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Studies on the accumulation of some heavy metals in African river prawn (Macro brachium Vollenhoven Ii), in Calabar River, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria, A total of 54 prawn samples, were collected during the study. The heavy metals in the samples were analyzed using atomic absorption spectrophotometer for cadmium, cobalt, chromium, copper, mercury, manganese, nickel and lead while total hydrocarbon (THC) was analysed using UV-spectrophotometer. The heavy metal concentrations in prawn...

The study investigated the relationship between Vicarious Experience and Delinquent Behaviour Modification among Secondary School Students. Concurrent Triangulation design was used. The target population was made up of 3,740 students, 26 school counsellors and 26 deputy principals from the twenty six (26) secondary schools. The Brief Self-control Scale and Behavior Modification Questionnaire were used to collect quantitative data while interviews and Focus Group Discussions were used to...

The study investigated the relationship between Vicarious Experience and Delinquent Behaviour Modification among secondary school students. The study employed concurrent triangulation design. The sample size comprised of 374 students, 8 deputy principals and 7 teacher counselors. Vicarious Experience Scale and Behavior Modification Questionnaire for Students were used to collect quantitative data. The interviews and Focus Group Discussions were used to obtain qualitative data. The...

Introduction: There is sufficient information globally on the effectiveness of chest compression-only CPR in providing adequate bystander CPR for victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) but there is no single report on the retention of such skills by potential providers of bystander CPR in Nigeria. For potential bystander CPR providers to provide this useful service to victims of OHCA, they must be able to retain the skills for a reasonable period of time before re-training takes...

Introduction / Aim: Considering the known decline in CPR skills with time and the importance of adequate CPR skills in the provision of effective bystander CPR for victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, knowledge of retained CPR skills after a period of training in CPR becomes useful for planning. This study aimed at ascertaining the level of retained CPR skills in a group of Nigerian University students 15 months after standard (conventional) CPR training. Materials and Methods: A...

Studies were carried out to investigate the outdoor air pollution levels in vehicular traffic junctions in the major cities of Nsukka, Enugu and semi-urban area of Awgu all in Enugu State, Nigeria using standard analytical procedures.PM 2.5 was collected using Envirotech air sampler, APM 550 and analyzed gravimetrically.Other determined air pollutant gases such as SO 2 , NO 2 , O 3 and CO were analyzed using colorimetric techniques.The mean hourly traffic density in the vehicular traffic...

Abstract Evidence-based policies are recommended for the enhanced chances of efficacy in achieving policy goals. Achieving this in the policy development process may however require approaches that are not as simple especially in less developed countries, where the research-policy linkage is not commonly the case. This chapter provides a guide to a practical approach that could assist policy makers in similar societies based on the steps adopted in the development of the National Adaptation...

The paper provides insights on the (mis)match between the Federal Government's Appropriations for education in relation to fulfilling its obligations towards education rights.Using budgeted expenditure on education from 2016 to 2018, the paper found that the Federal Government's financial commitments have not shown progressive achievements in meeting up with its education obligations.Also, in making use of available resources, priority has leaned towards non-Economic, Social and Cultural...

The prevalence of school violence (SV) in public secondary schools in Kenya has resulted into injuries, loss of property and sometimes death.Penalties meted out on students ranging from fines on students, suspension or expulsion of students from school has been introduced in vain.Several commissions of inquiry have also been put in place to address this issue but not much has been achieved.Violence negatively affects students hence the need to identify ways of mitigating school violence.This...

This study was essentially carried out to generate opinions and perceptions of teachers in rural settlements of Ijero local government area of Ekiti State Nigeria towards importance of Computer Science Education in Secondary School curriculum. This study adopted the descriptive survey method using self- structured questionnaire to collect data from teachers randomly selected in Seven Secondary Schools owned by Government, Private and Christian mission in Ijero Local Government area of Ekiti...

Ponte Academic JournalFeb 2020, Volume 76, Issue 2 CHALLENGES OF TEACHING INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AS A SCIENCE CURRICULUM DECOLONISATION MEASURE IN SOUTH AFRICAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS: PERSPECTIVES OF LIFE SCIENCES TEACHERS AND ZULU INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE HOLDERSAuthor(s): Maxwell Jnr Opoku ,Angela JamesJ. Ponte - Feb 2020 - Volume 76 - Issue 2 doi: 10.21506/j.ponte.2020.2.7 Abstract:ABSTRACT The quest to live sustainably with natural environmental resources like the lands,...

The literature suggests that there are challenges faced by parents of children with intellectual disabilities (ID), which have resulted in calls for support services to be made available to parents and their children with ID. Although regular schools in Ghana are unable to admit students with ID, it is believed that special schools have the necessary facilities to support parents and their children with ID. However, little has been documented on the experiences and expectations of parents...

The importance of inclusive education in achieving an inclusive society cannot be overemphasised. In Ghana, though the government has taken steps to implement inclusive education at all levels of education, empirical evidence suggests that schools have been struggling to include students with disabilities. However, the challenges reported in the Ghanaian literature are mainly limited to the experiences of basic school teachers (year 1 – 9; Paper 1). In the contemporary context there is a...

In this paper, sanponna, god of smallpox chants is one of the Yoruba peoples cultural properties. “E-learning approach was adopted by introducing the youths to use of electronic materials like video camera, android phones, and cassette tape recorders in collation of sanponna chants analyzed in this study. Few S̩̩ànpò̩̩nná chants were recorded, written out and stylistically analyzed with ten Yoruba secondary school students in Nigeria. The need for this research is that attention of many...