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This study examined influence of National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme on primary school pupils’ attendance and academic performance in Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria. Two specific objectives with corresponding research questions and hypotheses were raised and formulated respectively to guide the study. The study adopted survey research design and was carried out in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria. The population of this study is 1870 teachers from 79 public...

Tertiary education institutions are established to provide quality post-secondary education. Tertiary education institutions have established quality assurance units to guarantee that clients are served appropriately according to predefined quality indicators. Despite this guarantee, the quality of tertiary education is being questioned. This paper discusses the quality of tertiary education largely from the perspective of clients. It explores the concept of quality, examines a model of the...


 
 
 
 Background: The National policy of education of Nigeria indicated the importance and need to have functional school libraries, but the situation over the years later is worrisome as many researchers have reported the non-existence of library in many schools and the deplorable state of the ones available. This is hampering the role expected to be played by school libraries in the development of education in Nigeria. Purpose: The research explores the various...

Purpose: The goals of this study were to determine the effects of home facilities on children's education with dyslexia, as well as to investigate the extent to which the scope and contents of geography influence students' attitudes toward volunteerism in children with dyslexia. Methodology: The study used a descriptive survey research design and four research questions to guide the literature review. A 40-item close ended questionnaire was used to collect data from a sample of 20 children...

Purpose: This study sought to investigate the causes and effects of interpersonal conflicts between teachers in the Teacher Training Colleges (TTCs) in the North West Region, Cameroon. Methodology: Using the qualitative research design, data were collected from 16 school administrators and 158 teachers using questionnaires and focus group discussion that were analyzed using the technique of content analysis. Findings: The found out that the causes of interpersonal conflicts between teachers...

The current growth of E-learning as a viable technique signals a shift from the traditional teacher-centred classroom to a learner-centred one. The concepts of autonomous learning, independent decision-making, time and space flexibility, and teachers' evolving roles from instructors to facilitators are all well represented in the E-learning context. Our students belong to the digital generation, and no one can deny that we spend most of our time in front of our screens, exchanging via social...

This study investigated teachers’ perception regarding professional development in Ongha Circuit which is located in Ohangwena Region, Namibia. The rationale of the study was to obtain the views of teachers towards the professional development. The research was mixed method approach therefore, a descriptive survey was conducted in Ongha Circuit. Five schools were selected randomly and a sample of 20 teachers who had previous exposure to professional development were selected purposively from...

The quality of teaching and learning in educational programmes at higher education institutions (HEIs) cannot be overemphasised. This is of particular importance in skills programmes, such as acupuncture, because the teaching and learning of acupuncture at HEIs significantly influence students' competence in the world of work. Acupuncture is one of the most popular alternative treatments globally and contributes to improving public health. To provide quality acupuncture services to the...

The study explored the impact of experiential learning approach (ELA) on acquisition of science process skills (SPS) by biology college students. The research design is quasi-experimental research, adopting the non-randomized manipulated group of 2x2 factorial research design. 58 (22 males and 36 females) Senior High School II students in Awka Education Zone, obtained with multi-leveled sampling method made up the sample size. The sampled students who were in two separately grouped classes...

Currently, youth are the future generations of the country, their awareness of the values of wildlife is critical in determining if they will follow the footsteps of the current generation in conserving natural resources (wildlife) and cannot be overemphasized. This study was conducted in Wuparo and Balyerwa conservancies, to assess learners’ level of awareness of wildlife-based ecosystem services. Questionnaires were used in data collection and the target population consisted of learners...

Emotions are the most basic thing in a person. Emotional management needs to be done early on, especially for anyone so that emotions can be controlled in a better direction. In early childhood emotions need to be managed even when starting to enter school age. Many impacts will occur if a child is not able to manage his emotions properly. Emotions generated by children can be caused by many factors such as external and internal factors. The method used in this research is qualitative with a...

Climate-related effects occur across all regions in Tanzania, affecting primary sectors such as agriculture and fishing. This study investigated the impacts of climatic change on small pelagic catches in fishers in Kilindoni, Kipumbwi and Kilwa Kivinje villages along the Tanzanian coast. We studied how changes in rainfall, sea surface temperature, wind speed and chlorophyll a affect small pelagic fisheries using primary and secondary data. Qualitative and quantitative methods were applied....

Due to the pressure exerted by competition among educational institutions to achieve funding and legitimacy in public, achieving quality of education has become a major concern for all the stakeholders not only in higher educational institutions but to the PTTCs as well. So, to achieve this, an understanding of what quality is in teacher training colleges such as PTTCs is highly paramount. The major aim of this study was to explore the insights of tutors in PTTCs on the meaning of quality of...

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Newly appointed teachers in the profession encounter challenges that impact their professional development possibilities and potential. The first five years in the teaching profession are delicate and fragile. This is the era where growth and development are gathered through classroom practices. This article seeks to explore any potential threats to these teachers’ development prospects. This can be incomplete without perusing related literature and teacher development theories. This study...

Language and critically thinking play a major role in academic performance. In multilingual contexts, multiple factors account for the way Second Language (L2) learners make sense of the academic texts they read. The students’ multilingual and multicultural diversity impacts on their interpretation of academic texts. This article is derived from a work with mixed method but focuses on qualitative design. This article qualitatively analyses how L2 students read and interpret academic texts in...

Objective The associations between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity, alcohol use, and alcohol use motives are well-established. Emotion regulation difficulties have been implicated in the association between PTSD symptoms and alcohol use. A dearth of empirical work, however, has examined these associations among Black/African American college students, a population with high prevalence of exposure to potentially traumatic events, PTSD symptomatology, and alcohol-related...

With assertions that the management function has been based on a Eurocentric perspective over the years, this study considered the Africanization of management within a selected institution of higher learning in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. This investigation is important following reported educational inadequacies, which have also been associated with poor absorption of university graduates in the labor market evidenced by high rates of unemployment in South Africa. The...