Background to the Study The modern foundation of adult education in Nigeria was laid by the British in 1941, in the account of Anyanwu (1980:17-18). He states that the outbreak of the Second World War brought a change in the attitudes of the British Government towards literacy education. His Majesty's Government decided to extend education to a large number of Nigerians. Then, on the 13" of July 1943, the British House of Commons was formally informed by Mr. Arthur Creech-Jones, the Secretary...
ABSTRACT This paper discusses the automation of University of Lagos library records using The Information Navigator Library Software (TINLIB) and now Graphical Library Automation Systems (GLAS) software with some analysis of the cataloguing module. It discusses the rationale behind the change from TINLIB to GLAS by assessing the features, strength and weakness of both software. Plan for future development is discussed and Nigeria university libraries using the same software are advised to fo...
ABSTRACT The study examined the effect of augmenting physical skills practice (PSP) with psychological skills training (PST) for performance enhancement in sports among International School Students, Lagos. Forty (40) participants consisting of early adolescent boys and girls were randomly selected from a population of three hundred and fifty (350) students and were randomly put into two groups – one experimental and one control group. The Johnson and Leillich Basketball test in Mathews (1...
ABSTRACT This paper examines the potential of audiovisual media in the dissemination of health information. The use and effectiveness of each medium in health communication and information dissemination was extensively discussed. Lesson from an African country - Tanzania was highlighted and the Nigeria experience assessed. The paper advocates teaming up of medical and information professionals as well as planned and sustained multimedia campaigns its means of improving health information diss...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the determinants of the implementation of re-admission policy of girls after teenage pregnancy in public secondary schools in Kitui County, Kenya. The objectives for the study were; to analyze the influence of home based determinants, school based determinants and the influence of principals’ characteristics on implementation of re-admission policy of girls after teenage pregnancy. The study was based on the critical theory by the Frankf...
ABSTRACT The subject of gender is an important part in the study of postcolonial societies. Post-colonial societies are the battlefields for the struggle for identity after the culmination of the imperialistic colonial institution. Therefore this study aims to uncoverthe interconnectedness of gender and culture and how identity informs the course of gender roles.This study advances that the drastic shift of gender roles was first recorded with the inception of colonialism in Africa as women...
ABSTRACT Kisumu city has public and charitable children institutions. Of these there seem to be apparent variation in the outcome from both counseling and academic achievement. This is despite the fact that there are counseling services and teaching assumedly going on in all these institutions. Evidence provided by adult and continuing education Kisumu city showed that there was negative variation in the KCPE mean score between 2010 and 2013. The overall mean score for CCIs in KCPE was 229.58...
ABSTRACT This study was primarily aimed at assessing the organisational effectiveness of the National and State Agencies for Mass Literacy Adult and Non-formal education in Nigeria which have been established to bridge the access, cost and quality gap that existed in the Nigerian educational sector. The study examined the extent to which some identified organisational / management variables have determined the level with which these agencies have been performing towards achieving their organi...
Abstract The impact of authoritative parenting style on children’s academic achievements in Domboshava community was the prime focus of this research. The descriptive research design was used in the collection of data. The research questions highlighted and addressed the challenges which are faced by students who live in an authoritarian family. Research questions also assessed the impact of authoritative parenting on children’s performance. From the interviews conducted it was seen that...
ABSTRACT This study explored the problems faced by form four pupils in writing a narrative composition in three schools in Bulilima district in Plumtree in Matabeleland South Province. The thrust of his study was to explore the problems faced by form four pupils in writing a narrative composition and the possible solutions that can be employed in order to solve these problems. Questionnaires and interviews were used as research instruments and the questionnaires were administered to both tea...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Nigerian Primary School Social Studies Curriculum. The justification of this study is that there has been no national evaluation carried out on this curriculum since its inception into Nigeria Primary schools. This study was also considered necessary to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the curriculum and to provide a possible feedback so as to enhance quality control Extensive literature review had been carried out in the area of ...
ABSTRACT This study investigated on teachers‟ perceptions on the use of technology at early childhood education level in Kwekwe district. The study was necessitated by the recent advances in technology use in teaching and learning. The Descriptive survey design was used to collect data. The population of this study comprised of twelve primary schools in Redcliff circuit and thirty six early childhood educators. A sample of nine out thirty six early childhood educators were selected to answ...
ABSTRACT The girl child is still facing serious challenges after dropping out of school. To gain an insight on the problem, the study sought to investigate the problems faced by the girl child after dropping out of school. In carrying out the study, the problems faced by the girl child, implications after dropping out, policies in place for retention girls in school, as well as the possible solutions were explored. From the review of literature on school dropout in relation to the girl child...
Abstract Teaching African music in schools has not yet received adequate attention from curriculum planners in respect of the involvement of ethnographic film as a pedagogy of teaching music. Film as an aid to teaching and learning attempts to present a learning atmosphere in which music is learned in its performative and contextual state. Students are afforded an opportunity to experience music as it is used by the society to solve cosmological problems. In this article the writer attempts ...
ABSTRACT Private tuition refers to be tutoring offered outside mainstream teaching. The study sought to establish the factors influencing educational stakeholders’ perception on the need for private tuition in public primary schools in Machakos Sub-County. The study was guided by three research objectives; to investigate the difference in prevalence for private tuition among parents, teachers and pupils, to determine the extent to which curriculum load influences the need for private tuitio...