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This study aimed to discover law students’ perceptions of law librarianship as a career choice. The descriptive survey is the research method used for this study. The population consisted of undergraduate law students of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye and Babcock University, Ilperu-Remo in Ogun State in the 2013/2014 academic session. The 2013/2014 academic session has 510 registered law students in Olabisi Onabanjo University, 269 students in Babcock University. Thirty percent of...

The discourses of accountability and global economic competitiveness have impacted negatively on the quality of education in schools worldwide. Focused attention on the social and ecological places that people inhabit has been overshadowed by education's support for individualistic and nationalistic competition in the global economy. South African schools are not exempt from this. Despite these dominant realities, we argue that place-based education (PBE) is a transformative educational...

Teaching and learning is the principal stock in trade of any educational enterprise throughout human history whether in the developed, developing or under-developed countries. The various developments in the field of information and communications technology (ICT) have been found very useful in the learning environment globally. The need to fully integrate ICT in instruction at the Colleges of Education level has become necessary in view of the demand on graduates of the college of education...

The Niger Delta produces the oil wealth that accounts for the bulk of Nigeria‘s foreign earnings. Before the 1950, agriculture was the main source of livelihoods. Today, climatic changes coupled with oil exploration activeities in the region have negatively impacted on the environment. This has resulted in the alteration of habitats, biodiversity los and pollution of water bodies. This paper assesses livelihood responses of local people to climate change and the implications for food...

Public service vehicles (PSVs) in Nairobi City, Kenya, have a tendency of playing loud music inside the vehicles resulting in disturbing noise.The objective of this study was to evaluate the extent of noise pollution inside PSVs in Nairobi City and predict possible impacts of the noise on PSV users.A sample of 60 randomly selected PSVs were analyzed.Posing as passengers inside the vehicles, noise measurements were taken using a digital integrating sound level meter (SVANTEK 971) inside these...

Counselling provides information and assistance in critical areas of academic, social, personal, vocational, emotional and psychological challenges. Despite its importance, the level of counselling awareness among secondary school students leaves much to be desired. Hence, this descriptive study investigated status of counselling awareness among secondary school students in Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu State. A sample of 1218 students drawn from the population using proportional...

The objective was to determine the pattern of admission and outcome of patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu, Nigeria.A retrospective review of all patients admitted into the general ICU at UNTH from 2008 to 2012. Data were collected from the ICU admission and discharge registers, and data analysis was done using Microsoft Excel 2007.A total of 766 patients were admitted during the period, consisting of 501 (65.4%) males and 265...

The role of resources in teaching and learning process in schools cannot be emphasized. As a developing country, Nigeria is striving to improve its education system for the knowledge era. Resource utilization, curriculum innovation and professional development courses are integral to improve educational practices as they empower teachers with knowledge and skills required for integrating education and society. Such moves and actions need to be guided with research. The education practices in...

Despite the fact that the possible modes of transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) are well established, there still abound many misconceptions, which contribute to the persistence of social stigmatization of those living with the virus.To assess the perception of some dental patients on the possible modes of transmission of HIV in order to identify areas of misconceptions.A prospective study.A dental centre located within a teaching hospital in Nigeria.A prospective study of 212...

The Acholi of northern Uganda widely credit music with playing a central role in ending more than two decades of armed conflict. Drawing upon a conflict transformation framework—as well as more than 200 conflict-related songs and primary source in terviews and focus group discussions with 46 community members and artists—this article explores how Acholi communities experience and perceive music as creating peaceful change through the community-identified roles of music as education, voice,...

There have been serious concerns over the perceived decline in the academic performance of students in many countries of the world, including Nigeria. Consequently, several scholars have attempted to proffer solutions to this worrisome situation. Socio-economic characteristics have been identified as major determinants of academic performance. It is in the light of this that this paper attempted to identify the strength of socio-economic factors in predicting the academic performance of...

Despite the need to report incidents of sexual violence, there is a high rate of unreported cases in almost every community worldwide. Therefore, the aim of the study was to examine the extent of reporting of sexual violence against women with disabilities as well as the barriers limiting their ability to report. The study was an exploratory research which adopted a qualitative method of data collection. In total, 41 participants were recruited using purposive and snowball sampling methods....

This article discusses factors restricting access to education for children with disabilities in Ashanti and Brong Ahafo regions of Ghana. The aim is to identify barriers hindering access to education for children with disabilities and make recommendations to increase access. A one round in-depth interview was conducted with 31 participants, made up of officials of special education at the national head office of the Ghana Education Service, district special education coordinators, resource...

An attempt is made in the study to document available special school facilities in Ghana and analyze these facilities in relation to accessibility using a group of 31 participants which constituted of officials of Special Education at the national head office, District Special Education Coordinators, Resource Teachers, Headmasters and Classroom Teachers of special schools. The findings indicate that educational facilities for children with disabilities are very limited which might not...

The value of environmental health and the functioning of ecosystems are widely recognized at the Manzala Lagoon for the first time and are becoming more familiar to illuminated public opinions. The freshwater molluscs play significant roles in the public and veterinary health in the Manzala Lagoon region. The abundance of freshwater gastropods species Biomphalaria alexandrina, B. glabrata, Bellamya unicolor, Viviparous contectus, Bulinus (Bulinus) truncatus, Lymnaea columella, L.(Galba)...