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The study sought to find out the effect of street hawking on academic performance of students of social studies in Nasarawa state.The sample comprises of 100 JSS III students, 50 females and 50 males.Quasi-experimental post-test design was employed.Test item; Social studies performance test (SSPT) instrument was use.Using t-test statistics the result shows that: the experimental group exposed to hawking performed significantly lower than the control group who are not exposed.The performances...

The increased scarcity of pipe-borne water supply in Enugu Urban, Nigeria has led to residents seeking alternative sources of water supply. This has resulted in households depending on surface for their consumption. It is believed that various human activities have contaminated this surface water thus making them unsafe for human consumption. The purpose of the study is to examine the pollution levels of rivers in Enugu urban in relation to the safe limits described by the National Agency...

The study investigated teachers’ attitude towards implementing inclusive education in secondary schools in Owerri Education Zone of Imo State, Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research design and was guided by three research questions. The instrument for data collection was a researcher designed questionnaire of three parts. Part A dealt with teachers attitude towards inclusion (TAIS), part B dealt with teachers’ views on inclusive education (TVIS) while the third part dealt with teachers...

Sixty-four multi-electrode Lund imaging system coupled with ABEM SAS 4000 Terrameter was used for the electrical imaging of the study area.Wenner and Gradient arrays with 2 m minimum electrode spacing were employed which revealed resistivity changes in the vertical and horizontal directions along the survey lines.Earth imager software was employed for the processing and the iteration of the 2-D resistivity data.The subsurface is characterized with soil material with resistivity ranging from...

Inclusive education is a social model that can be substantially linked to the 1960 United Nations Convention against Discrimination in Education, and the 1990 and 1994 UNESCO sponsored Jomtien Declaration on “Education for All”and Salamanca Statement on Special education respectively. It is a process of increasing the attendance, involvement, and achievements of all learners in schools, regardless their physical, social, political, economic and cultural status. In order words, inclusive...

Inclusive education is an innovative approach to education by which all children, youths and adults on the globe have equal opportunities to learn comfortably in the same academic environment regardless their intellectual and physical ability/disability and irrespective of their political, ethnic and socio-economic background. It is a brain child of UNESCO (the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization); part of its Education For All (EFA) initiative which seeks to...

The study was carried out in Nigeria and Cameroon to compare the implementation of pre-primary education in both countries. A descriptive survey research design was used for the study. The population comprised pre-primary school teachers and head teachers both in Nigeria and Cameroon. The sample size was 1,200 respondents. A researcher- designed questionnaire was the instrument for data collection. The questionnaire was structured on 4 point rating scale based on real limit of numbers. Three...

Background:The Brain Fag syndrome is considered to be a culture-bound syndrome.While some authorities view it as a variant of anxiety and somatic disorders, others consider it as a specific psychiatric disorder characterized by somatic and cognitive impairments associated with study.It was first described by Prince among Nigerian students and is rarely seen in Western cultures as so described.Morakinyo has also described this syndrome in details.It is thought to result from imposition of...

The paper creating science within and beyond the classroom: strategies for African learners cover the following: basic issues and strategies. The basic issues treated are science and the African learner, science language, students’ interest and science, and loving science. The strategies are: raise a strong argument against a belief, make your science real, challenge the learner, follow curricula specification, customized or indigenized classroom interaction. Others are management of...

The study focuses on the administration of drug abuse among secondary school students in Nigeria. Drugs having been labelled as the enemy within, it is noted as a major national and world wide problem by the general population through appropriate education, drug abuse can be reduced drastically through the radio, television, commercials and other channels of sending out information. 1,000 questionnaires were administered to students in the five public schools of the five state capitals of...

The study focuses on the administration of salaries, allowances and teachers attitude to work in public secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The research design adopted for the study was descriptive survey research design of the expost factor type. A stratified random sampling technique was used in selecting 800 teachers from a population of 2,128 from 376 public secondary schools located in 31 local government areas of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The instrument used for data...

Following a large-scale crude oil spillage in 2007, soil surveys were conducted in 2008 and in 2012 for post-impact assessment of the pollution on some soil characteristics in Ikot Abasi, Niger Delta Area, Nigeria. Soil characteristics examined include: pH, organic carbon (C), total nitrogen (N), available phosphorus (P), exchangeable cations (Ca, Mg, Na, K) exchangeable acidity (EA), effective cation exchange capacity (ECEC) base saturation (BS), total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH),...

The mass media generally constitutes a major source of political information for citizens of any nation. As an objective source of information, maps help pass across information about regions and places which otherwise could have remained vague in the imagination of the public. As important journalistic tools, maps enhance the communication of information. Apart from providing the geographical background for news items ,they also attract and hold readers attention, help interpret the meaning...

Counseling practicum is an integral part of the counselor education curriculum and therefore requires careful planning, implementation, and evaluation. In this article, the researchers present the relevance of counseling practicum in counselor education programmes in Nigeria. The researchers explore the variations in field placement approaches and practicum duration globally. The researchers also further an understanding of the skills, knowledge and competencies expected from and for the...

This is a study of three models of partnership between Trinity College Dublin and higher education institutes in six African countries. The goal is to deliver collaborative doctoral training programmes in global health, natural sciences and economics, to train researchers and build research and teaching capacity in African institutions, which is increasingly seen as a key influence on economic development. The purpose of this study was to assess the three models employed in order to...

Although the typical Nigerian entrepreneurship has always been conceived at the family level success would depend on possession of basic qualities in addition to the skills and knowledge about the technical and functional aspects of owning and managing an enterprise. Entrepreneurship growth and development beyond the family, micro, small and medium levels require knowledge and professional abilities associated with entrepreneurship education. The study was designed to evaluate the...

Lunch packs play a significant role in the nutritional status and academic performance of school children. Available data show a high prevalence of malnutrition among school-age children.The aim of this study is to document the nutritional contents of lunch packs of primary school children in Nnewi, Anambra state, Nigeria.A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1018 primary 1-6 pupils selected by stratified systematic random sampling from six primary schools, two each of private, -...

This study examined the perception of teachers on the functionality of the introduced Cultural and Creative Arts (CCA) curriculum of the Upper Basic Education (UBE) as it affects Music. In the study, a sample of 60 music teachers that teach CCA in UBE 1-3, derived from the six (6) educational zones in Anambra state was used. The instrument used for the study was a structured questionnaire containing test items arranged under competence, attitude, materials, managerial and methodology...

This study examined the perception of teachers on the functionality of the introduced Cultural and Creative Arts (CCA) curriculum of the Upper Basic Education (UBE) as it affects Music. In the study, a sample of 60 music teachers that teach CCA in UBE 1–3, derived from the six (6) educational zones in Anambra state was used. The instrument used for the study was a structured questionnaire containing test items arranged under competence, attitude, materials, managerial and methodology...