics achievement of cooperative and individualistic goal structure groups...

The use of blackberries, laptops, PDAs, blogs, CBT, Blackboard, emailing, online discussion forums, SMS, virtual classrooms, social media, Web 2.0 applications and virtual games, etc have continued to grow rapidly in Nigeria. From observation, use of these ICT tools have transformed learning and impacted on learners and staff in developed countries and continue to do so. The investigations from extant literature have shown that e-learning and m-learning support a variety of instructional...

This study undertook an administrative and managerial input-output analysis of public and private secondary schools in Lagos State from 2006 to 2010. Teachers, students, infrastructural facilities, curriculum were used as input variables while the students’ academic performance in the JSSCE and SSSCE were the output variables. The study made use of 4,000 teachers and 400 principals as sample selected through stratified random sampling technique from 200 public and 200 private Junior and...

The study looked at the performance indicators of secondary school Mathematics in Nyamira South District of Kenya. These indicators are student discipline, teachers’ qualification and experience and school facilities. The study employed the descriptive survey design approach with a population of 77 Mathematics teachers and 525 students comprising of 320 males and 205 females. Two validated research instruments (Questionnaire for Teachers (QFT) and Questionnaire for Students (QFS)) were used...

Divorcing religion and moral educations is an impossible task because of their long-standing historical antecedents. Religious education will certainly form a backbone to moral education. To enhance a moral society, there is the need for value and civic education in Nigeria. This paper however, intends to look at religious concept of peace and security. It also examines the need for peace and security in Nigeria. Likewise, the paper highlights the role of religious education to peace,...

The study investigated the levels of misconceptions of entrepreneurship education among students, ascertained the extent to which students who offered entrepreneurship education have entrepreneurial mindset, identified the teaching strategies mostly used for teaching entrepreneurship education, and analyzed the contents in entrepreneurship curriculum. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 150 randomly sampled students in 2 faculties in the University of Port Harcourt, in...

The response of wild fish to heavy metals was studied in sole (Solea senegalensis) collected in 2004, 2005 and 2006 at three sampling sites from Huelva estuary (SW Spain), in the vicinity of a petrochemical and mining industry. Heavy metals As, Cd, Cu, Fe, Pb and Zn were analyzed in samples collected from sediment, water and tissue (liver) to examine their bioconcentration and effects in fish such as lipid peroxidation (LPO), catalase (CAT; EC 1.11.1.6), glutathione peroxidase (GPx; EC...

A Thesis in the Department of Adult Education submitted to the Faculty of Education in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Ibadan

The effective ways of teaching research methods to students is a process closely connected to socializing students towards writing an effective research project before graduation and determines how successful and effective they are in conducting individualized research. Several factors apart from setting up a successful learning community are essential, but competencies determine faculty effectiveness. This paper appraises students’ evaluation of faculty (SEF). It evaluates students’...

The study identified training and development for non-professional staff in Nigerian University Libraries, the categories of staff that are enjoying the training programme, the relevance of the course contents, and the effect of the training programme for non-professional and job performance. The method adopted for the study was survey research method. The data collected were analyzed and presented in frequency tables and percentages. The study found that staff training and development is a...

The main purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of gender on Junior Secondary students’ academicachievement in basic science using cooperative learning teaching strategy. Total number of one hundred and twenty (120)students obtained from the intact classes of the three selected Junior Secondary Schools in the three selected LocalGovernment Areas of Ogun State, South-west Nigeria, participated in the study. This study employed a quasi-experimentaldesign. Lesson note based on...

The paper presents a fundamental approach to the establishment of window sizes, essentially to facilitate (achieve) the promotion air movement in classrooms.  A procedure that entailed the analysis of prevailing climatic conditions in relation to the thermal comfort requirement of classroom users has been used to establish some design parameters for windows.  The parameters, which are areas of openings and orientation of windows, are basic to the design of classrooms for which adequate air...

Epizootiology is the study of variable factors, events, forces and circumstances that contribute to the occurrence, distribution, control and prevention of ill-health, diseases and other problems in animal groups. It is a key component of veterinary medicine education at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria since 1975. It started as a Graduate Certificate in Epizootiology (GCE) in 1976. Later it was revised into M.Sc. Epizootiology in 1986. At graduate level, epizootiology curriculum has...

Vehicular emissions have been found to constitute the major source of environmental pollution. Unfortunately, in most developing countries such as Nigeria, the contribution of vehicular emission to soil pollution and its implication on the environment has not been studied in details. In view of this challenge, the influence of vehicular pollution on the accumulation of heavy metal in the surface soils of the Ado-Odo local government of Ogun State, Nigeria has been investigated.The main...

Vehicular emission has been found to constitute one of the major sources of soil pollution. We have investigated the influence of vehicular emissions on the accumulation of heavy metal in the roadside soils of Ota metropolis, Ogun State, Nigeria. The main objective of this research was to determine the impact of heavy metals such as copper, cadmium, lead, manganese, nickel and sulphate from vehicular pollution on soil around Ota. Seven locations were selected on the basis of their...

This paper discusses the problems and prospects of incorporating traditional vocational education into the Nigeria educational system. It looks at the traditional education with functionalism as its main guiding principle before the introduction of western education which was purely theoretical because its aim was religious. It examines how functionalism cave-in, in the face of new education that provides white-collar jobs thereby eroding the economic value of the traditional vocations. The...