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The article works is on impact of social media on the Academic performance of University students in Nigeria. Causal-comparative research design was adopted. The Four tertiary institutions used for study-  Nnamdi Azikiwe University-Awka, Delta State University, Abraka, Madonna University Okija campus and Anambra State University. Population of this study comprised of all the students in various departments in each schools. The total population selected through purposive sampling technique...

The paper is on awareness, competencies and use of social media in teaching by lecturers in higher institutions in south –east of Nigeria. Social media are networked tools that support and encourage individuals to learn together while retaining individual control over their time, space, presence activity, identity and relationship. The study adopted descriptive survey design.  Simple sampling technique was used for the study.  The Population of the study are lecturers in various higher...

Technical, vocational education, and training has remained an explosive topic because it can create a divided society in terms of education and the benefits associated with it. Internationally, it has always been a complex and controversial topic compared to the general education strand. It has presented inconsistent arguments over the years, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa were policies have too often prescribed it as the panacea to addressing youth unemployment. On the one hand, it...

In East Africa, there is great effort directed toward ensuring that there is learning and value for money invested in universal education policies initiated over the past decade. Kenya and Uganda are two countries that typify this effort. The effort includes the work of research organisations such as Uwezo, which assess learning levels; RTI, which assesses language and early grade reading; and the work of African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), which looks at schooling...

Temperamental suitability (personality traits) could be a factor to consider in career placement and professional development.It could also be an indicator of professional success or failure in any profession such as Systems Analysis and Design (SAD).However, there is not sufficient empirical evidence in support of the personality traits to which systems analysts and designers may be categorized.The objective of this study is to empirically investigate the main personality traits to which...

xvi CHAPTER ONE 1 Background to the study 1 The perspective of ECCD in Sub-Saharan Africa 1 Early Childhood Development and childhood disability 2 Statement of the problem 4 Study objectives 5 Research Questions 6 Structure of the thesis 6 CHAPTER TWO 9 Introduction 9 Overview of Uganda 9 ECCD legislation and policy practices for children with disabilities in Uganda 10 The Constitution of the Republic of Uganda 11 The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 11 The United Nations...

Climate Change is caused by the release of billions of tons of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and other heat trapping gases known as Green House Gases into the atmosphere. This results in depletion of ozone layer leading to increase in the earth’s surface temperature due to direct heating of earth’s surface by the sun. This paper discusses the impact of climate change on food security. Climate change impacts on food security in a number of ways. Climate change is impacting on oceans, seas, lakes and...

Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt. *Corresponding Author’s Email: majesse4live@yahoo.com The basic goal of any nation is the economic empowerment of the citizens. To this effect, education has long been recognised as potent tool for the actualisation of national goals. The economic crunch across the globe in the last centuries has led to the evolvement of various strategies to solving the problems. The increased emphasis on...

This paper critically appraises the adequacy of the level and substance of the education and trainingthat are required to prepare and equip the professional accountants to deal with the changing demands of the dynamic business environment in Nigeria.The methodology involved the use of library research and a review of available documentary evidences on the subject matter.The paper points out the previous constraints to professional accountancy training and development; the need for continuous...

The purpose of this study was to verify entrepreneurship education influence on Nigerian higher education institutions students in attaining business development awareness and skills acquisition.It also sorts to comprehend the extent business development awareness and skill acquisition have been attained by students of Nigerian higher education institutions as a result of entrepreneurship education.An evaluation design was adopted for the study which covered five higher education...

This work aims at studying the effect of the dump sites near borehole location and away from the location, adopts optimization modeling of quality of water in the pollution regions of Nigeria. The problem starts from poor sanitations as a result of poor human excreta management and related un-hygiene practices like dump site. Secondly, reduction in quality of water and increase in water treatment cost damage to environmental quality and lost of land value etc. Methodology involves carefully...

Study(ies) on the effect of automobile emission in an urban city (Port-Harcourt, Rivers State) was carried for two weeks. Two locations noted for heavy traffic congestion in the city were chosen for the study. Monitoring times were chosen to capture the traffic congestion. In total, five(5) morning and evening measurement were conducted at each location over the course of two weeks(2) beginning from August 11 th – 15 th 2010 for garrison intersection and August 18 th - 22 nd 2010 for...

This study determines students' persistence on distance learning programmes despite ethno-religious crisis in twelve Northern States in Nigeria.States selected for the study are Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Taraba, Gombe, Bauchi, Jos, Kaduna, Kano, Niger, Kogi and Sokoto states that have suffered the worst ethno-religious crisis from 2009 to date.A survey design via ex post facto was adopted for the study.Samples for the study were distance learners, (200 to 400 levels) who registered for the...

The study aimed at finding out whether academic achievement motivation influenced the attitude of senior secondary two students towards examination malpractice.Three research questions and three hypotheses were formulated to direct the conduct of the study.The sample for the study comprised 350 students of both sexes drawn by means of the multistage random sampling technique.A researcher-made instrument entitled Attitude Towards Cheating in ExaminationQuestionnaire (ATCEQ) was used in...