ABSTRACT The importance of prose literature to the students’ academic and moral lives is numerous. However, the rate at which students fail this subject at the school certificate level calls for urgent attention. This has led scholars to determine the influence of many teacher factors on students’ achievement but not many have focused on students’ factors especially in prose literature hence this study. The study adopted the descriptive research design of the correlational type. 223 SSI...
ABSTRACT Deep concern for the poor in the society was an integral part of Jesus' earthly ministry especially in the Gospel of Luke. This makes the social ministry an important part of a typical church, as manifested in the programmes of the Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC). Many scholars have examined the theological basis of Jesus' care and concern for the poor, but adequate attention has not been given to the connection between Jesus' approaches and those of the NBC Social Ministry, devot...
ABSTRACT Interpretation and management of malaria in contemporary African societies are influenced by both western and indigenous perceptions of the disease. However, existing studies have focused on causes, prevalence and socio-environmental factors of malaria, using mainly Western paradigm, resulting in lack of conceptual balance in the literature. This study, therefore, examined etymology of the local terms for malaria and how they influence aetiology of malaria in Ibibioland, southern Ni...
ABSTRACT The primary aim of the study is to examine the impact which price reform occasioned by the need for economic liberization has had an the health and productivity of rural women in Nigeria. The decision to focus on rural women rests on the conviction that they represent a vital productive and reproductive force in the country. Owing to the relative paucity of empirical data on the effect of price reform on this category of citizens, the study is thus an exploratory one which utilized a...
ABSTRACT The dislocation of individuals from homeland and attempts to belong in transnational spaces in contemporary times have become significant aspects of Nigerian migrant prose fiction. This prose fiction has gained prominence following the re-invention of the homeland irrespective of the migrant status of its writers. Studies of these writings have examined the novel genre and the reinvention of socio-political realities, with little attention to the short story genre and its concerns w...
ABSTRACT Oil‘s importance in the global economy cannot be overlooked. Gas, diesel and petrol, which are by-products of oil, fuel transportation and industrialisation globally. Due to these and many other advantages associated with oil, its discovery in many parts of the world has come with a lot of hope and expectations. However, other countries that discovered oil especially, African countries, have plunged themselves into economic doldrums and diverse diplomatic rows. This state of mixe...
ABSTRACT The study examined the view of people including the girl-child, parents and teachers on the enrolment and retention of the girl-child on school at the basic level, in GaWest Municipality. It considered the socio- economic characteristics of the girl-child that affect her education and other factors that motivates or de- motivates the girlchild to study in school. Qualitative research approach was employed, utilizing phenomenological design. Samples were drawn from the Amasaman ci...
ABSTRACT This research explored the Perspectives of Senior High School Teachers in Sekyere South District of Ashanti Region on Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Programmes Organised for them. It was a qualitative research underpinned by interpretive philosophical thought which employed a case study approach to collect data using semi-structured questionnaire and semi-structured interview. In the first phase, Proportional Stratified Random Sampling technique was used to select 57 SHS ...
ABSTRACT This thesis explored the peace process in the Alavanyo-Nkonya area. The main objectives were to examine the nature of the peace process in the Alavanyo-Nkonya area; the actors in the peace process; the conditions militating against the peace process and the measures that are needed to achieve a positive peace in the Alavanyo-Nkonya conflict area. The thesis employed Saunders’ (1999) Public Peace Process and multitrack diplomacy approach as a theoretical framework to understan...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to assess the perception of teachers on the leadership styles of head teachers of public basic schools at the Bolgatanga Municipality. The objectives of the study were to determine the leadership styles of Junior high schools head teachers, ascertain the perceived influence of Junior high schools head teachers leadership style on teachers’ job performance and to find out the challenges headmasters faced in their leadership. A descriptive survey design ...
ABSTRACT This study examines factors that account for spousal communication in Juo and Joa communities in the Nanumba-North Municipality. The study also examined how spouses communicate and how spousal communication can be enhanced. A case study research design was adopted while in-depth interviews, focus group discussions and non-participant observation were used to gather qualitative data. Twenty married couples were sampled for the study. Data were analyzed thematically and explained usin...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to explore the classroom challenges teachers face in Bosomtwe District of Ashanti Region. The descriptive survey design was used for the study. The research population for the study comprised all teachers in public senior high schools in Bosomtwe District. Purposive sampling was used to select a sample of 115 respondents from three public senior high schools in the District for the study. Instrument used for data collection was the closed-ended qu...
ABSTRACT This study investigates the poor reading skills among pupils of St. Paul‟s R/C Primary School „B‟. The purpose of the study is to find out the causes of poor reading skills, the effects of poor reading skills on the pupils and the strategies that can be adopted to improve upon them. This was done through data collection tools interview, observation and questionnaire. The sample size used was thirty-eight (38) class six pupils and six (6) teachers of St. Paul‟s R/C Primary S...
ABSTRACT Maternal, infectious and non-communicable causes of death combine to be simultaneously a major health problem for women of reproductive age (WRA) in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), particularly, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Yet, little is known about the relative risk of each of them when considered together and their demographic impacts. Consequently, the focus of research and funding has been on maternal health. However, the evolving demographic and health transitions in LMIC...
ABSTRACT This study, entitled “L’espace dans Le Pleurer-Rire et La Nouvelle Romance d’Henri Lopes”, looks at how the structure of spatial setting serves the discourse of the two texts. The antithetic or contrastive structure of the spatial setting, made up of Places of domination, characterized by power, luxury, infrastructural development, but also torture, repression, discrimination…, and Places of disenchantment, typified by insalubrious conditions, poverty, suffering and misery...