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Impact of home video/movie industry on the moral behaviour of secondary school students is a search for the impact of home video in moral upbringing of school children. The study adopted a survey design approach of investigation: The area of study is Ebonyi State and the population comprised all the 322 CRS teachers in the state. 200 teachers were selected out of 322 teachers in the government owned secondary schools using purposive sampling technique. Structured questionnaire was used to...

The study deals with teachers’ perceptions on the dimension of moral decadence among secondary school students in Ebony state of Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey designed which aimed at finding teachers’ perception on moral decadence among secondary school students. Ebonyi is the area of the study. Population of the study comprised all the Christian religious teachers in the area which is estimated at 322. 200 CRS teachers were selected for the study using purposive sampling...

The study was designed as a survey into the act of examination malpractice among secondary school students in Nigeria. Examination malpractice has been seen as a cankerworm which has eaten deep into the fabric of all examination in Nigeria. The researcher however, has designed the teaching of moral education as an effective means of curbing the menace hence the problem is a moral issue. The study therefore revealed various ways by which the teaching of moral education could solve the menace...

Students’ dissatisfaction in public primary teacher training colleges (PPTTCs) in Kenya has been expressed through various forms of indiscipline which have become rampant in the recent past. Library and accommodation services are seldom considered as critical factors in enhancing students’ satisfaction in PPTTCs. The objectives of the study were to establish the relationship between quality of library services and quality of accommodation services and students’ satisfaction in PPTTCs in...

Despite the centrality of pharmacists in the provision of abortion services in Kenya, little is known about their medical abortion (MA) knowledge, attitudes, or practices. This policy brief reports on a study that set out to bridge this gap in the evidence. The report concludes that comprehensive training for pharmacy workers could improve the quality of MA provision and referrals, and help pharmacy workers identify opportunities to simultaneously provide clients with information on...

What forms of discourse are valued in classrooms with immigrants in South Africa? How does a teacher determine which form of discourse is valued by immigrant learners? Who gets to participate in the valueforms of discourse? These questions focus attention on how immigrant learners were supported in classroom interaction, supporting that involves the formation of immigrant learners’ mathematical identities that has implications for their achievement and access to resources within the classrooms and in their immediate environment.

Ghana has witnessed marked improvement in child health over the past three decades, albeit the progress has been slow and unevenly distributed across the country. The country's under-five mortality rate, though better than the average for sub-Saharan Africa, lags behind that of some low and middle-income countries in the sub-region. The situation is not different from the incidence of diseases such as acute respiratory infection (ARI), diarrhoeal diseases and fever among children in Ghana....

A Dissertation Submitted to Mzumbe University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Master of Science in Human Resource Management (Msc.HRM) of Mzumbe University

1 * Abstract: While teachers play an important role in education and supporting learning, many learners in under-resourced settings are not privileged to have access to teachers. Some of these underprivileged learners deal with the issue by engaging in self-determined and self-directed learning. Their efforts sometimes pay off with access to formal higher education and financial resources they would not access otherwise. This paper reports and discusses data from interviews with two...

Introduction: Although adolescent school going mothers consider going back to school after giving birth, they may not be able to succeed mentally and academically if the support they need from the teachers, fellow pupils and the community is inadequate. The girls experience challenges and fail to combat stigma attached to them as young mothers. They feel disempowered and therefore, become resistance which in most cases may lead to unwanted behavior and drop out of school. The purpose of this...

Knowledge and perception on child sexual abuse has been poorly determined in developing countries. Female children are particularly vulnerable to sexual abuse due to ignorance of behaviours that are known to be abusive. The study was conducted to access the knowledge and perception on sexual abuse among female secondary school students in Abia State, Nigeria to raise awareness.The study employed a cross sectional design where 350 students between the ages of 13-17 years from six secondary...

Best project was launched under auspices of World Information Technology Forum (WITFOR) Education Commission during 2005 to investigate transformative applications of ICT in education. Activity Theory, Development Work Research and Change Laboratory were underpinning frameworks used. Results at first school showed it was isolated from community and activities integrating school subjects with community human resources were designed. Findings at second school suggested that teachers failed to...

Background:The incidence of peripheral vascular lesions remains undetermined in Cameroon.The objective of this study was to report our experience with the management of peripheral vascular trauma in civil life at the University Teaching Hospital of Yaoundé. Patients and methods:We have reviewed retrospectively all the cases of peripheral vascular trauma treated at the Yaoundé's University Teaching Hospital between 2008 and 2010.We excluded all patients with crushing members or traumatic...

Doctor of Philosophy in Social Justice Education. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 2016.

Background: Pregnant women infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) can transmit the infection to their fetuses and newborns. Despite the above, screening of antenatal attendees is not yet done as a routine in many Nigerian Hospitals that offer antenatal services, inclusive of University of Abuja Teaching Hospital. Aim: The aim of the study was to determine the seroprevalence of HBV infection among antenatal attendees at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital. Materials and Methods: This was...

CITATION: Norodien-Fataar, N. & Daniels, D. 2016. Exploring the educational engagement practices of disadvantaged students at a South African university. Alternation, 23(1):90-112.

With the ultimate aim of aiding citizens of Nigeria in becoming environmentally knowledgeable and above all skilled and dedicated citizens who are willing to work individually and collectively towards achieving or maintaining a dynamic equilibrium between quality of life and that of the environment, this raises the pertinent role of environmental education (EE) in actualizing such goal. Thus this article revealed the evolution of EE in Nigeria starting from the British colonial era;...