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This paper examines the role politics has played in establishment of universities in Nigeria from the colonial era up to 2010 and the attendant implications of this for the development of university education. The result of the study, through critical analysis, reveals that politics contributed positively in the emergence of the premier university but was wrongly deployed in the creation of more universities. It also discovers that the political motives or interests that informed the...

A Thesis Submitted to the School Of Education in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Educational Psychology of Mount Kenya University

This article explores decolonial epistemic priorities in Open and distance learning (ODL) multicultural teacher education and training praxis, raises questions about the andragogical approach, and challenges the primary educational goal for students, opining that multicultural teacher education and training has become fixated on a simplistic decoloniality of Western knowledges and practices. Using the internet based asynchronous OBB system; I adopted a qualitative discursive analysis to...

Polytechnic education has contributed greatly to the development process of Ghana. The various programs offered at the polytechnic level require students to collect data and analyze field data for effective decision making. Polytechnic students need to be well-equipped with specific knowledge, skills and abilities that will allow them to undertake quality applied research. However, there are questions concerning what precisely are those competencies, when are these competencies best...

African music scholars are currently grappling with the challenges of refocusing musical arts based on indigenous knowledge for classroom practice as well as developing Africa-sensed musical arts curricula that use culturally appropriate pedagogies derived from viable theoretical, philosophical and performance practices of indigenous music. The African spirit of humanity encourages all-inclusive participation that bonds participants in performance-based learning situations. The philosophy...

A research project submitted to the department of educational management, policy and curriculum studies in partial fulfilment of the award of master of education degree of Kenyatta University, November, 2015

This study sought to analyze the strategies school managers apply to improve academic performance of students in schools under free day secondary school education in Embu District, Embu County, Kenya. The study was guided by the Capital School Effectiveness and Improvement Theory based on various interrelated variables such as outcomes, leverage, intellectual capital and social capital. A descriptive survey research design was adopted. A combination of purposive and stratified random...

Teaching of English to young learners has grown considerably as a business in the past two decades.Psychological, cultural and economic factors all play a role in influencingthe decision to teach English to children.While young learners share many commonalities, abilities and characteristics, factors such as a country's language policy, traditional relationships with the target language, and in particular available educational resourcesand the willingness to devote these to the learning of a...

For centuries before the widespread dominance of formal education in Kenya, indigenous African education existed to accomplish two main goals. First, indigenous education promoted the morals and practices that shaped the daily lives of specific ethnic groups. Second, this education aimed to transmit indigenous knowledge concerning humans and their relationship with the surrounding biophysical environment from one generation to the next (Mungai, 2002).

In Nigeria, crop farmers cannot withstand the increased risks associated with climate change by adopting autonomous adaptation technique that is why Agricultural insurance is seen as one of the best strategies to address farm risks and encourage the affected farmers to get back to business and achieve better and quality yields.

The prevalence of soil transmitted helminthes infection in pre-school age children was assessed in Elburgon Municipality, Kenya using Kato Katz as the standard parasitological survey diagnostic technique. Children between 6 months and 5 years were examined for STH infections. Out of 179 children examined, 154 (86%) were positive for the STH studied with Trichuris trichura accounting for the highest infection with 91 (50.84%), Ascaris, lumbricoides 45 (25.14%), and hookworm 18 (10.06%)....

In Kenya, subjects that students choose influence their careers a lot since the Ministry of Education (MOE) requires that secondary school students register for a minimum of seven and a maximum of nine subjects when they join form three.These subjects are grouped into various categories including; Sciences, Languages, Humanities, Technicals and Foreign languages.Agriculture is grouped among the many Technical subjects, which students only select one, despite its prospects in several careers...

This study investigated the occurrence of sexual harassment and its psychological implication among students in five higher education Institutions in South West, Nigeria. A total number of 2500 (M=1221, F=1279) students selected through systematic sampling participated in across-sectional survey that used semi-structured, self-administered questionnaire in September 2012. Respondents' average age is 22 years with high knowledge and awareness of incidences of sexual harassment (97%) that...

Ibadan metropolis in Nigeria has population of about 6millons people. There is increasing concern about lowland soils around Ibadan periurban where most of the industrial wastes transported  majorly by River Ona were deposited. These soils are used for dry season farming and  contribute to food security. This research was carried out to characterise and  determine the vulnerability of periurban lowland  soils to industrial pollution . The area was studied using 50mx50m  grid. Surface samples...

This study examined the effects of gender on students’ attitude in Physics in senior secondary schools in Oyo State, Nigeria. The participants for this study were 160 Senior Secondary School two (SSS2) students offering Physics in Ibadan, Oyo State. The selection was based on purposive sampling technique which involved four schools. Data collected by students’ attitude Physics scale (SAPS) were analysed using ANOVA. The Multiple classification analysis was used to explain the magnitude of...

The study made use of a descriptive survey design to investigate the readability level of recommended chemistry textbooks and students academic performance in senior schools in Ekiti State. The sample consisted of 204 senior secondary school students' who were selected from five schools in the state. Two chemistry textbooks were chosen based on the most commonly used all over the state. Two research instruments were used - Cloze test and students' achievement test. The reliability...