The study seeks to analyze Jeff Vander Meer’s ‘Borne’ (2017) and ‘Dead Astronauts’ (2019) to describe how the shaping power of monstrosity, weirdness, complexity, and grotesquery in a post-apocalyptic setting can best be appreciated once one applies certain religious tropes for the analysis of the unfolding of the events in the novel. In post-apocalyptic settings of the novels mentioned above, Biblical tropes can help connect the present situation to a past that otherwise exists as ...
ABSTRACT Degradation of local indigenous culture is a problem that is prevailing everywhere on the African continent, and other developing countries. There has been great loss of local indigenous culture in the developing countries and absorbing of the western culture. Media in itself is a ve1y powerful force in this 21 st centmy. Technological advancement of the media has made the world a global village, making interaction of people and culture much easier and faster. The western countries b...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of Guidance and counseling on academic performance of mentally challenged children in Ainabkoi Division, Eldoret East District Kenya. The specific objective of the study were to investigate the impact of guidance and counseling on academic performance of learners with mental retardation children; identify the methods of counseling that are effective on mentally retarded children; and identify the causes of mental retardation ...
Table of Contents Table of Contents ......... ............................... ..... ..................... ... .......................... .i Declaration .............................. ..................................................................... .ii Acknowledgement .................................................................................. .iii Dedication ................................................................................................... .iv Chapter One: 1.1 Back...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of community participation on performance of administration in Apac district . The researcher used the objective of the study to establish the findings on the ground which was to examine how decision making affect performance of school Administration and the effects of management committee on performance of school administration in Apac district. The study also found out the extend to the community resources affects performance...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the causes of primary school drop out. Specific Objectives of the study were to investigate the relationship between poverty and primary school drop out, Determine the school factors that lead to primary school drop out, Detennine the relationship between attitudes and primary school drop out, Investigate the relationship between cultural practices and school drop out, Determine the relationship between indiscipline and primary school drop ...
ABSTRACT The paper examines the role of the media in dealing with the problem facing street children. Taking Kinondoni district in Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania, as a case study. I contend that not enough has been done to address the problem of street children; the problem of street children is a nuisance and burden to many developing societies. Street children come as a result of poverty, broken marriages and homes, unwanted pregnancies, abandoning of babies at birth, prostitution and disabili...
ABSTRACT When the NARC government in Kenya assumed power at the beginning of 2003, after handing KANU a resounding defeat, it did make its pre~election pledge of Free Primary Education (FPE) a reality. This resulted in increased enrolment at basic education level with the numbers rising from 5.9 million pupils to 7.2 million by end of 2003. Though the move was applauded by many, key issues that seemed to reverse these gains is taking root in the zone, where children are abandoning school at w...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the influence of television and drug consumption on secondary school students in Kiambu, central province. The main objectives were to examine the influence of television and drug consumption; to determine the challenges of television influence on drug consumption; to investigate the effects of drug consumption on the academic performance of students; and to suggest possible solutions that the television media can help improve the drug consumption. The re...
Mwanza is one of Tanzania's fastest growing urban areas, with various industries being put up in the city. Mwanza city comprising of Nyamagana and Ilemela districts, is not only the major industrial and commercial center of Mwanza region but also the largest industrial and commercial center in northwest Tanzania. It is the second largest city in Tanzania after Dar es Salaam. It covers a total of B3 7 km2 out of which 900km2 is covered with water and the remaining area is 437km2 is land. (Mwan...
ABSTRACT This research is about the effect of absenteeism on academic performance. It was guided by three objectives; To find the attitudes of learners towards academics in Bungoma west sub county Kenya. To find out the methods used for the retention of primary schools learners in Bungoma west Sub County To identify the role of teachers in children’s performance in Bungoma west sub county. Purposive and stratified sampling was used to select a population of 40 respondents to represent a po...
STRACT This research aimed at finding out how Socio Economic challenges in child rearing have affected child academic performance. The researcher wished to find out the importance of teaching learning materials to the child and how an E.C.D.E teacher had a great impact on the development and performance of the child. Stratified sampling and random sampling techniques were used in this research so that each individual was given the same chance of being included in the sample. The instrument fo...
Social media refers to the means of interactions among people in which they create, share, and exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks (Ahlqvist 2003). Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein define social media as ‘a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, and that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content (Kaplan 2010). Furthermore, social media depends on mobile and webbased techno...
ABSTRACT In Uganda the child is held in high esteem as a source of pride and prestige, wealth from the girl child's dowry, security from old age and domestic labor. At the same time, children are seen as property of the family and clearly subordinated to their families and clans/ child upbringing emphasizes parental power, obedience and long hours of work. There is discrimination against children based on gender and birth older, and many parents, teachers and others in charge of children are...