Your search
Results 9,584 resources
-
The study examined the relationship between budgetary system and students‟ academic achievement in colleges of education in Nigeria. The study was a correlational type of descriptive survey design. The population of the study includes 67 Colleges of Education as at the time of the study. They included 20 Federal, 38 State, 8 Private and one Army College of Education. However, only 24 colleges were selected using random sampling technique. Stratified sampling technique was also used to select...
-
African countries both individually and collectively are still searching for ways to sustain the growth momentum and to ensure that growth translates to poverty reduction, employment opportunities and more inclusive society. To address this issue, this paper looked at the pattern of growth and also argues that there are challenges and opportunities for promoting growth in Nigeria. Inclusive growth encompasses equity, equality of opportunity and protection in market and employment...
-
Training is described as a structured intervention that is aimed at enhancing and improving key elements vital in individual performance.In other words, training and development consist of set of strategies, policies, lessons, tools and procedures designed to enhance the members or the employees at the organization.This study examined the effect of training strategies on the employees' performance in the Libyan construction companies.The population of this study consisted of the employees...
-
Competence in writing remains a challenge to learners of English as a second language particularly at primary school level.This calls for early intervention in teaching through use of visual materials that enhance high levels of retention and easy retrieval of information.The purpose of this paper, therefore, was to establish the extent to which visual materials are available for use in the teaching of writing skills in Kenyan public primary schools.The objective of the study was to assess...
-
Many pupils do not perform well in school despite the concerted efforts to push the course forward. The study investigated the influence of assessment services on academic performance of class eight pupils in public primary school in Kisii South Sub-County Kenya. The researcher used a concurrent triangulation design. Target population was 2670 class eight pupils, 500 class eight teachers, 58 head teachers and 1 QASO. A sample size of 100 class eight teachers and 300 class eight pupils, 10...
-
Many pupils do not perform well in school despite the concerted efforts to push the course forward. The study investigated the influence of assessment services on academic performance of class eight pupils in public primary school in Kisii South Sub-County Kenya. The researcher used a concurrent triangulation design. Target population was 2670 class eight pupils, 500 class eight teachers, 58 head teachers and 1 QASO. A sample size of 100 class eight teachers and 300 class eight pupils, 10...
-
The study investigated the effect of teachers’ instructional methods on students learning outcomes in selected senior secondary school in Kaduna, Nigeria Two instructional methods (Demonstration and Lecture) were used on target population of one thousand nine hundred and eleven (1,911) senior secondary ( S.S. II) Science Students. The sample consist of 100 Students randomly drawn from two co-educational senior secondary schools within Kaduna North LGA. The students were divided in to...
-
The study examined the level of adequacy of the Higher Education Loans Board’s (HELB) allocation on participation rates among students in distance education degree programmes at Kenyatta University, Kenya. The study employed the ex-post-facto design and targeted 20 university administrators and 2,000 students, from which a sample size of 15 administrators and 121 students. This yielded 136 respondents. Data were collected using questionnaires and interview schedules. Quantitative data from...
-
Asymptomatic bacteriuria frequently occurs among all ages with the possibility of developing into urinary tract infections, and the antimicrobial resistance patterns of the etiologic organisms are essential for appropriate therapy. Thus, we investigated the virulence and antimicrobial resistance patterns of common urinary bacteria in asymptomatic students of Niger Delta University, Amassoma, Bayelsa State, Nigeria in a cross-sectional study.Clean catch mid-stream early morning urine samples...
-
Breast cancer kills about 40,000 women annually across the globe. Worldwide there is rise in new case of breast cancer; most of these cases are reported in developing countries. In Africa breast cancer is characterized by presentation with the advanced disease, inadequate information about breast cancer’s incidence and inaccessibility of facilities significant for screening purposes. In Kenya, most cases of breast cancer are presented with stage 3 and 4 of the disease. It is important to...
-
Kenya has legislated a Language in Education (LiE) policy to use mother tongue in lower primary classes (class 1-3), yet the pupils in Tabaka Division of Kenya continue to perform poorly in national examinations. The purpose of this study was to investigate factors affecting teaching and learning in mother tongue in lower public primary schools in Kenya. The Chomsky’s theory of language acquisition was adopted. The study employed the sequential triangulation research design within the mixed...
-
In April 2014, the Flemish geography teachers association organized an excursion to North-Ethiopia. The trip was meant to be an introduction to Ethiopia, in accordance with the geography goals in the secondary school curriculum. The trip was made under the guidance of Jan Nyssen from Ghent University. Professor Nyssen has strong ties with the country and he made an effort in order to show the teachers special places and to provide well documented information about the country. It soon became...