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Background: Growth assessment is useful in monitoring children's growth. It often reveals their physical characteristics, health and nutritional status, and infers their biological well-being. The present study was conducted to evaluate the physical growth status of schoolchildren and adolescents in Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study design was followed, which involved a random sampling of 1,620 subjects (849 males and 771 females) selected from...

A critical assessment of education policy and practice in Ghana suggests that despite the initiation of the concept of decentralization, education policy making and implementation is still perceived as adopting a hierarchical structure with its inherent practice of concentration of power at the center. This article conducts an analytical review of the processes of education policy making and implementation within the context of decentralized system of administration in Ghana. This is done...

This study investigated the correlation between emotional intelligence and administrative effectiveness of Provosts of Federal Training Centres in Nigeria.It employed the use of descriptive correlation research method, 12 Provosts and Deputy Provosts (academic), and 149 lecturers of the six Federal Training Centres in Nigeria.Questionnaire was used in data collection with reliability value of .981.Five operational research hypotheses were formulated and tested using Pearson-product moment...

The purpose of this study was to ascertain the attitude of Junior High School pupils towards the study of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in selected schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis in Ghana. Descriptive research design was employed in this study where questionnaire and observation guide were used to collect data from 203 pupils. The respondents were purposively drawn from three private and four public schools located in the Efutu, Pedu-Abura and Aboom circuits in the...

Background: After independence education was declared one of the inviolable fundamental human rights of all persons entrenched in the Supreme Law of the country, the Constitution of the Republic of Namibia. It is an irrefutable fact proven by a number of research findings and confirmed by educational theorists and decided cases that appropriate and quality early childhood education is a foundation of all levels of education. In Namibia currently, public early childhood development and...

Background: After independence education was declared one of the inviolable fundamental human rights of all persons entrenched in the Supreme Law of the country, the Constitution of the Republic of Namibia. It is an irrefutable fact proven by a number of research findings and confirmed by educational theorists and decided cases that appropriate and quality early childhood education is a foundation of all levels of education. In Namibia currently, public early childhood development...

Background: Sexually transmitted infections-preventive measures are effective methods employed in the prevention of sexually transmitted infections [STIs].Sexually transmitted infections are among the most common infections in the world and therefore a major public health problem as they cause devastating long term consequences if untreated, especially in adolescents.Sexually transmitted infection-preventive measures, if correctly and consistently used, have been proven to be...

Funding education for sustainable development is viewed in terms of what sustainable options for funding education are to be adopted for sustainable educational development in Nigeria. In analyzing this paper, the researcher established a problem and attributed the cause of unsustainable funding for education to a change in the price of oil, as a base of revenue generation in the country from 1970-2011. Optional for funding was viewed in terms of education as private good and public good,...

This study was carried out to identify poverty reduction through Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Nigeria. It reviews the significance of TVET, discusses poverty and its effects and as well as impact of poverty on TVET. The study addresses the factors affecting implementation of TVET programmes and it also explores how TVET can be used as a tool in reducing poverty and enhances development in Nigeria. The study ends up with a deep conclusion and also recommends that...

The objective of the study is curriculum development and teaching methodology for effective learning in secondary schools in Benin City. This research was a descriptive survey research and the instrument used was a structural questionnaire developed by the researcher. Data collected were subjected to statistical analysis called averages, means . The findings of the study showed the problems of distribution of curriculum in the secondary schools and the factors affecting curriculum...

Assessments of students will only be comprehensive and qualitative where all the three domains of learning are adequately tested using any form of testing techniques but the present assessment practices in most schools neglect the assessment of skills, which are normally associated with personality and characteristics of students. This study investigated quality assurance in teachers’ assessment practices in cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains of learning in Nigerian secondary...

To provide a comprehensive report on the various causes of natural death in our centre and consider its implication for prevention.A descriptive cross sectional study of post mortem reports, autopsy registers and duplicate copies of death certificates of all cases of SND on which autopsy was performed on in UBTH, Benin City, between 1990 and 2009.Of the 4481 medicolegal deaths autopsied during the period, 2734 (61.0%) cases were SND, involving 1614 males and 1120 females with a M:F ratio of...

This study analysed climate change trend and the appropriate mitigation and adaptation strategies in Southeast Nigeria. Multistage sampling technique was used to select a sample of 312 cassava based food crop farmers whose responses formed part of the data for this study. Secondary time series data on climate variables were collected from National Root Crop Research Institute Umudike, an agro-metrological station found within the study location. Data were analysed using appropriate...

This study analysed climate change trend and the appropriate mitigation and adaptation strategies in Southeast Nigeria. Multistage sampling technique was used to select a sample of 312 cassava based food crop farmers whose responses formed part of the data for this study. Secondary time series data on climate variables were collected from National Root Crop Research Institute Umudike, an agro-metrological station found within the study location. Data were analysed using appropriate...