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The study examined climate change and small scale poultry production in selected local government area of Kwara State, Nigeria. A sample size of 100 poultry farmers were selected using multi stage sampling technique with the aid of a structured questionnaire, and analyzed using descriptive and inferential Statistics. The result of the study showed that dehydration of birds was the most challenging effect of climate change on poultry production perceived by poultry farmers with the mean value...

Information has a significant role in the growth of people and societies. Yet access to information is unequal across communities, particularly in rural areas in developing countries. Given this, people’s consciousness of climatic change differs by several factors including location and the type of medium employed. This paper examines community information centres as a vehicle for climate change awareness creation in Ghana. The paper adopted a quantitative approach with 205 participants...

<h3>Objective</h3> Investigate the knowledge of high school rugby coaches in South-Africa on concussion symptom recognition and the stepwise return-to-play protocol. <h3>Design</h3> A cross-sectional,descriptive study design. <h3>Setting</h3> South-African High Schools. <h3>Participants</h3> One hundred and forty-four rugby coaches. <h3>Interventions (or Assessment of Risk Factors)</h3> Independant variables included age; coaching qualification level; years of experience in coaching;...

This study investigates ICT's impact on secondary school students' academic performance in Biology and Chemistry in Nigeria from 2018 to 2020. Data from 218 teachers and students’ WAEC 2018-2020, was analyzed using a descriptive research approach. The study examines academic trends and ICT's influence. Results revealedthat ICT had a positive effect benefiting both Biology and Chemistry students in 2020 through the challenges posed by covid 19 and addressed by ICT. The findings established...

The study investigated the influence of the teacher-community relationship on enrolment and completion rates of pupils in primary schools in Aliero Local Government Area, Kebbi State, Nigeria. The study used a mixed-methods approach (Quantitative and Qualitative) to seek data from the respondents. The population for this study consisted of 14,337 respondents, including teachers, head-teachers, community leaders and parents/guardians within the Aliero Local Government Education Authority. A...

Drought forecasting has implications for managing water and irrigation. Currently, with improved technology like artificial intelligence, forecasting can be more accurate. In this research, we chose standardized potential evapotranspiration index (SPEI) to characterize drought pattern. To achieve this, the data used was acquired from five meteorological stations in an irrigated Moroccan perimeter from 1976 to 2015. Besides, we predict SPEI at two scales (SPEI-3 and SPEI-6) with two inputs...

This chapter seeks to expatiate the underpinnings of entrepreneurship education and training within institutional boundaries. We perform a qualitative enquiry based on a single-case participatory study to explore the linkages between the development of an entrepreneurship training programme and institutional isomorphism within the University of Ghana. We find that, in the quest to develop a successful entrepreneurship education and training programme, institutional factors come to play....

This study uses a Tobit model to analyse socio-economic regional variables affecting households expenditure on education from data collected from the seventh round of the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS VII) in 2017. The results showed that households in the Ashanti region increased their spending on education across all three categories of education covered by the data, with spending on basic education accounting for 57.1 percent of total household spending on education. Female heads of...

Nigeria is fast becoming a predominantly youthful nation beset with high rate of unemployment. It therefore becomes pertinent to train the youths in Vocational Education especially textile practice, to tackle the unemployment problem which has reached an alarming proportion. Youth empowerment is geared towards equipping youths with skills for self-employment and nation building. The rate of unemployment and underemployment among Nigerian youths and graduates is on increase, paving way to...

Learning about emotionally tricky topics sometimes creates educational tension among teachers and learners in the learning environment. In history education, one primary goal of teaching the subject is to promote empathic understanding among learners in the classroom. This study assessed 135 student-teachers ability to understand the actions of past historical actors. Specifically, it explored the student-teachers’ process of contextualising past actions and making moral judgments. The study...

It is an undeniable fact that climate change has negative effects on cocoa production and has thus led to reduced yields in Ghana. This has affected cocoa farmers living standards due to their high dependency on income from sales of cocoa dry beans. The study determined the causes, indicators, effects and mitigative strategies of climate change on cocoa farmers farms. Generally, 71.43% respondents indicated, climate change was caused by deforestation whereas 26.79%, especially female...

This study investigated the impact of conditions of service on teachers’ job performance in senior secondary Schools in Gombi Education Zone of Adamawa State. The study specifically assessed the impact of fringe benefits and staff development on teachers’ job performance. Two research questions and two research hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The population of the study was 1,709 respondents (which comprised of 1,648 teachers and 61...

This study sought to investigate the effect of project-based learning method on students’ academic performance in educational psychology in Benson Idahosa University, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. To guide the study, three hypotheses were formulated and were tested at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The pre-test post-test non-equivalent control group quasi-experimental research design used for the study. The population of the study consisted of all level 300 education students in the two...

The principal means of accessing admission into higher educational institutions in Nigeria is the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) carried out by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The total number of candidates looking for admission into the different Nigerian institutions of higher learning has been on the increase over the years. The main motivation behind setting up any Open Distance Learning (ODL) institutions in Nigeria is to give a scope of chance to...

The educational system in Nigeria runs smoothly before the emergence of COVID-19 and lately, the rampant menace of abduction of school children. This no doubt, is dampening the morale of many pupils and their parents. Therefore, this study was designed to develop a blended learning framework for instructional delivery in secondary school in Ekiti State, Nigeria. To achieve this, two objectives were set to guide the study. The study was also monitored by a research question. For the research...