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In Nigeria, West African Region of Africa and South Africa operates different system of education but the curriculum and modes of operation are partially similar in one way or the other. Teachers in full-time teaching employment are keenly interested in professional development, and acquiring of additional qualifications through continuing education programmes. Most serving teachers are without teaching qualifications hence opted for continuing education programmes in tertiary institutions...

The study investigated the extent to which library resource factors such as availability, adequacy and utilisation of information resources predicted reading habits of senior secondary school students in Ogun State, Nigeria. The survey research design was adopted while questionnaire was used as major instruments of data collection. Usable data were collected from 537 students. Findings from the study revealed the dearth of book, instructional and electronic resources as only textbooks and...

This article distinguishes among the several types of programs that provide academic, social, cultural, recreational, and other enrichment opportunities to children and youth during the nonschool hours. It focuses on four academic programs that have demonstrated measurable evidence of effectiveness and achievement gains, particularly for African American students, illuminating some of the specific factors that have made the programs successful. Evidence of an academic focus, strong research...

The importance of education can never be under-played in any society as it is the most potent weapon left to man in order to transform, change and liberate himself and the society from the slavery of ignorance and backwardness. This is done in order to attain rapid development in all ramifications. The epistemic foundation for the establishment of higher institutions (universities) has been devoted to the production of knowledge and cultural reproduction through the ages. It should be known...

Metallurgical industries are pollution "hot spots" for emission of dust, particulates of heavy metals and gaseous contaminants at levels that can be injurious to man and environment.The atmospheric levels of selected heavy metals around Ajaokuta Steel Company Nigeria were assessed using barks of Parkia biglobosa trees.The tree barks were randomly collected during wet and dry seasons, sorted and digested according to standard methods.Heavy metals were analysed using flame atomic absorption...

Background: The attitude of young people towards the use of contraceptives differs and it is linked with their sexuality. One of the most frequent assertions for the lack of use of the condoms as contraceptive is that boys did not like using them because it reduces the feeling and pleasure during intercourse and some of the young mothers’ belief that putting on condom just prior to intercourse did interrupt the spontaneous feelings during sexual intimacy. Methods: Data was collected using...

This study adopted survey research design and was aimed at investigate the impact of inclusive education on the society and students who are blind and visually impaired. The study was confined to Nigeria.. A total of eighteen states and the federal territory Abuja were selected to represent the six geopolitical/ educational zones of the country. A total of five thousand, seven hundred (5700) participants were drawn from among parents of students with visual impairment, students with visual...

The purpose of this paper is to explore, at an empirical level and with a processual view, the relationship between higher education, war, and youths’ aspirations in Eastern Congo. Students are a relevant social group and an adequate ethnographic lens to describe moments and processes of self-staging, identity formation and social positionality. Therefore, this article explores how students imagine their life chances and how they aspire to accomplish their yearnings in the future. I argue...

This paper proposes to study the efficiency of 2 522 schools, based in 647 districts in 12 countries in Southern and Eastern Africa. And then, to analyze the relationship between the efficiency of those schools and the number of inspections made in them, and also with the isolation of those schools. According to our study, it appears that schools inspected, located in urban areas, or in large town and those located less than two kilometers from the student’s home, seem to be more efficient.

AIMS: This study aims to investigate the use and acceptance of educational technologies by academics in a nursing school in the Western Cape, South Africa (determination of educational technology use, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and influencing factors). The findings of the study may be used to facilitate planning for and implementation of increase use of educational technologies to enhance teaching and learning. METHODS: The research design was a quantitative descriptive...

In this chapter we highlighted the impact of the current economic and political dispensation in Nigeria and its impact on teacher education programs and the means of enhancing teacher education in the Niger Delta region. This paper is a conceptual and methodological breakthrough in Nigeria's academic landscape where qualitative and quantitative experiences highlight issues that are pertinent to teacher education program in the Niger Delta. The chapter proposed that the Niger Delta region's...

The majority of dwellers the Nigerian savanna depend on firewood for cooking and heating, and the trees are not replanted by most of them.• Slash and burn remains the dominant method of bush clearing for agriculture while free range grazing by nomadic pastoralists remains a key factor of ecosystem degradation.• There is a lack of regulation or coordination of logging and charcoal businesses by the government.• The intentions of various policy documents are not aligned with the actions or...

This paper attempted to investigate the effects of integrating Peace Education into Nigeria educational system. Four research questions were designed for the study. The researcher designed an instrument tagged: Questionnaire on effect of Integrating Peace Education (QEIPE). The entire population of two hundred respondents spread across Secondary Schools and lecturers in higher institutions of learning in Ondo State were used as the sample for the study. A 20-item questionnaire structured on...

This study was designed to assess the vulnerability status of school children, the public health response to their care and support while at the same time offers strategic suggestions for improved school health programmes. The research followed a descriptive mixed method cross-sectional design. The VC were recruited through a multistage sampling technique from two local government areas of Osun State, Nigeria. Data on vulnerability of school children were collected using vulnerability index...

Potential health risks associated with trace metal pollution have necessitated the importance of monitoring their levels in the environment. The present study investigated the concentrations and compositions of trace metals in dust samples collected from classrooms and playing ground from the selected high schools In Pretoria. Schools were selected from Pretoria based on factors such as proximity to high traffic ways, industrial areas, and residential areas. Thirty-two dust samples were...